The Mortal Instruments series has finally come to an explosive end in a 700 page novel called City of Heavenly Fire. What a journey it has been. Not only are the six books in this series, and three in the prequel series The Infernal Devices, but there is a planned sequel series set for next year! To keep readers somewhat patient during the traumatic breaks with no new content from Cassandra Clare, she previously released a collection of ten short stories based around Magnus Bane and his life, called The Bane Chronicles. Recently, she revealed that she will be doing this again; but who will these revolve around?
This is why, when Cassandra Clare revealed the new set of short stories, the Shadowhunter fandom were thrilled that they do not have to let go of the characters forever without learning even more about them first. The character she has chosen to write about has shown a lot of personal growth throughout the series and became one of the strongest and most loved in the series, and rightfully so; they have really earned the right to their own collection of short stories.
The question is, who will it be? Maia, Alec, Simon or Raphael? Any of these would be fascinating to learn more about but the answer, the focus of these new stories will be Simon! Yes, the lovable geek who's always looked down on by a majority of shadowhunters, and Clary's best friend in the world. It will be interesting to see if these stories are set before or after the end of City of Heavenly Fire. If after, this could answer a lot of unanswered and soul torturing questions about the character and where he goes after the series.