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The Last Hours Series Collection 3 Books Set By Cassandra Clare
Please Note The individual books included in this listing will be dispatched as per the original UK ISBN and UK edition cover image shown—are included in the The Last Hours Series Collection 3 Books Set By Cassandra Clare (Chain of Gold, Chain of Iron & Chain of Thorns):
📚 Books in This
Chain of Gold [Hardcover]
Chain of Iron [Paperback]
Chain of Thorns [Paperback]
The Last Chain of Gold [Hardcover]:
Cordelia Carstairs is a Shadowhunter, a warrior trained since childhood to battle demons. When her father is accused of a terrible crime, she and her brother travel to Edwardian London in hopes of preventing the family’s ruin. Cordelia’s mother wants to marry her off, but Cordelia is determined to be a hero rather than a bride. Soon Cordelia encounters childhood friends James and Lucie Herondale and is drawn into their world of glittering ballrooms, secret assignations, and supernatural salons, where vampires and warlocks mingle with mermaids and magicians.
The Last Chain of
Cordelia Carstairs seems to have everything she ever wanted. She’s engaged to marry James Herondale, the boy she has loved since childhood. She has a new life in London with her best friend Lucie Herondale and James’s charming companions, the Merry Thieves. She is about to be reunited with her beloved father. And she bears the sword Cortana, a legendary hero’s blade.
The Last Chain of
Cordelia Carstairs has lost everything that matters to her.In only a few short weeks, she has seen her father murdered, her plans to become parabatai with her best friend, Lucie, destroyed, and her marriage to James Herondale crumble before her eyes. Even worse, she is now bound to an ancient demon, Lilith, stripping her of her power as a Shadowhunter.After fleeing to Paris with Matthew Fairchild, Cordelia hopes to forget her sorrows in the city’s glittering nightlife.
📚 Books in This
Chain of Gold [Hardcover]
Chain of Iron [Paperback]
Chain of Thorns [Paperback]
The Last Chain of Gold [Hardcover]:
Cordelia Carstairs is a Shadowhunter, a warrior trained since childhood to battle demons. When her father is accused of a terrible crime, she and her brother travel to Edwardian London in hopes of preventing the family’s ruin. Cordelia’s mother wants to marry her off, but Cordelia is determined to be a hero rather than a bride. Soon Cordelia encounters childhood friends James and Lucie Herondale and is drawn into their world of glittering ballrooms, secret assignations, and supernatural salons, where vampires and warlocks mingle with mermaids and magicians.
The Last Chain of
Cordelia Carstairs seems to have everything she ever wanted. She’s engaged to marry James Herondale, the boy she has loved since childhood. She has a new life in London with her best friend Lucie Herondale and James’s charming companions, the Merry Thieves. She is about to be reunited with her beloved father. And she bears the sword Cortana, a legendary hero’s blade.
The Last Chain of
Cordelia Carstairs has lost everything that matters to her.In only a few short weeks, she has seen her father murdered, her plans to become parabatai with her best friend, Lucie, destroyed, and her marriage to James Herondale crumble before her eyes. Even worse, she is now bound to an ancient demon, Lilith, stripping her of her power as a Shadowhunter.After fleeing to Paris with Matthew Fairchild, Cordelia hopes to forget her sorrows in the city’s glittering nightlife.
1984 pages, Paperback
Published March 20, 2025
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About the author
Cassandra Clare
197 books277k followersCassandra Clare was born to American parents in Tehran, Iran and spent much of her childhood travelling the world with her family, including one trek through the Himalayas as a toddler where she spent a month living in her father’s backpack. She lived in France, England and Switzerland before she was ten years old.
Since her family moved around so much she found familiarity in books and went everywhere with a book under her arm. She spent her high school years in Los Angeles where she used to write stories to amuse her classmates, including an epic novel called “The Beautiful Cassandra” based on a Jane Austen short story of the same name (and which later inspired her current pen name).
After college, Cassie lived in Los Angeles and New York where she worked at various entertainment magazines and even some rather suspect tabloids where she reported on Brad and Angelina’s world travels and Britney Spears’ wardrobe malfunctions. She started working on her YA novel, City of Bones, in 2004, inspired by the urban landscape of Manhattan, her favourite city. She turned to writing fantasy fiction full time in 2006 and hopes never to have to write about Paris Hilton again.
