Cuz apparently I’m still not over it.

Maybe it’s a bit nitpicky or maybe I’m biased because I enjoy Simon/Isabelle/Sizzy but I want another Tales from Shadowhunter Academy. And this time I want it to truly focus on Simon and Izzy.  

What I mean is that while the anthology format was entertaining and showed many parts of the Shadowhunter world it necessitated Simon sharing the spotlight.

He had to share with Magnus/Alec in Born to an Endless Night. Shared it with The Circle flashbacks in The Evil We Love. With the Blackthorns in Pale Kings and Princes. With James and Matthew in Nothing But Shadows. With Jem and Tessa in The Whitechapel Fiend. You get the idea.

And while I do enjoy it, Malec has the original series plus The Eldest Curses dedicated to different points of their relationship and progressing their character development. Not to mention the major appearances in the last two books of The Dark Artifices and cute stories in The Bane Chronicles. 

The Mortal Instruments gang and The Last Hours gang also have their trilogies and stories in Ghosts of the Shadowmarket. 

And don’t get me started on Clary and Jace who have some major appearances in the original series and again, Dark Artifices. 

Which yes, Isabelle and Simon appear in Dark Artifices but with much much less page time than the other four. I’ve mentioned it before but the favoritism seems obvious when I total all this together. 

Even the bonus story detailing Simon and Izzy’s engagement also has its focus on Clary and Jace by focusing on their thoughts on the future. 

Which I think is a shame because there’s so much going on with the two of them. While I enjoyed their struggles in finding each other and getting adjusted to each other’s rhythms after Simon’s mindwipe, there could be more especially after the events of Dark Artifices.

For one thing, What were Simon’s first missions as a Shadowhunter like? Let’s see how his bond with Clary has grown as parabati now? Also I want to know some more about his father and how his death impacted him. With so much focus on fathers in the original The Mortal Instruments, maybe he should pop up more as one of the few good fatherly figures even if he died when Simon was young.

Also I want some more on Isabelle’s views on love. How is she handling Robert’s death? Has she and her mom ever talked about how screwed up Maryse confiding in her was? Has she gotten to meet Simon’s sister? 

And even though she’s more open to love, maybe she still backslides in confiding too much to Simon or still secretly fears he will leave her so she withdraws. How does she feel about children? She felt so guilty about not being able to protect Max or prevent his death, maybe that colors her fears of motherhood too? 

Also since Clary and Jace are semi-friends with the Blackthorns and Malec have their friendships with Lily, Maia, Bat, Aline, Helen etc. why don’t we focus on Simon’s friends outside of the TMI gang. His Shadowhunter academy friends. 

I know, I’m one of the very few invested in them but invested I am. If such a book took place between TfSA and LoS, we can see a bit of Marisol and Jon living together. We can see them hanging out and going on missions as full fledged Shadowhunters like in Portugal when Zara took all the credit for the demon nest. We can finally know the distant relationship of Beatriz Velez Mendoza and Cristina Mendoza Rosales, take advantage of the tangled Shadowhunter family trees. 

We can see them reminisce about George Lovelace who was taken far too soon. We can become even more invested in them and their friendship with Simon so their deaths are more keenly felt. 

Those are just a few things that I wouldn’t mind seeing in a full length book just centered on them. All about Simon and Izzy and just growing their development and characters.