#just started my shadowhunters reread

[attack-on-tbr]

What you think TMI means tells you a lot about a person.

Too much information or the Mortal Instruments

[moreaujeans]

on a scale of one to ten how bad would it be for me personally to read all of aftg for the first time this summer (i’m going to do it anyways)

OOOHOHO going to go with 10 bc i think the answer would be a 10 for just abt anyone if you like it odds are it will suck you in and never let go (ihave unfortunately been trapped here for 5 years) and if you don’t like it you will probably Really not like it. it’s definitely a series you need to suspend your disbelief for and is absolutely by NO means “unproblematic” although i don’t think the latter will really be an issue for you given what i know of like. every tv show you post abt but anyway. but the passion and hope and desperation and second chances and sense of selfhood absolutely bleed into the pages and it is utterly intoxicating. also obligatory “please please please check the trigger warnings if that could be a problem for you” bc it has a great many. also also followup question on a scale of one to ten how bad would it be for me personally to watch iwtv for the first time this summer

[betterinblackstairs]

my shadowhunters obsession has just recently come back in full swing after rereading TID in 2024 and i read them so long ago (like 8 years ago now 😭) that rereading them currently is fulfilling my life in ways u couldn’t even imagine.

rereading TDA now and the last time i was this deep into my obsession was 8 YEARS AGO so the fact that beginning of The Wicked Powers comes out NEXT YEAR is absolutely mind boggling to me like i’m SO excited. i could not have started rereading at a better time. i remember being like 14 learning that TWP was projected to come out in 2025 and being so pleased to know i would have new shadowhunters content so far into the future that it was basically forever to me lmaoo

suddenly im 14 again reading shadowhunters and thinking about them all of the time, at the edge of my seat waiting eagerly for the next book to come out next year. it’s truly full circle to me especially rereading them with the same best friend i read them with in middle/high school.

we just got a shadowhunters tattoo together in november it’s that mf serious!!!!!!!

ANYWAYS i’m just feeling so gifted by this universe thank u cassie!!!!!

[daisymylove]

I sincerely don't know if Im alone on this one, so I want to know what yall think. Again, I may get some heat for this, but it’s my honest opinion.

Something I noticed in my reread is that I grew a slight dislike for lucie in chot, and as someone who had always previously rooted for her, I’m currently annoyed at myself.The thing is, Lucie IS a very privileged and sheltered girl.She was born into a wealthy, loving family and, because of her apparent “normalcy”, never suffered the brunt of the shadowhunter prejudice like Tessa and James.

None of this is a problem in itself, but my point here is that there were always other people protecting, thinking and worrying for her, so I think not only she never realized how precarious her family’s position actually was, but also has no true understanding of consequences and how the “real world” works.She knew in some level that what she was doing regarding jesse was dangerous, but was never truly afraid of repercussions, bc unconsciously she knows there will be someone to catch her . And while I do like to see a character become aware of its own privileges along the narrative, there’s no growing here.She finished the book without ever realizing it, because everything was just SO easy and convenient, and that bothers me greatly.

In all fairness, how could she? she does whatever she wants with no consequences.

I feel so conflicted bc while I actually cheered when she brought jesse back in choi, and always shipped them, I find the outcome of her actions to be low-key infuriating.Lucie wasn’t willing to give Jesse up, but also never seriously considered giving up her comfortable life to start over with him somewhere.That ludicrous and set to fail jeremy blackthorn plan wasn’t even her idea, it was the people around her finding a way to fix her “mistakes” to save all of their asses from jail.

Lucie could’ve had her marks stripped, her father could’ve lost the institute, it could’ve costed Tessa’s life.Those guys had been waiting 25 years for the slightest opportunity to pounce on her, does anyone seriously believe they wouldn’t all automatically think the warlock mother was involved? How come there was some major necromancy going on under her roof and she had no idea?  we know she didnt, but still   All of this was severely downplayed and there was little to no conflict regarding it, and anyone can correct me if im wrong, but none of that ever dawned on lucie.She never fully thought about how her family would be implicated, and nobody brought that up to her.Zero confict just chill, I guess this is our life now .Dont get me wrong, I dont want that shitstorm to actually happen,I just wanted her to become AWARE of it

 she literally brought home this complete stranger to them all (we know jesse, the characters dont) that was 8 years her senior (it doesnt matter his body was frozen for 7 years, mentally jesse is 24), Tatiana’s son, and had been dead up until last tuesday, but nobody save perhaps jessamine, and god it pains me to agree with jessamine had a problem with that.Instant acceptance, no resistance, no objections at all.All it would take for that lie to crumble would be ONE trial by the sword at any point of their lives and everybody was as chill as chicken joe from surfs up

Her fight with Cordelia pissed me off too. Lucie meddled on something she had no right and no knowledge of,and demanded things of Cordelia without even being willing to hear her out. ”oh the poor thing is suffering so much bc of you, why can’t you just take him back?” GIRL, FOR ALL SHE KNOWS, UNTIL A WEEK AGO, HOME BOY WAS SWEARING UNDYING LOVE AND BURNING DOWN MANORS FOR GRACE BLACKTHORN. 