Cassie’s first professional writing sale was a short story called “The Girl’s Guide to Defeating the Dark Lord” in a Baen anthology of humor fantasy. Cassie hates working at home alone because she always gets distracted by reality TV shows and the antics of her cats, so she usually sets out to write in local coffee shops and restaurants. She likes to work in the company of her friends, who see that she sticks to her deadlines.
City of Bones was her first novel. Sword Catcher is her most recent novel.
Since her family moved around so much she found familiarity in books and went everywhere with a book under her arm. She spent her high school years in Los Angeles where she used to write stories to amuse her classmates, including an epic novel called “The Beautiful Cassandra” based on a Jane Austen short story of the same name (and which later inspired her current pen name).
After college, Cassie lived in Los Angeles and New York where she worked at various entertainment magazines and even some rather suspect tabloids where she reported on Brad and Angelina’s world travels and Britney Spears’ wardrobe malfunctions. She started working on her YA novel, City of Bones, in 2004, inspired by the urban landscape of Manhattan, her favourite city. She turned to writing fantasy fiction full time in 2006 and hopes never to have to write about Paris Hilton again.
Cassie’s first professional writing sale was a short story called “The Girl’s Guide to Defeating the Dark Lord” in a Baen anthology of humor fantasy. Cassie hates working at home alone because she always gets distracted by reality TV shows and the antics of her cats, so she usually sets out to write in local coffee shops and restaurants. She likes to work in the company of her friends, who see that she sticks to her deadlines.
City of Bones was her first novel. Sword Catcher is her most recent novel.
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April 9, 2024
not a review about the Last Hours (though a rating summary of those books are below as well)
I just wanted to write this to mention the order of the shadowhunter books, all the series, somewhere.
I know it can be easily found in youtube or reddit or, other places, & I know I mentioned them MANY times, but not all of them together. so I like to put them here to help new readers. (& will link it inside my reviews)
I read in this order & I recommend it (it's the publication order- safest option i guess, but I mentioned the era as well)
also these are links to my reviews, not the books themselves
the Mortal Instruments: modern era (2005- NYC)
1) City of Bones: ★★★★/5
2) City of Ashes: ★★★★/5
3) City of Glass: ★★★★★/5
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you can read the Red scrolls of Magic here. (not in publication order, but now that we have it, it's happening here I guess)- revolving around Magnus & Alec
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the Infernal Devices: London Victorian era (1878)
1) Clockwork Angel: ★★★★★/5
2) Clockwork Prince: ★★★★★/5
3) Clockwork Princess: ★★★★★/5)
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TMI: 4-6
4) City of Fallen Angels: ★★★★/5
5) City of Lost Souls: ★★★★(★)/5
6) City of Heavenly Fire: ★★★★★/5
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you can read Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
also you can read The Lost Book of the White (the Eldest curses book 2) is set in 2010
(personally, I've read the short stories collections (& the Eldest Curses spin off too) after I finished the main series)
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the Dark Artifices: modern era 2 (2012- LA)
1) Lady Midnight: ★★★★★/5
2) Lord of Shadows: ★★★★★/5
3) Queen of Air and Darkness: ★★★★/5
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the Last Hours: London Edwardian Era (1910s)- taken place after the Infernal Devices
1) Chain of Gold: ★★★/5
2) Chain of Iron: ★★★★★/5
3) Chain of Thorns: ★★★★★/5
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the Wicked Powers: not released yet- taken place after the events of Queen of Air and Darkness
1) the Last King of Faerie:
2) the Last Prince of Hell:
3) the Last Shadowhunter:
I just wanted to write this to mention the order of the shadowhunter books, all the series, somewhere.
