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Five stars to 'The Ragpicker King' by Cassandra Clare

It has become tradition to share a review when there’s a new Cassandra Clare book, and although I’m a bit late, here it is. There are no spoilers, but I sometimes changed the tense. Sorry, not sorry 😉 Cassie Clare delivered an incredibly strong sequel with The Ragpicker King, and I couldn’t be more thrilled! It was very easy to get back into the world – Cassie did a good job of recapping the main…

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Happy release day to 'The Ragpicker King' 🥳

Good morning, afternoon or evening! I’m thrilled to be writing these words again because it’s certainly been a while: Happy release day to Cassandra Clare and The Ragpicker King! ❤ The second novel in her The Chronicles of Castellane series is finally out today! Here’s a synopsis for the book: His life is an illusion. Her lie is a gamble. Can two outliers save a kingdom? The royal court is in…

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October Newsletter Recap

Happy Sunday! Cassandra Clare sent a short issue of her newsletter to her subscribers. Despite the shortness, we got a snippet, artwork and news about her appearances in 2025. Let’s have a look at the snippet first. It’s from Cassie’s Kickstarter project and the story will be in her short story collection Better in Black: Heaven in Hell’s Despair, the Sebastian and Seelie Queen story from Better…

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Recap of Cassandra Clare's Munich event (11 October)

Good morning, afternoon or evening! You may have seen on our Instagram or Cassandra Clare’s Instagram that she was in Munich, Germany two weeks ago and today I’m giving you a recap of Bookstock Festival 2024! Of course I was absolutely thrilled that Cassie was returning to Germany after seven long years. The last time she met her German readers was at Frankfurt Book Fair 2017 and let’s just say…

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Cassandra Clare shares new snippet and art from her Kickstarter project

Happy Monday! To kick off the new week, let’s have a recap of recent news. 😀 Cassandra Clare sent a summer newsletter last Friday (26 July) and not only did she include a snippet from her Kickstarter project Careful of Books, we also got accompanying art. The novella “centers on Matthew, traveling on a 1904 ocean liner that happens to be infested with vampires.” From “A Sea Change,” the…

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Cover Reveal: 'The Ragpicker King' coming on March 4, 2025!

Good morning, afternoon or evening! It has once again been a while since our last post, but today I am thrilled to be back with the cover reveal for Cassandra Clare’s The Ragpicker King! Sword Catcher, the first installment of The Chronicles of Castellane, was published in October 2023 and thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we now have a cover for Cassie’s second adult novel. Here’s the US…

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'The Last King of Faerie' is coming in Spring 2026!

Good morning, afternoon or evening! We’re back from a short and unplanned hiatus and we have great news! 😀 It’s been four months since Cassandra Clare shared the titles for her final trilogy set in The Shadowhunter Chronicles and now I’m very happy to announce the release season and year for the first The Wicked Powers novel, The Last King of Faerie! There’s quite a lot to unpack, so let’s have a…

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Cassandra Clare shares 'The Wicked Powers' book titles

Cassandra Clare shares 'The Wicked Powers' book titles ➰

Happy Wednesday, everyone! How fast did you click when you saw the title? 😉 Cassandra Clare stopped in New York City for an event with her friend and fellow author Maureen Johnson, and although this event was for Sword Catcher, they also talked about The Shadowhunter Chronicles. Cassie had previously teased an announcement about The Wicked Powers and by the Angel, did she deliver yesterday!…

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Recap of Cassandra Clare's London event

Happy Friday! While on her UK tour to promote Sword Catcher, Cassandra Clare naturally stopped in London for an event. On 25th October she was at St James’s Church once again and talked about Sword Catcher, her writing process, the Mortal Instruments character she feels particularly connected to, and much more. I of course had to travel to London to see Cassie and I have written another recap of…

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Happy release day to 'Sword Catcher': Book Review + Exclusive Interview

Happy release day to Cassandra Clare and her debut adult fantasy novel Sword Catcher! We have come a long way since its first announcement in 2017 and I am thrilled to celebrate Cassie and her new book today. Sword Catcher is now available in bookstores and online as an ebook or audio book. The audio book is narrated by Christian Coulson (aka Tom Riddle in the second Harry Potter movie 😉 ) and…

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Meet the characters from 'Sword Catcher'

Cassandra Clare’s very first adult fantasy novel Sword Catcher hits shelves tomorrow, so now is a great time to have a look at the different characters she has introduced us to over the past months. I have also compiled a list of snippets that Cassie has shared on Instagram. Let’s meet some of the characters of Sword Catcher! (Click on the names for beautiful artwork by Sasha Coleman.) Kellian…

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Cassandra Clare introduces 'Seasons of Shadowhunters' Kickstarter

Happy Friday! Today I have really exciting news to share with you. 😀 Between 2021 and 2022 Cassandra Clare published almost weekly installments of her online story Secrets of Blackthorn Hall. Since its ending in October 2022, Cassie’s fans have been waiting for a printed version and the day has finally come for some real news! In the past Cassie has said that she was going to do a Kickstarter and…

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Meet more characters from 'Sword Catcher'

Good morning, afternoon or evening! It’s a new month, so I’m sure you know what this means: another newsletter recap! Cassandra Clare sent another issue of her monthly newsletter – subscribe here – in which she shared more Sword Catcher information, but also briefly addressed The Wicked Powers. Get this, we got a Ty and Kit comic! 😀 Let’s focus on Sword Catcher first, though. Entertainment Weekly…

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Cassandra Clare shares a 'The Wicked Powers' snippet and lots of 'Sword Catcher' news!

Another month, another Cassandra Clare newsletter filled with lots of information! Since we are The Mortal Instruments Souce aka TMI Source, let’s start with The Shadowhunter Chronicles news! 😉 Cassie gave her subscribers a tiny snippet from The Wicked Powers, her final trilogy in the Shadowhunters universe. ❤ “I don’t think I’m going to be able to let you off with a warning this time, Drusilla,”…

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June Newsletter Recap: A 'Sword Catcher' map, character art, and more!

Happy first day of summer! We are now less than four months away from the release of Cassandra Clare’s first adult novel Sword Catcher and we’ve have been getting information about its characters, art, and also snippets for a while now. Monday’s issue of Cassie’s newsletter introduced us to a new character, we got a map and more interesting information. Cassie actually reached a life’s goal for…

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May Newsletter Recap: 'Sword Catcher' art, snippets and more!

May Newsletter Recap: 'Sword Catcher' art, snippets and more!

Buckle up, guys. I’ve got the May newsletter recap for you and it’s a long one! We’ve got Sword Catcher art, snippets, pre-order links and more. Let’s start with the art, here we have “Sasha Coleman’s art of Conor along with a few of his favorite things: wine, jewelry, books, money and secret letters.” Hello, handsome. I’m intrigued how important that dagger is going to be. Prince Conor Aurelian…

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Meet the protagonist of 'Sword Catcher' ⚔️

Meet the protagonist of 'Sword Catcher' ⚔️ .@cassieclare

Hello and happy Thursday! It’s been a while since we’ve had any kind of news due to Cassandra Clare’s break, but yesterday a newsletter about her upcoming adult fantasy novel Sword Catcher was sent to her subscribers. Cassie shared information about the novel’s protagonist Kellian Saren, snippets, photos from her vacation and a bit of insight into her Secrets of Blackthorn Hall project. Let’s…