WE know poor james was ensorcelled and fighting it, but what was cordelia supposed to think of it? How dare she assume that Cordelia “took advantage of James going to Cornwal to run away with matthew”? 

The demon of secrets in edom scene was plain ridiculous.”yo I had a childhood crush on your brother, sorry for never telling you, I was embarrassed” is not a big deal.The fact that they needed demonic intervention for THAT so late in the book baffles me

While I do think most characters were severely nerfed on this book and behaved ooc on several occasions (swear to god I have some mild ptsd from all the times cordelia ran and did unhinged things) , my conclusion about Lucie’s arc is that she took her good life for granted, endangered her entire family, didnt grow from the experience, but still got everything she wanted with no consequences or sacrifices.She lost a cousin along the way, but who cares about that guy? what was his name again? Its my understanding that Lucie never even faced a trial.Thats unrealistic and bad writing, if you ask me.When I think it over, the word that comes to me is...spoiled.

And dont get me started on the fact that she found out Malcom was planning on doing full blown necromancy and didnt do anything about it.How that had no repercussions AT ALL still blows my mind.

 The worst part for me is that I genuinely believe Lucie deserved better you know? 

If lucie and cordelia hadnt been allowed to become parabatai, and jesse had received some other minor yet life changing punishment, and we had seen a trial scene I would’ve been satisfied, because at least it wouldn’t have been nothing.

[clockwork-carstairs]

rereading clockwork angel and i’m thinking about the parallels between will/jessamine and tessa/jem.

will and jessamine: both come from parents who left the shadowhunter life, spending their childhoods in the mundane world. their behaviour is often rude, volatile, they shout and argue, both masking their pain by lashing out and rejecting the love charlotte & henry offer them (for wildly different reasons, but the outward behaviour is not dissimilar). they have moments of raw vulnerability before rapidly closing off (jessamine and her dollhouse; will when tessa sees too much of his real self). will and jessamine’s lives both make them hopeless — will because he cannot let anyone get close, and jessamine who says she’d rather die than live this life she never wanted. will chooses the shadowhunter life, because he cannot go home; jessamine wants nothing to do with it, but she cannot get out. they’re both desperate for their lives to change (though we see more of this from will in cp1).

and then you have jem and tessa: both travelled from different continents after basically losing everything, to arrive in london. both tortured repeatedly, forced to recalibrate to the world after. they feel out of place initially, yearning for the lives they had before everything changed, before they had to travel so far from home (which brings the most pain, as jem says). people see them as different for what they are, for things they cannot change — the “half one thing and half another, like me” conversation. they take on more nurturing roles, so in the rare moments when they do express anger, it hits extra hard. they both want something essential: jem to experience the kind of love his parents had, and tessa to know who she is, to not be alone in the world.

they all carry their histories in different ways, i guess is the point here, and it’s interesting how certain characters’ backgrounds/stories parallel others. this isn’t to compare either pair, rather i’m just observing the similarities — it’s always struck me how will and jessamine seem pretty similar at the start of clockwork angel, (which shows in the way they argue and shout at each other a lot) though obviously their needs/reasons/values are incredibly different. and then there’s jem and tessa, who are more shy and yet, contradictorily, more openly feeling, who i think because of their nature often have their pain overlooked (especially the fact that they were both tortured!!) and tessa representing a reason to hope for both will and jem but also jessamine, who later projects this onto nate, bec she’s desperate for a way out, while jem and will have a reason to not be resigned to their fates.

anyway stan tid for breaking my heart again!

[wondereads]

Review of Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

Genre: Fantasy

Age Range: Young Adult

My Rating: ★★★★☆.5

Lady Midnight is the first book of The Dark Artifices trilogy following Emma Carstairs and the extensive Blackthorn family, particularly her parabatai, Julian, in the city of Los Angeles. Emma's parents were killed in the last Shadowhunter war, and everyone believes it was Sebastian Morgenstern who did it, but not her. When bodies murdered in the same way start popping up in Los Angeles, she takes it upon herself to start investigating. Things are only complicated by the involvement of faeries after the Cold Peace forbids interactions between them and Shadowhunters. On top of it all, Julian has just returned from England, and while he and Emma are parabatai, closer than anyone, they're starting to feel something more for each other.