I know it can be easily found in youtube or reddit or, other places, & I know I mentioned them MANY times, but not all of them together. so I like to put them here to help new readers. (& will link it inside my reviews)
I read in this order & I recommend it (it's the publication order- safest option i guess, but I mentioned the era as well)
also these are links to my reviews, not the books themselves
the Mortal Instruments: modern era (2005- NYC)
1) City of Bones: ★★★★/5
2) City of Ashes: ★★★★/5
3) City of Glass: ★★★★★/5
-
you can read the Red scrolls of Magic here. (not in publication order, but now that we have it, it's happening here I guess)- revolving around Magnus & Alec
-
the Infernal Devices: London Victorian era (1878)
1) Clockwork Angel: ★★★★★/5
2) Clockwork Prince: ★★★★★/5
3) Clockwork Princess: ★★★★★/5)
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TMI: 4-6
4) City of Fallen Angels: ★★★★/5
5) City of Lost Souls: ★★★★(★)/5
6) City of Heavenly Fire: ★★★★★/5
-
you can read Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
also you can read The Lost Book of the White (the Eldest curses book 2) is set in 2010
(personally, I've read the short stories collections (& the Eldest Curses spin off too) after I finished the main series)
-
the Dark Artifices: modern era 2 (2012- LA)
1) Lady Midnight: ★★★★★/5
2) Lord of Shadows: ★★★★★/5
3) Queen of Air and Darkness: ★★★★/5
-
the Last Hours: London Edwardian Era (1910s)- taken place after the Infernal Devices
1) Chain of Gold: ★★★/5
2) Chain of Iron: ★★★★★/5
3) Chain of Thorns: ★★★★★/5
-
the Wicked Powers: not released yet- taken place after the events of Queen of Air and Darkness
1) the Last King of Faerie:
2) the Last Prince of Hell:
3) the Last Shadowhunter:
February 19, 2025
Oh my lord, I loved everything about these tales. The characters were wonderful, the angst is real, the pain is felt and everything in between. As with all of Cassandra's work, I can't say enough good things about these heartfelt tales.
August 30, 2025
3.5 stars a⭐⭐ ⭐✨ Good drama but not as great as some of the other Shadowhunter series
February 3, 2023
Interesting. It took me over 4 years to finish Dark Artifices but I'm finishing this trilogy the week the finale dropped. Probably the best Clare work yet.
Sure, the central tedious M/F/M love triangle is recycled and boring. With The Beautiful Cordelia being oh so special while being not very bright and spending a lot of time huffing and whining. And the more tolerable of her choices having a whole two personality traits: drunk and fashionable.
And Anna/Ariadne is sorta just there, with the former being kinda fun until she forgots how to be after she gives in to the soppy romance.
And Lucie/Jesse feels like a retread of Meg Cabot's The Mediator (the ghost in that was even named Jesse), except less mature and less likable.
And whenever they do appear, Tessa/Will do their best to drag things down with their charisma void.
But Christopher and Magnus are decent enough even if they serve mainly as plot devices when convenient.
Clearly, though, the series is elevated by Grace and Alastair, both of whom are generally disliked by most of the names above for most of the pages. For reasons which I suppose are somewhat legitimate as they can be pretty antagonistic, but whatever. They both have compelling Sad Backstories and good reasons to distance themselves from most of humanity, and have strong development as they come to peace with their (external/internal) demons. And do a lot to help out when it really counts, enough that they are welcomed into the fold eventually and I want to know what ultimately happens to them. Mayhap in the "final" trilogy coming later this decade.
Sure, the central tedious M/F/M love triangle is recycled and boring. With The Beautiful Cordelia being oh so special while being not very bright and spending a lot of time huffing and whining. And the more tolerable of her choices having a whole two personality traits: drunk and fashionable.
And Anna/Ariadne is sorta just there, with the former being kinda fun until she forgots how to be after she gives in to the soppy romance.
And Lucie/Jesse feels like a retread of Meg Cabot's The Mediator (the ghost in that was even named Jesse), except less mature and less likable.
And whenever they do appear, Tessa/Will do their best to drag things down with their charisma void.
But Christopher and Magnus are decent enough even if they serve mainly as plot devices when convenient.
Clearly, though, the series is elevated by Grace and Alastair, both of whom are generally disliked by most of the names above for most of the pages. For reasons which I suppose are somewhat legitimate as they can be pretty antagonistic, but whatever. They both have compelling Sad Backstories and good reasons to distance themselves from most of humanity, and have strong development as they come to peace with their (external/internal) demons. And do a lot to help out when it really counts, enough that they are welcomed into the fold eventually and I want to know what ultimately happens to them. Mayhap in the "final" trilogy coming later this decade.
August 3, 2024
"If it hadn't been for you, my Daisy, I would have long since belonged to Belial. Because there is no one in the world, my beautiful, maddening, adorable wife, whom I could love even half as much as I love you. My heart beats for you always and only for you."
