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Jack the Ripper stalks through London, and only the Shadowhunters can stop him. One of ten adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy. Simon learns the truth behind the Jack the Ripper murders—“Jack” was stopped by Will Herondale and his institute of Victorian Shadowhunters. 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, Infernal Devices, and the upcoming Dark Artifices and Last Hours series. The Whitechapel Fiend is written by Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson.
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Really Cassandra Clare you're going to divide a short story into two separate stories? Why even bother having Simon in it at all? If you want to tell the story of a Herondale then do it, don't hide it within another that is supposed to be about Simon. And good God, the repetitive use of language. How many times can you repeat words in a paragraph? This story told us nothing about Simon. We only see him fall out of a tree and write a note. Yay, awesome I spent money on a worthless tale! I don't give a flying hoot about Jack the Ripper. Ok so we hear a bit more about Jace's family. Give Jace his own series of short stories. Don't play on the fans love of Jace to sell your damn short story you didn't have enough material to go off of before your deadline hit. What the hell happened to the phenomenal story telling we saw in Mortal Instruments? Where's the hook, the emotional bond we were able to develop with the characters? I question if it is even worth it to buy the next one. Put some damn effort into these and make it worth my money.
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10 primary booksTales from the Shadowhunter Academy is a 10-book series with 10 primary works first released in 2015 with contributions by Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson, and 2 others.