Bitter of Tongue

Cassandra Clare · Sarah Rees Brennan

Aug 2015 · Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

When Simon is kidnapped by the fey, he’s amazed to find a friend in former Shadowhunter Mark Blackthorn. One of ten adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy.

After Simon is kidnapped by faeries (why is he always kidnapped?), he uncovers rumors of a secret weapon Sebastian left behind for the faerie queen. He must escape the Fey, relying on his only ally, former Shadowhunter and Dark Artifices character Mark Blackthorn.

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, the Infernal Devices, and the upcoming Dark Artifices and Last Hours series. Bitter of Tongue is written by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan.

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

Ratings and reviews

This was definitely the worst of all the stories to be released. The writing was very lazy and left much to be desired. Characters felt very generic and dialogue was forced. It wasn't terrible but it was noticeably bad compared to the rest. If there's one to skip out on it's definitely this one.

To me I felt like this was the weakest out of all the Simon stories so far. The dialogue was cringy, making me feel like I was reading a bad fanfic. The way most of the characters talked did not sound natural and smooth, I liked mark tho kinda sounding like a poet but the rest were horrible especially simon. Hopefully this was just a single fluke on cass's part and the rest of the stories and the dark artifice when it comes out will be much better written then this

I've never been one to reread books, but Cassandra Clare is such a brilliant author I can't tell you how many times I've read the Mortal Instruments and Infernal Devices series. I own everything that Cassandra has written! Including the Bane Chronicles!! I'm so glad I became curious about the Mortal Instruments and decided to buy the first book to that series, it's what got me hooked! I look forward to the upcoming novellas each month, and of course the up and coming Dark Artifices, and Last Hours books!!!

About the author

Cassandra Clare is the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of The Red Scrolls of Magic, Lady Midnight, Lord of Shadows, and Queen of Air and Darkness, as well as the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and Infernal Devices trilogy. She is the coauthor of The Bane Chronicles with Sarah Rees Brennan and Maureen Johnson; Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy with Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson, and Robin Wasserman; and Ghosts of the Shadow Market with Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson, Kelly Link, and Robin Wasserman. Her books have more than 50 million copies in print worldwide and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages and made into a feature film and a TV show. Cassandra lives in western Massachusetts. Visit her at CassandraClare.com. Learn more about the world of the Shadowhunters at Shadowhunters.com.

Sarah Rees Brennan is the New York Times bestselling author of the critically acclaimed Unspoken and The Demon’s Lexicon trilogy. Her most recent book, In Other Lands, was a Hugo Award finalist. She lives in Ireland. Visit her at SarahReesBrennan.com.