Of all the Shadowhunters books I've reread in the past few years, this is by far my favorite. Honestly, I hardly count this as a reread because I read it when it first came out, never got to continue the series, and I remembered approximately nothing. This book does follow the typical Cassandra Clare format of being far too long than the plot warrants, but I didn't mind it as much. I really liked all of the characters, and there was enough interpersonal drama that I didn't feel bored in the lulls between plot points. I absolutely adored the dynamic between Emma, Julian, and the rest of the Blackthorn children. While of course I yearn for the day Julian can take a well-deserved vacation, the whole makeshift family thing is a trope I eat up every time. The plot was pretty good and the mystery was well-executed. I caught on to the culprit literally pages before Emma did, which is exactly the way a mystery should go in my opinion. Also, in a way, because of the circumstances, the main romance doubles as a major plot point, if separate from the main event, because the stakes are so high concerning it.

The romance itself got me. I was super invested throughout the whole book. Damn, does Cassandra Clare know how to write a forbidden romance. There's also a good bit of romantic drama happening outside the main one and while Shadowhunters books are usually a clusterfuck of relationships, this one really takes the cake. This series also seems like it's going to explore what love really means in this world, which is very interesting. I loved seeing characters from previous series pop up; I got very excited to see Magnus, and Jem talking to Emma about the parabatai bond made me want to kill myself. Also, the scene where Emma overheard Clary and Jace reminiscing over Wayland Manor (really? of all scenes?) made me cackle. There's still that signature humor throughout this book. I can't lie, it's a little dated since it's from 2016, but it got a couple of chuckles out of me. I had a lot of fun with this book, and it definitely makes me more ready to take on the rest of the Shadowhunters series.

[witchlingcirce]

What your favourite shadowhunter series? Tell me why! :D

Ohhh this is so hard to answer, I feel like it changes a lot! At the moment I think it has to be the dark artifices butttt I have so many good memories with the other series as well!

I read the entirety of the tmi series for the first time in one week, it was like I had just been hit by CRACK. It’s also the series I’ve reread the most !! Me and Simon Lewis are the exact same person

But the infernal devices like… changed my life. Me and Will Herondale are like this 🫂🫂. HOWEVER, it’s the only shadowhunter series I’ve never actually done a complete reread of (sometimes I reread the books separately). It’s definitely something I need to do, but I love the infernal devices so much.

And the dark artifices… where to start?? In my opinion I think the dark artifices is Cassandra’s most well thought out and well written series. The plot, the characters, it all goes together so well. Not to mention I think the set up for the next series is also so excellent as well. TDA is definitely her longest series but the books are soooo addicting like I don’t think you can tell.

TLDR: my opinion changes every week, but rn it’s TDA 🫡🫡

TYSM FIR THE ASK 💜💜💜💜

[foodsies4me]

Ao3 wrapped [writers edition - 2024]

Tagged by @demy85, thank you! 💜💜💜

All the mentioned fics and statistics are for Shadowhunters and more specifically Malec. I've also placed this under a read more because with my rambling this post got rather long.

01. How many words have you written this year?

190.269 (Published)

383,264 (Total)

02. How many works did you publish this year?

I published 13 new works and finished 1 I started in 2023!

03. What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits)?

That would either be Learning to Know - Knowing to Learn or Remember today you are loved.

04. What work of yours has the most hits?

Overall the work with the most hits is All Was Golden (clearly I peaked with my first fic lol).

If we look at fics I wrote and finished in 2024 then it would be Learning to Know - Knowing to Learn.

05.  What work of yours got more feedback than you expected?

Midnight scales and sunlit smiles - A short one-shot I made for @fuzdog for Fandom Trumps Hate 2024. I didn't expect that story to get as much love as it did.💜

06. Favourite title you used?

We made universes out of bitten lips and Remember today you are loved

Each time I can use a The Amazing Devil lyric as a title is a win in my book.

07. If you use song lyrics, which artist’s songs did you pull from the most?

The Amazing Devil. I mostly keep it to song titles, but I do also write a lot while listening to their music.

08. Pairing you wrote the most for this year?

Malec (not that I really wrote anything other than Malec)

09. Favourite pairing you wrote for this year?

Unsurprisingly the answer to that question is also Malec.

