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The Last Hours

Chain of Thorns (Last Hours, Book 3)

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The Last Hours

By: Cassandra Clare
Narrated by: Finty Williams
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The thrilling conclusion to the Last Hours series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Cassandra Clare

Cordelia Carstairs has lost everything that matters to her. In only a few weeks, her father has been murdered, her plans to become parabatai with best friend Lucie have been destroyed, and her marriage has crumbled. Even worse, she is now bound to an ancient demon, Lilith, stripping her of her power as a Shadowhunter.

Cordelia flees to Paris, hoping to forget her sorrows. But reality soon intrudes: Tatiana Blackthorn has escaped the Adamant Citadel, and London is under new threat by the Prince of Hell, Belial. Returning home, Cordelia discovers that Belial's plan is about to crash into the Shadowhunters like a deadly wave, one that will separate her, Lucie, and the Merry Thieves from help of any kind.

If Cordelia and her friends are going to save their city, they will have to muster their courage, swallow their pride, and trust one another again. For if they fail, they may lose everything—even their souls.

©2022 Cassandra Clare (P)2022 W.F. Howes Ltd Action & Adventure Fantasy Fiction Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy
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It was such a long wait for this final book in the series but it was well worth it. I found every moment enthralling and listened every chance I had. The narrator is great and has a very engaging voice.

This is my favourite of the Cassandra Claire series. Followed very closely by the Infernal Devices series (also great narrator).

Had me hooked from the start!!

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from beginning to end the story was epic and the finish was beautiful a great read

the books were humorous, sad and I could not put them down

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The first book was very good and promised a great deal. The second struggled a bit, being much slower and repetitive. The third book was a waste of time. I only persisted because of the brilliant narrator. The end was predictable, as was the rest of the story. It dragged on and on in unnecessary detail. Romance part between to male protagonists was the best part, as the rest of romantic stories and characters were unbelievable. It was a real struggle to finish it, followed by the regret for the time lost. Poetry quotes were excellent.

It was a struggle to finish

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this last book made me want to throw myself out a window. I have no idea what Clare was going for but this wasn't it. There were so much things that either didn't need to happen or wouldn't have been a problem if everyone would just use their bloody head. this book was a whopping 700+ pages and personally I think about 300 pages could've been cut out. I felt as though we were just going around in circles and if it wasn't for audible going at double speed I would never have gotten through this. I zoned out through the second half of the book and didn't care at the end who lives and who died. none of the characters were really that connecting. Maybe if I had to pick one i'd pick Matthew, at least he had character growth and development. This book also dragged on and was just filler. I got to the point where I just wanted to get on with the plot.

I am really disappointed by this series and expected more considering I loved the infernal devices. this isn't a series I would recommend to anyone and I hope we aren't tested on this later down the timeline otherwise I am screwed.

in terms of the narration, I think Williams did well with what she had. She was the only reason I made it to the end of this book. She was very engaging. I wish she had used different voices for each character. the only one I could really pick out was Will since she had a Welsh accent.

Don't put yourself thorugh this

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I usually like both Cassandra Clare and Finty Williams and I listened to the entire trilogy but honestly it started to feel like a real slog and I'm not sure I'll listen to either of them again in a hurry.
A lot of very petulant, unlikable, grating characters who were made even more unbearable with the whiny narration, and the bad guys were just so over acted - very panto and cringe.
I fell asleep many times listening to this and I like sleeping so it was good for that!

Irritating characters and too long

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