#4 in Urban fantasy
Chain of Gold
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Our view
“Chain of Gold” starts “The Last Hours” well, with a spirited heroine and a close-knit circle of friends. Some readers find the plot slow in places, and others speak of the pain the book put them through. The setting is London in 1903, among the Shadowhunters, and meeting characters from earlier books again is a pleasure some mention.
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About the book
Chain of Gold is a young adult-urban fantasy-novel by Cassandra Clare. It is the first book in The Last Hours, which is chronologically second in The Shadowhunter Chronicles. The book follows the events that occur in the London area in 1903, focusing on the residents of the London Institute. The chapter titles, like in The Infernal Devices, are all taken from poetry of the Victorian and Edwardian era that the characters would be familiar with, and the book title was taken from the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations.
Reading order · The Last Hours
Full order & progress →- Chain of GoldThis book
8.28.2 / 10 - Chain of Iron
8.18.1 / 10 - Chain of Thorns
7.97.9 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.5 across 141 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 49% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Urban fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 9.1 | 7 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 8.5 | 134 | 95% |
Frequently asked
What age is Chain of Gold for?
Chain of Gold sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating.
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