A few years after the war Emma and the Blackthorns have tried to adapt to their new family, their uncle who now lives with them and the Mexican girl, Cristina. Emma tries to hide her feelings for her parabatai all while she still tries to figure out her parents’ murderers. She gets to know a mundane in an attempt to find true love elsewhere. The fey are coming back, looking for help this time. And with them comes lies, not only from the downworlders. Welcome back to the shadowhunters’ world.