It left me so frustrated, yet impressed that the storytelling was enthralling enough to continue to bother me after the book was finished. Then an ill-timed confrontation makes for a huge swerve in the trajectory of their marriage. I liked how the pace of the action slowed a bit to spend more time developing the relationships between the characters.Ĭordelia and James get married and the weight of the magic he is unknowingly under creates room for a slow burn romance and revelation of feelings. What Worked: Chain of Iron begins four months after the events in Chain of Gold. And that he himself may be the killer they seek. All the while, each is keeping a shocking secret: Lucie, that she plans to raise Jesse from the dead Cordelia, that she has sworn a dangerous oath of loyalty to a mysterious power and James, that he is being drawn further each night into the dark web of his grandfather, the arch-demon Belial. Together with the Merry Thieves, Cordelia, James, and Lucie must follow the trail of the knife-wielding killer through the city’s most dangerous streets. And a serial murderer is targeting the Shadowhunters of London, killing under cover of darkness, then vanishing without a trace. Cortana burns Cordelia’s hand when she touches it, while her father has grown bitter and angry. James is in love with the mysterious Grace Blackthorn whose brother, Jesse, died years ago in a terrible accident. James and Cordelia’s marriage is a lie, arranged to save Cordelia’s reputation. And she bears the sword Cortana, a legendary hero’s blade.īut the truth is far grimmer.
She is about to be reunited with her beloved father. She has a new life in London with her best friend Lucie Herondale and James’s charming companions, the Merry Thieves.
She’s engaged to marry James Herondale, the boy she has loved since childhood. Chain of Iron is a Shadowhunters novel.Ĭordelia Carstairs seems to have everything she ever wanted. The Shadowhunters must catch a killer in Edwardian London in this dangerous and romantic sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Chain of Gold, from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare.
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