The Evil We Love

Name: The Evil We Love
Brand: Simon & Schuster Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)
Author: Cassandra Clare
ISBN: 9781442384057

Author: Cassandra Clare, Robin Wasserman

Series: Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #5

Narrator: Chris Wood

Unabridged: 2 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Published: 07/07/2015

Categories: Children's Fiction, School, Children's Short Stories, Fantasy Stories

Synopsis

All evil starts somewhere, and Simon Lewis learns how The Circle—led by Valentine Morgenstern—began. One of ten adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy.

The Shadowhunter Academy has only just reopened following the disastrous rise of the Circle. Now the faculty can finally admit to what happened when Valentine was a student.

This standalone e-only short story follows the adventures of Simon Lewis, star of the #1 New York Times bestselling series, The Mortal Instruments, as he trains to become a Shadowhunter. Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy features characters from Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments, Infernal Devices, and the upcoming Dark Artifices and Last Hours series. The Evil We Love is written by Cassandra Clare and Robin Wasserman.

Read more of Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunter Chronicles in The Infernal Devices, The Mortal Instruments, and The Bane Chronicles.

About Cassandra Clare

Cassandra Clare, real name, Judith Rumelt, is an American author, best known for her young adult fiction works. Her bestselling effort is The Mortal Instruments. She was born to American parents of Jewish descent in Iran in 1973. Her grandfather was film producer Max Rosenberg. During her formative years, Clare traveled extensively throughout Europe. She went to high school in California, then split her time between there and New York. She ended up working for The Hollywood Reporter. In Los Angeles she began to write some Internet fiction pieces, but just before writing her first book, The City of Bones, she deleted them.

City of Bones was released by Simon and Schuster in 2007. It is fantasy inspired by the landscape of Manhattan. Next came City of Ashes, and City of Glass, which completed the first trilogy. The second trilogy featured City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls, and City of Heavenly Fire. In 2013, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones was made into a movie starring Lily Collins and Jamie Campbell Bower. Clare currently resides in Amherst, Massachusetts, with her husband and three cats.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sasha

Valentine makes me sick. Not my favorite tale but I enjoyed the Sizzy bits!......more

Goodreads review by Zoë

This one was a tad slow, but I'm glad we got to see the reason behind some of Robert Lightwood's actions in The Mortal Instruments. However, I wish there was more about The Circle itself instead of just emotional turmoil and angst. Sizzy somewhat made up for it, though! ;D......more

Goodreads review by Maureen

I didn't enjoy this one as much, though there were a lot of SIZZY FEELZ so that was great. It felt like kind of the same plot device was used in Robert's story as was used in TMI, so that was slightly annoying. Why not use the same kind of situation but, idk, switch it up??......more

Goodreads review by Anastasia

4.75/5 stars The Evil We Love was the fifth book of Simon Lewis' adventures at Shadowhunter Academy. The character development in these short novellas is mindblowing. I can really see the old and new Simon blending together to form this nerdy warrior that I absolutely love...watch out Izzy. In th......more