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The Eldest Curses #1-2
The Lost Book of the White, The Red Scrolls of Magic 2 Books Collection Set
- GenresFantasy
Paperback
First published January 1, 2020
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About the author
Cassandra Clare
199 books278k 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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May 13, 2025
yes I know this book was targeted at me, yes I still fell for it, yes I adored it!!!! I just love how fucking cute malec is in-between you know, dealing with deamons, mabey evil cults, falling of a cliff in a sports car, having to come to the realisation that the person your with and you come from completely different sides of the same world.
Thus book is so good, and I cannot recommend it enough, mine has been reread so much I can hardly read the spine. ( no I'm not a monster, I dont break my spines, I just read them)
but it is super cute. and the mystery is really interesting. I'm here for all of the plots
Thus book is so good, and I cannot recommend it enough, mine has been reread so much I can hardly read the spine. ( no I'm not a monster, I dont break my spines, I just read them)
but it is super cute. and the mystery is really interesting. I'm here for all of the plots
June 11, 2025
A couple of standalone stories that find their own place in the Shadowhunters timeline when there’s a little bit less going on in the world. Following our favorite power couple Magnus and Alec. The first book was just a lot of fun, the humor between them as they try to solve a mystery and the second one gets very crazy and dire very quick. It goes places I never would have thought it could go. Especially with these books being as short as they are compared to the others. Enjoyed it from beginning to end.
April 3, 2025
this was a cute read if you adore magnus and alec. it wasn't as serious nor did it keep you on the edge of your seat as much as shadowhunters, but it was cute and fluffy and lighthearted, with the occasional crazy cult in the background.
April 6, 2025
LOVED this!! Love MALEC!!! Definitely bought this book and will be re-reading it!!
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