Waterstones The Midnight Heir
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Price: £6.99
Brand: Waterstones
Description: A Magnus Bane story set in Edwardian London, packaged in a beautiful gift edition. Magnus reconnects with old friends and new enemies and meets the troubled James Herondale. Magnus thought he would never return to London, but he is lured by a handsome offer from Tatiana Blackthorn, whose plans - involving her beautiful young ward, Grace - are far more sinister than Magnus suspects. He also meets a very surprising young man. the sixteen-year-old James Herondale. Perfect for Cassandra Clare fans who can't wait for the first in The Last Hours trilogy. Read all the sensational books in The Shadowhunter Chronicles: The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, The Bane Chronicles, The Dark Artifices and The Shadowhunter's Codex. Waterstones The Midnight Heir - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781406379600
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ISBN: 9781406379600
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Author: Padraig
Rating: 5
Review: I enjoyed the characters of Tatiana and Grace, would like to know what became of them. Very well done indeed.
Author: Casey
Rating: 2
Review: *may contain spoilers* I was always taught that a story had to have a beginning, middle, and an end. Not matter how long or short the story was, if any of these three pillars were missing then the whole story would collapse. This story had a very interesting beginning and was just getting to the intriguing middle when it just stopped. No ending, just a full stop. It was rather like waiting weeks to watch a brand new episode of your favourite TV show only to have a power cut in the middle of the episode. I was left feeling frustrated and thinking, what was the point of this book? I was under the assumption that the Bane Chronicles were written for the loyal fans to gain insights into the life of Magnus Bane, my favourite character in the Mortal Instruments series. This story gave us no such thing. I didn’t learn anything about Magnus that didn’t I already know and I felt his reunion with Tessa and Will was rather bland. And the little threesome moment between Will, Tessa and Jem was so sickly sweet I wanted to throw something at the characters. Preferably something heavy. On the same note, James Herondale was about as interesting as a piece of soggy cardboard. I felt no sympathy or empathy for his character at all. I spent most of the time he was in the book wanting to slap him and tell him to ‘grow up’. He seemed to be a rather boring copy of Will’s character when he was a teenager. The fact that his personality had apparently done a 180 seemed unlikely and unbelievable. This didn’t feel like a story. It felt like a prologue. An introduction to a much larger story to which the reader has to draw their own conclusions on the ending. Those who have read Clockwork Princess will know that Tessa’s daughter Lucile marries Jesse Blackthorn, but according to this story he’s been dead nine years. Even if Jesse’s mother Tatiana is keeping him alive through black magic (or has turned him into a vampire, she seems to have an obsession with sunlight) we are given sod all to explain what’s going on or what is going to happen next. Which leads me back to my original conclusion: what was the point of this book? If Cassandra Clare is planning (yet another) trilogy (which will undoubtedly contain another angst ridden teenage love triangle since if you are a teenager and not hopelessly in love with at least two different people then you are heartless) with the main character to be James Herondale, then this book makes a little more sense. It gives just enough to gain the reader’s interest without telling them anything. Why is James attention seeking? Who is Grace? Where did she come from? What did Tatiana want Magnus to do for her? What happened to Jesse? How does he marry Lucile? Too many questions and no answers at all.
