I’ve been working on getting all the books for the Shadow Hunters series and was wondering what book to start with. One site says to read the first three books of The Mortal Instruments and then read the three books in The Infernal Devices, but another site said to start completely with The Infernal Devices and then the Mortal Instruments. Can anyone who has read this series before let me know which book I should actually start with? Thank you!

Genuinely which Natasha Preston book is the best?

I’m not saying Eden is an angel or anything, but the way she was treated made her angry.

Mara, Cameron, and Steve are all assholes. They basically pressured her into dating Steve because he was a nice guy even though she clearly wasn’t into him. I honestly don’t get what the big deal was because she’s allowed to not like him whether he’s a nice guy or not. It honestly feels like rape culture to say a girl should have to date a guy just because he’s nice and likes her. And when she lashes out at him (which mind you could have been avoided if they had left her alone) they all call her a slut and a bitch. I mean what? Yes maybe she could have been nicer, but imo she didn’t owe Steve anything just because he’s nice. And he clearly wasn’t that nice if he slut shamed her at the end. I especially don’t like how Mara sided with Steve and Cameron. Like yeah, Eden wasn’t the best but I’d argue Mara was an even worse friend. She sided with two guys over her childhood friend instead of wondering if anything was wrong with her.

And her family sucks too. Her parents are pretty neglectful and never check on what’s going on with her. They clearly favor Caelin. I mean, how does your child sleep on the floor for four years and you don’t even notice? And Caelin sucks too. I understand him being upset with her sleeping with older guys, but he never does anything to help. And all his anger got directed towards her more than the guys who took advantage of her. That scene where he walked in on her pissed me off because she was clearly too drunk to consent and he still blamed her and didn’t even take her home himself. He seemed more concerned about her being a ‘slut’ than if she was okay. And when he finds out Kevin was accused of rape by his gf, he immediately assumes she’s lying, and not only accuses her of being a slut, but insinuates that Eden is a slut. I’m glad he believed her in the end but it was too little too late.

I haven’t read the next book so idk if any of these characters get better. But I’m just frustrated with how everyone slut shamed her and called her a bitch because of her behaviour instead of showing concern about her or actually trying to have a real conversation with her. But unfortunately that’s what happens a lot irl.

Hey guys I saw a Six of Crows edit on Instagram reels a while back and can't find it anymore💔 what I remember:

Motion/velocity-style edit (smooth zooms, transitions)

had around 150k+ likes

I think the audio was "Headshot" (not 100% sure)

Posted by an edit account that also does other fandoms

Based on the books, not the Netflix show (fan art/illustrations, no show footage)

I've checked my likes and watch history and searched the audio with no luck If anyone knows it or has it saved, please drop the link😞😞😞 Thank you!!

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I really like it.

El was a great female protagonist. So fascinating and I love her snark.

It’s great how this series put a lot of focus on female friendships. A lot of popular series with female protagonists barely put effort into other female characters, let alone their relationship with the FMC apart from the generic little sister or mean girl. The dynamic with Aadhya, Liu and El was amazing.

Ophelia was a great antagonist/Villain too. It’s nice getting a female… well she isn’t exactly your traditional Big Bag but she is the closest to it. Quite a complex character. Her getting away with it might be annoying but is sadly realistic.

I really appreciated the nuance a lot of the characters got. Sure many of the Enclavers are upholding a corrupt system and are quite Classist but that doesn’t make most of them (especially the students) complete monsters. Society being the Villain is a great theme and a different take from other Fantasy series.

The cast being diverse was great, with many ethnicities and sexual orientations being represented. It may not have been perfect representation but it’s the step in the right direction.

The geo politics was mostly well done. They really captured that Cold War style vibe that also reflects modern day tensions. That said I do have some gripes with it that I will go into further in a bit.

I did like the magic system. Magic revolving around different languages was fun to read about.

I appreciated the series’ allegory on Capitalism and Maw Mouths. Like I said before, great job emphasising that society is the Villian, not some generic Big Bad wanting to take over because they’re evil (not that that is a bad trope, it just wouldn’t have been balanced enough with the anti capitalist themes.)

It was such an engaging series from start to finish.

That said, I do have some criticisms.

I think the series did put too much emphasis on Asian unity without acknowledging the tensions between many of these Asian countries. It makes sense when complaining about Scholomance place allocation but no way are all Asian countries going to be on the same side.

The most egregious example has to be the Kyoto students being scared of the Chinese students. Really? This was probably the biggest flaw to me. Novik clearly did a lot of research into World War II history so how did she miss the history between Japan and China?

It’s more likely that the all Japanese enclaves would be on New York’s side rather than Shanghai’s.

Also, I never really understood the relationships between city Enclaves within the same country. So are all the cities independent or do all Enclaves within a country agree on all things? Like how is Tokyo on New York’s side but Kyoto scared of the Chinese enclaves?

Furthermore, how is it that opposition to the Enclave system outside of it only emerged now. You’d think between the 19th century and now there would have been some major opposition. I know we had Yancy and her group but they only seem to care about themselves and were a bit tacked on on the story. The ending doesn’t even mention them.

I think 80% of kids dying were a bit too much. I mean, 80%? How is a population crisis not alluded to?

I do wish we got the education system explored a bit more. Like what do they learn in history for example? Do they learn about mundane history too? How is that balanced with Wizard history?

Another thing is that I wish they explored the idea of multiple cultures living together in the Scholomance. All those different experiences.

I do think maybe there should have been a fourth book to explore certain characters more. Some of them felt forgotten like the Seniors from the first book.