Smart Pop Books reveal a free excerpt from Shadowhunters and Downworlders

Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader may not hit the book shelves until January 29, 2013 but Smart Pop Books have released a free PDF excerpt for all the fans who have signed up for their book mailing list. We find out which authors contributed to the reader and we can also read Cassie's introduction and Diana Peterfreund's essay "Sharper Than a Seraph Blade"

“Inside you’ll read:

• A cinematic tutorial on why the best friend (Simon) always loses out to the bad boy (Jace)
• The benefits (no, really!) of incest … at least in literature
• What we can read between the lines of Alec and Magnus’ European vacation
• The importance of friendship, art, humor, and rebellion
• And more, from the virtues of Downworlders to the naughty side of Shadowhunting”

Much naughtiness within, it seems. The essays:

“Unhomely Places”  by Kate Milford

“The Art of War”   by Sarah Cross

“Sharper Than a Seraph Blade” by Diana Peterfreund

“When Laws Are Made to Be Broken”  by Robin Wasserman

“Simon Lewis: Jewish, Vampire, Hero”  by Michelle Hodkin

“Why the Best Friend Never Gets the Girl”   by Kami Garcia  

“Brotherly Love”  by Kendare Blake

“Asking for a Friend”  by Gwenda Bond

“(Not) For Illustration Purposes Only”  by Rachel Caine

“The Importance of Being Malec”  by Sara Ryan

“Villains, Valentine, and Virtue”  by Scott Tracey

“Immortality and Its Discontents”  by Kelly Link and Holly Black

“What Does That Deviant Wench Think She’s Doing? Or, Shadowhunters Gone Wild”  by Sarah Rees Brennan

Read the exclusive excerpt here and then come back to TMI Source to tell us what you think.