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| The Eldest Curses Book 1 |
From #1 New York Times bestseller Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu comes the first book in a new trilogy featuring the centuries-old High Warlock Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood after they survive the Mortal War.
Magnus Bane, a centuries old High Warlock, has taken possession of one of the great relics of the supernatural world, a powerful spell book of dark magic known as The Book of the White and there are many who want to claim it for themselves.
After the Mortal War where the part-human and part-angel Shadowhunters teamed with the part human-demon Downworlders to fight against the incursion of an army of demons, Magnus and his new lover, the mortal Alec Lightwood celebrate their survival and victory by escaping the supernatural battlefield of New York City by touring the world, but the world won’t leave them alone.
The first adult novel set within #1 New York Times bestselling author Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunter series, The Lost Book of the White, written with award-winning science fiction author Wesley Chu, is a fantasy thriller that will give new readers a great way to enter the Shadowhunters world and give the millions of readers across the globe answers they’ve been looking for in this start of The Eldest Curses trilogy.
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My Review: 5/5 Stars
Loved this book! Alec and Magnus are some of my favorite characters in the Shadowhunter world. They were the characters that snuck up on me. I didn't realize how much I would grow to love them until I got to really know the characters through the many books in the Shadowhunter world. And in every book they take me by surprise. The Red Scrolls of Magic was such a fun treat. The book takes place right after City of Glass and we follow Magnus and Alec as they go on vacation together. Yet what is a vacation if a crazy demon cult isn't chasing after them? The book was filled with fun surprises and a ton of cameos of characters that we meet in later books that had me squealing how I knew exactly who they were and who they would become. We had the cameos of those we lost later in the books and it was bittersweet to see them again. We also saw the beginnings of relationships, like Helen and Aline. And we got to see how deeply Magnus and Alec had fallen for one another in the early stages of their relationship. The story overall was not a disappointment and I'm so glad that we have two more books that follow Alec and Magnus specifically on their adventures together. The cliffhanger at the end of book made it clear that what they faced in this book will resurface for them in the future. Absolutely loved this book. And if you are a fan of Magnus and Alec, then this will not disappoint you!
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