Review: Angels Twice Descending (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #10) by Cassandra Clare

Title: Angels Twice Descending

Series: Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #10

Previous novellas in this series: Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy (#1) | The Lost Herondale (#2) | The Whitechapel Fiend (#3) | Nothing but Shadows (#4) | The Evil We Love (#5) | Pale Kings and Princes (#6) | Bitter of Tongue (#7) | The Fiery Trial (#8) | Born to Endless Night (#9)

Previous series: The Mortal Instruments

Author: Cassandra Clare

Genre: YA, urban fantasy

Publication date: November 2015

Published by: Margaret K. McElderry Books

Source: Own hardcover

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Synopsis: Simon’s journey to become a Shadowhunter nears its end as his Ascension ceremony draws closer. One of ten adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy.

Simon’s Ascension ceremony draws near in this brilliant conclusion to Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy.

My rating: ★★★★★

This is it. The end. After two years at the Academy, Simon is finally gonna go through the ceremony, drink from the Mortal Cup, and become a Shadowhunter.

One of my favorite things about this book was the relationship between Simon and George.

“But there’s something else I’ve never had,” Simon added. “At least until now.”
“What’s that?”
“A brother.” The word felt right. Not someone you chose— someone the fates assigned you, someone who, under any other circumstance, might never have given you a second look. Nor you him. Someone you would die for and kill for without a second thought, because he was family. Judging from George’s radiant smile, the work sounded right to him, too.
“Are we going to hug now or something?” George said.
“I think it’s inescapable.”

So you can imagine my reaction when George drank from the Mortal Cup and FREAKING DIES 😭 I was NOT okay. I literally cried because I just loved George so much! How are you going to introduce this amazing character, make me fall in love with him, and then kill him off at the end?? 😭 Cassie Clare, you are evil! Lol. I did like that Simon picked Lovelace as his Shadowhunter name though, to remember and honor his brother.

I really loved this story! I laughed, I cried, and everything in between. When Simon went up to drink from the cup I had literal palpitations, but I was also trying to not cry. It was such a big moment and I was so proud of him! And then that ending... so good! I’m really going to miss all these new characters Simon befriended, especially George! And I was really impressed with Jon’s character development, which was honestly mostly thanks to Marisol, who I loved! Lol. But yeah, this was amazing! I loved it!

Have you read this book? If so, what did you think about it? If not, what do you think? Does it sound like something you might want to read? Leave me a link to your review or comment below! 😊