Overall rating: 3.5 ⭐️ I do love Simon, but so many of these short stories were plotless/pointless. I also feel like I read this collection too late, because I knew lots of stuff already from other books. The cameos of characters from all the different series were great though. 1. Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy: 3 ⭐️ 2. The Lost Herondale: 3 ⭐️ --> both kind of introductory chapters, not a lot going on here 3. The Whitecapel Fiend: 3.5 ⭐️ Jace being his sassy self and lots of Tessa, Jem and Will. 4. Nothing but Shadows: 4⭐️ Even more of Tessa, Jem and Will. I also liked getting to know the protagonists of the Last Hours series in this story. 5. The Evil We Love: 2.5 ⭐️ We already knew Robert was a dickhead... 6. Pale Kings and Princes: 4⭐️ Helen my girl!! Happy to have her back and I loved the faerie story. 7. Bitter of Tongue: 3.5 ⭐️ More faeries. But I feel like I already knew everything that happened here. 8. The Fiery Trial: 3.5 ⭐️ My babies Emma and Julian <3. 9. Born to Endless Night: 4⭐️ Finally some sarcastic Magnus. And I was waiting for Max!! 10. Angels Twice Descending: torn between 1 or 5⭐️ This was the moment we were waiting for since the first page and I am so happy for Simon, but the way I screamed when IT happened. Like Cassie, WHAT THE FUCK?? It George's death was so pointless and I am so angry.

1) Welcome to the Shadowhunter Academy: 4/5 2) The Lost Herondale: 5/5 3) The Whitechapel Fiend: 5/5 4) Nothing but Shadows: 3/5 5) The Evil we love: 2/5 6) Pale Kings and Princes: 3/5 7) Bitter of Tongue: 3/5 8) The Fiery Trial: 4/5 9) Born to endless night: 5/5 10) Angels twice descending: 5/5 This was the second time Cassandra Clare managed to make me cry and I'm pretty sure it won't be the last.

It's not a secret that Cassandra Clare is my No 1 favorite author in the whole world, so it was only a matter of time before reading the Tales from Shadowhunter Academy. I don't like e-books. I really don't and I can't even tell you why. I bought an ereader like two years ago and used it like maybe four or five times since then. I just prefer 'real books' which is one of the reasons why I actutally wanted to wait until The Tales from Shadowhunter Academy is available as print version. But since I love Cassandra Clare so much, I couldn't wait any longer and I can't even tell you how exciting it is to read something from the Shadowhunter world I haven't read yet and which is not a reread. I love this world so much I just can't get enough of it. So I read the first short story so far and really really enjoyed it. I love Simon so much I can't even. I mean I love all of Cassies characters but Simon is such a cutie and consindering everything he went through he is such a strong person. I loved watching him making his first steps into the Shadowhunter Academy, meeting new people who actually treat him like a real hero which is absolutely new to our shy little Simon. Nothing much happend in the first story except for introducing new characters and Simon making his way to Idris but I loved it anyway and I can't wait to read all the other short stories.

Me gustó muchísimo. No le doy las estrellas completas porque los capítulos extremadamente largos me llegaron a desesperar varias veces pero estuvo bastante bueno y atrapante como siempre. No sé que tiene Cassandra con romperme en el capítulo final pero ESTABA A NADA DE LLORAR. Muy bello todo, fue un sube y baja de emociones.

I am not the biggest Simon Lewis fan so I was quite sceptical about how I would like this short story collection. However, I have to say that I enjoyed all the insights. So many things that build on the other books or provide deeper sneak peeks. So many references and even the shipping name "Malec", made me laugh. Really, the writing style is beautiful again and I LOVE this book, ha ha.

Not as good as the first one, but still enjoyable! Since I have already read Lady Midnight I know who the Lost Herondale is, which took away a bit of the enjoyment for this story, but that's my own fault so no judging there! I loved to learn more about Tobias' back story, though! 4/5 stars

This book was amazing. Simon's journey was imperfect, human and relatable. We do not know where we will be, we don't always know where we want to be. And Simon didn't either. It's a process and this book showed it. Friends, family they will always be there to welcome us home, even if we are lost, but we are the ones that can find ourselves. Simon found himself in the Academy. he found himself with new friends that helped him discover the world again and have his own opinion of it. He found himself with old friends that helped him find his way too. Catarina Loss was amazing throughout. The story she tells is heartbreaking and amazing. We get to know Will's son and his friends and family. Ragnor is never forgotten. We learn of Robert's past and I think I understand him a little better. He lost his parabatai because of his own self. He didn't understand then; he understands now. We have Magnus and Alec's baby Max and that part of the book gives insight on the whole group, characters that we've come to know and love very dearly. We see Izzy's, Clary's, even Jace's, Alec's and Magnus's relationship to Simon evolve again. We get a little insight on Julian and the Blackthorns and Emma. We see Mark and Kieran, and it's not easy. We are told the story of Helen's mother, both the one she knows and the real on (which brought me to tears). And we have George. Sweet, funny, caring and lovely George Lovelace. His death was devastating. It was hard to see what happens with you drink from the Mortal Cup but don't became a Shadowhunter. Thankfully it was made better by Jessamine, who know keeps him company at the London Institute. Overall it was an incredibly satisfying book that broke my heart a few times over. It was amazing. I want to read the whole series again because, again it feels like coming home.

Wenn ich ehrlich bin, habe ich Simon schon seit "City of Bones" nicht gemocht. Ich kenne noch nicht mal die Gründe, er und seine Art waren einfach unsympathisch. Es hätte mich nicht gestört, wenn Cassandra Clare ihn umgebracht hätte und auch "seine Situation" hat mich kalt gelassen...Erst jetzt, als ich ihn durch seine Schattenjägerakademiezeiten begleitet habe, kann ich ihn doch leiden. Seine Witze und seine Art wurden mir immer sympathischer. Er hat immer noch nicht den Stellenwert von Clary, Jace, Malek, Isabelle, Tessa, Will und Jem, aber nah dran. Außerdem mag ich es, dass wir auch alte und neue Charaktere wiedersehen und kennenlernen. Malek waren wieder unglaublich toll und ich liebe Beide abgöttisch. Das hat beispielsweise die Serie nur verstärkt. Auch James Herondale und Matthew Fairchild musste ich einfach in mein Herz schließen. Ich freue mich jetzt umso mehr auf "Chain of Gold"! Die Novellen waren unterschiedlich gut, aber besonders gut haben mir " Feuerprobe", "Nichts als Schatten", "Das Böse das wir lieben" und "Die Wiederkehr der Engel" gefallen. Ganz besonders das zuletzt genannte hat mir förmlich das Herz aus der Brust gerissen und Cassandra Clare ist genüsslich darauf herumgehüpft. Anfangs hätte ich keine 5 Sterne vergeben, aber ich liebe die Autorin, die Schatzenjägerwelt und es spielt vielleicht ein Nostalgiegefühl eine Rolle, weil ich mir ein Leben ohne nicht vorstellen könnte, deswegen von Herzen 5/5 Sterne

4.5 stars. I really enjoyed reading this. There were a lot of funny moments that made me laugh or smile, and admittedly I had to gulp back some tears at the end. I loved to follow Simon in his development and I really like his character a lot more than before. I also loved how some of the more delicately topics were handled, like the ongoing political situation with the cold peace and also how the dynamics between Shadowhunter children and mundane children developed. The friendship in this book just really hit me in the heart, I think it was written beautifully. Oh and of course I never say no to Malec content!