Title: A Sea Change
Series: Shadowhunters
Author: Cassandra Clare
Release Date: 28 April 2026
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Most travellers are running from—or searching for—something. But not Shadowhunter Matthew Fairchild and his loyal golden retriever, Oscar Wilde. No. Matthew is searching for himself aboard the Majestic, a grand 19th century ocean liner sailing from Greece to Constantinople.
Matthew wants nothing more than to mourn the death of a friend and peacefully enjoy his travels before reuniting with his friends James Herondale and Cordelia Carstairs at the London Institute of Shadowhunters—a secret society of angel-blooded humans who protect the mundane world from demons and Downworlders. But that’s interrupted when someone is murdered on the ship—and a vampire Downworlder lurks in the darkness.
Together with Sylvain Verlac, a mysterious and captivating Parisian Shadowhunter with a secret grief of his own, Matthew must find the murderer on the Majestic before death strikes again.
Oh Matthew, how I love thee, you poor tortured soul.
He’s been travelling with the lovely Oscar, he’s on his way home, and yet he still feels lost…
‘When I set out at first, it was to find something. And I just can’t say I’m sure I’ve discovered it yet.’
Then there’s a murder. And then there’s Sylvain (what I wouldn’t give to hear him say ‘Mathieu’!), so what’s a Shadowhunter to do but investigate?
It’s been a while since I last read a Shadowhunter book. I’ve reread most of them at least twice, and The Infernal Devices at least five times (Will H forever!). But reading this felt like stepping back into that world—falling in love with it all over again. Steles, the Merry Thieves, parabatai, runes, the Clave, Mundanes, Downworlders… I realized how much this world and these characters mean to me. They don’t just feel familiar. They feel like home.
‘I am always with you.’
⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5
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