A review by naaytaashreads
The Wicked Ones by Emily Bett Rickards, Robin Wasserman, Cassandra Clare

5.0

“Cruelty, harshness, pain: no one shielded us from the realities of life, and that made us strong.”

This has to be one of my favourite novellas in the Ghost of the Shadow Market.
We get to see something I been always curious about. The young Valentine and his Circle. I totally would love to see more of that.

This storyline follows on Celine. Which I find very interesting. We see a glimpse and mention of her in previous shadowhunter books but we never get to see a full story and character so this was a nice introduction.
I enjoy we see another side of the Circle. That shows that not everyone in the Circle is strong, brave or follow the same values as Valentine.
Celine grows up in a very tough childhood with her parents.
That cause her to be easily persuaded by Valentine by the way he treats her.
Valentine makes her feel wanted, belong and important hence why it cause what she does in the story.

We definitely get to see a huge development of The Lost Herondale which makes so much sense if you read The Dark Artifices series.

OMG I JUST LOVE ALL THESE CONNECTIONS.

“Feeling is what makes us human. Even the most difficult feelings. Perhaps especially those. Love, loss, longing—this is what it means to be truly alive.”