10. What work was the quickest to write?

A Sunday Afternoon

As the title suggests I wrote it in one afternoon. It was a Wednesday and not a Sunday though.

11. What work took you the longest to write?

Bridges Over Lakes Of Salt closely followed by Apollo: Blood Wars neither of which I've managed to finish to date. I hope to finish at least one of the two in 2025, but we'll see.

12. How many WIP’s do you have in your docs for next year?

Too many to count, please send help.

13. What’s your longest work of the year?

Updated/worked on: Bridges over Lakes Of Salt with 79,234 words.

Written and Finished in 2024: Learning to Know - Knowing to Learn yet again with 14,013 words.

14. What’s your shortest work of the year?

Yet Another Sapphire - 1445 words which is unusually short for me.

15. What WIP are you taking into next year with you?

I'm taking three WIPs into 2025: Bridges Over Lakes of Salt, Apollo: Blood Wars and Remember today you are loved.

16. What’s your most common “Additional Tags” tag?

Probably Alec Lightwood is Good With Kids because I can't stop throwing kids at him for him to babysit.

17. Your favourite character to write this year?

Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood, although I also had a lot of fun writing from Catarina's POV!

18. The character that gave you the most trouble writing this year?

Ragnor Fell, I feel like I just can't get his voice quite right.

19. What’s one pairing you want to explore next year?

Romantic pairing - not really any new pairings I want to explore

Friendship pairing - there are a couple of Raphael and Alec as friends fic I would love to start working on. The snark and salt is just too funny.

20. Which work of yours have you reread the most?

Overall it has to be a tie between Of Truths And Lies (even though I should probably edit it because it was one of the first fics I wrote and it shows) and Of Mistakes and Regrets (which suffers a similar fate).

If I pick a work from 2024 then it has to be Crow's no good very bad day

21. How many kudos in total did you get this year?

I have no idea. I checked on AO3 but it only counts the number of kudos on the works that were last updated in 2024, not the kudos received so I don't know.

22. Which work has the most comments?

Works solely written in 2024: Learning to Know - Knowing to Learn yet again.

Overall: All Was Golden

23. Did you do any collaborative work this year?

Nothing that has been published yet, but I started writing something with a co-author that we plan to publish in 2025. (If everything goes well that is)

24. Did you write any gifts this year?

So Many! Partially because I had several people who prompted a bunny and I gifted the story to them when it became an actual fic. However, if we're only counting gift exchanges and so on, then I have four.

Twelve little kids went out to play - I wrote for Fandom Trumps Hate 2024 as a gift for @fuzdog. This was and remains my scariest fic to write to date, solely because the trainees are the "main characters' and I was really worried I would annoy people because of that.

Midnight scales and sunlit smiles - A fic I also wrote for Fandom Trumps Hate 2024 and that was also a gift for @fuzdog. This fic was fun to write because of how adorable tiny!dragon Alec is.

A Sunday Afternoon - My last of three Fandom Trumps Hate 2024 fics. This one was written for someone SandyWormbook and was surprisingly tricky to write for how short it is.

Through veils of mist and crashing seas - Yes this isn't the full title but the full title is ridiculous. Anyway, this fic was made for a Secret Santa-ish Gift Exchange called Gifting Gremlins and it was very fun even if I went slightly overboard with the metaphors in that one.

25. Did you receive any gifts this year?

I diiiiiid! Not as a gift exchange because for the Secret Santa I participated in I got an Alec-themed playlist (which was so goooood). But I got several gifts all of which were lovely and deserve some love so:

Bridges Moodboard from @kalalab.

Several gift fics by the ever-talented @to-the-stars-writing

A gift fic that was NOT FLUFFY despite me trying to pick the fluffy option for a Tumblr word prompt game by @fiyaerrigan

I also got some lovely mood boards and pieces of fanart by people who know who they are, but given these were given in DM I won't be sharing those unless/until the concerned people feel comfortable enough doing so themselves.💜

26. What’s your most common category?

M/M

27. What do you listen to while writing?

Depends on what I want to write - angsty songs for angsty fics, happy songs for happy fics, and complete ridiculous chaos whenever the trainees are involved.

28. Favourite work you wrote this year?

I don't think I have a favourite, I like all of them. Most fun to write has to be Crow's no good very bad day just because of how ridiculous and unhinged his POV is.

