This is the explosive sequel from Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu, and this is a new thrilling adventure for High Warlock Magnus Bane and Alex Lightwood. This is a death-defying mission into the heart of evil, however this is not just a job this is supposed to he a romantic getaway for the two of them.
Life is good for Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood. They are finally living together in a fabulous New York Loft apartment, with their Warlock son Max. Max is learning to walk and the streets of New York are peaceful .... as peaceful as they can be with everything that hustle and bustle.
Until the night that two old acquaintances break into Magnus's apartment and steal the powerful Book of the White. Now Magnus and Alec are thrust into a new mission and drop everything to get it back. They need to follow the breadcrumbs which the thieves to bustling Shanghai, it is at this point that they will need to call for some backup to accompanying them and find a capable babysitter for Max.
Also, someone has stabbed Magnus with a strange and magical weapon and with this wound glowing and this is impeding his recovery .... and this is an extra worry for the couple.
Fortunately, their friend arrive to back them up and this includes the newly minted shadow hunter Simon - as well as Jace, Clary and Isabelle. On their journey they learn that there is some much darker threats which effect the whole planet. Magnus's magic is growing very unstable and if they can not stop the demons who are flooding into the city, they might have to follow them into the realm of the dead. Can they stop this threat to the world? Will the couple make it back before they Max wears his grandmother out.
This was delightful and was the exact thing i wanted after reading the first novella, it gave me the magical story that i was expecting and built on the relationship of my favourite couple in the shadow hunters world. I love Magnus and Alec relationship and hope that Cassandra Clare gives us another instalment of this couples life. I am obsessed with the Shadow hunter world and absolutely love how this has focus on one of the couples. I love that Clare had the idea to give us this and made me love the characters even more. I love how this built on the world that she had already created and expanded it to other locations. I will never stop reading books from this world.