Sigo diciendo que mi trilogía favorita es The Dark Artifices... Pero esta no se queda atrás TREMENDA OBRA DE ARTE. 🥰🥰🥰
Sigo diciendo que mi trilogía favorita es The Dark Artifices... Pero esta no se queda atrás TREMENDA OBRA DE ARTE. 🥰🥰🥰
March 19, 2024
I think the charcters are not as lovable as in the other series. They were liars, frustrating, and really liked to keep secrets.
The whole story and plot was based on keeping secrets and miscommunication, which to be honest, was really annoying.
If the kids told their parents that Belial was trying to cause problem, the story would’ve been faster and the deaths could be avoided. But of course they thought that they could handle everything by themselves, so why not. I understand that this series was exclusively for the kids, and Cassandra Clare was trying to restrict the parent’s story (since they already got their own story in the Infernal Devices seris, but come one, this plot is simply dumb).
I think Cassandra Clare could lose old fans if she kept this up. I mean, I would literally read any book she realeased (for now), but if her plot was as annoying and frustrating as this one, I might just stop reading her books.
Also, it was kind of strange how differently James and Matthew’s parabatai bond worked here. With other parabatai, their bond were so strong that they are practically one being with two mind. In here, Matthew and James are practically strangers.
The whole story and plot was based on keeping secrets and miscommunication, which to be honest, was really annoying.
If the kids told their parents that Belial was trying to cause problem, the story would’ve been faster and the deaths could be avoided. But of course they thought that they could handle everything by themselves, so why not. I understand that this series was exclusively for the kids, and Cassandra Clare was trying to restrict the parent’s story (since they already got their own story in the Infernal Devices seris, but come one, this plot is simply dumb).
I think Cassandra Clare could lose old fans if she kept this up. I mean, I would literally read any book she realeased (for now), but if her plot was as annoying and frustrating as this one, I might just stop reading her books.
Also, it was kind of strange how differently James and Matthew’s parabatai bond worked here. With other parabatai, their bond were so strong that they are practically one being with two mind. In here, Matthew and James are practically strangers.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 11, 2025
Overall I enjoyed this trilogy as it follows the children that came after Jem and Tessa’s generation. Cassandra Clare again shows her ability to word her books according to the time period. It gets pretty dark and convoluted in this one and sets a lot of things up for the current trilogy that’s most toward in the timeline. Even with the crazy things that happen in this trilogy I felt that Cassandra Clare was starting to fizzle out a little bit on creativity. Some of the relationships at times could be downright infuriating when they go in the same circle over and over again haha. Not to mention what I feel to be some quantity oriented unrealistic trends in the main group of friends that this follows. But the overall concept of the trilogy was definitely fascinating!
April 3, 2025
i actually adored this series.
sure, it wasn't as good as the mortal instruments, but it came pretty damn close. i liked how there was diversity in the relationships. and not because every other character is either gay, trans or in a threesome (cough the dark artifices cough) but because one girl is in love with her childhood ghost, one boy is being brainwashed into loving a girl because she black magicked him.
i think each of the characters' personal struggle was depicted so beautifully. from alistair and thomas to grace's redemption arc. i loved how tessa's warlock blood affected her childrens' abilities as well, you can tell it was very well thought out.
sure, it wasn't as good as the mortal instruments, but it came pretty damn close. i liked how there was diversity in the relationships. and not because every other character is either gay, trans or in a threesome (cough the dark artifices cough) but because one girl is in love with her childhood ghost, one boy is being brainwashed into loving a girl because she black magicked him.
i think each of the characters' personal struggle was depicted so beautifully. from alistair and thomas to grace's redemption arc. i loved how tessa's warlock blood affected her childrens' abilities as well, you can tell it was very well thought out.
July 6, 2023
This is literally my favorite trilogy Cassandra Clare has ever written. The wonderful characters combined with the intense plot (both romantic and non-romantic) make this series so gripping I finished it in a week. I still think about these characters to this day.
February 9, 2023
Loves the first two books but the third book could have been better
October 31, 2023
Pretty solid story line and i think the love triangle was very well done.
October 21, 2024
there was romance but not enough fantasy for me. Even if the fantasy elements that were used were amazing
May 3, 2025
The first two books were pretty cool, and the third book was good too, but somethings didn't settle down for me.
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