29. Favourite line/passage you wrote this year?

"Are you from Mags' glitter?" Crow blinks. "What?" "Are you from Mags' glitter," the kid repeats, acting as if saying it a second time would make the words make any more sense. "What the fuck's a Mags?"

What can I say Crow's POV is delightfully unhinged.

30. Biggest surprise while writing this year?

How much fun Catarina's POV is! I liked her on the show, but with how little we saw of her I wasn't certain I'd be able to ever write anything in her POV and yet it's so fun and easy.💜

I have no idea who already participated and who didn't, but anyone who sees this from me and wishes to participate is welcome to! 💜💜💜

[moreofaloner]

Why is January so packed??

I had sex lives of college girls, Abbott elementary, THE ROOKIE STARTED AGAIN.

Then onyx storm is out and taking over my brain. TikTok decided I should be reminded of how much I love vampire academy and romitri and now I'm struggling to not reread this series for the FOURTH time. And my friend is slowly getting to me about starting the Shadowhunter books...

AAAAND in like two days school spirits is out, cobra Kai is not that far out either, my fav podcast starts another season in the start of February and I'm sure there's one more show that I watch dropping a new season as well I just can't remember.

Liverpool plays every four days as well and thank God the Australian open is finished.

OH.MY. GOD. F1 is almost back too....

I need time to study! I need time to work! I need time to go out, 😭

How did I end up with so many things to follow

[bookishjules]

So I am rereading TMI after almost 10 years and my adult brain is processing small details that my middle school brain did not! I never realized how much Izzy has Jace’s back through the first three books especially. I’m on COFA now and Jace is having his dream about stabbing Clary but right before, he wonders if Izzy is the one knocking on his door to bother him. That got me thinking about that sibling pair. We get parabatai scenes between Alec and Jace but I would love to know what Izzy and Jace get up to as a duo? Their one-on-one conversations seem like such a mystery lol and I know you’re an Izzy enthusiast so if you have any headcanons about this please share 🧎🏻‍♀️🧎🏻‍♀️🧎🏻‍♀️

i have so so much love for jace and izzy's relationship, but you're right, we really don't get much in terms of content for the two of them. which honestly?? tragic. not only do they top the shadowhunting charts, but idk there's just something about how the two of them function in life that would breed such great comradery imo like there's a reason they tried something romantic at one point, yk? they're so similar and they both hold the other in such high regard.. okay i could rant about them for a long time, but let's talk headcanons

jace was always quick to include izzy in any games him and alec would play, even when the latter was going through his 'my sister is so annoying' phase. jace understood what it was like to be lonely and didn't want to be the cause of izzy being forced to find some way to play on her own (or with her baby brother) when there was a perfectly good game she could join in on

the two of them did occasionally pull pranks on their older brother too. alec got so pissy about it, but that was of course the best part hehe

along with being pranking buddies, i think they also did a lot of confiding in each other. alec would get more withdrawn (into responsibility, into big brother protector mode, into hiding his crush on jace) and there was just something about a brother that wasn't quite a brother, who wouldn't reprimand you or worry about you or tell mom and dad on you. and of course not having any real friends around kinda made it difficult to have confidants who weren't also your siblings.

so jace was the first to know about izzy's first kiss, and izzy was the first to know about jace's first time.

because jace often felt like he had to look cool and desirable (not sexually just like.. worthy ig) to alec, it was often izzy who he'd open up to. about his past, about how hard the transition to new york was from the countryside, about how left out he felt when maryse wouldn't sing to him etc.

she shared her hair products with him and he would read to her on nights when her parents were fighting and it seemed to affect her more than any of the boys.

when he told her the spaghetti story she tried to make spaghetti for him at least once a month. never with positive results, but she was teasing him for his youthful obsession, so he'd tease her about her horrible cooking <3

she shared her hair products with him and he helped her study, since he was already well ahead of shadowhunter standards for their age

i feel like they're the kind of duo who starts out having a very casual, joking conversation that devolves into hours of deeper shit that they then have to go to the training room to sweat off together

[magnusbae]

13 books

What’s up readers?! How about a little show and tell? Answer these 13 questions, tag 13 lucky readers and if you’re feeling extra bookish add a shelfie! Let’s Go!

Tagged by @cuubism Thank you!! 💖 Heads up: if you're tagged, you don't need to read it alllll even if you do want to participate 😌

1) The Last book I read:

I'm pretty sure it was Tress of the Emerald Sea, what a delight!

2) A book I recommend:

.... The Way of Kings... (The Stormlight Archive)

3) A book that I couldn’t put down:

The second book of The Stormlight Archive, Words of Radiance had me by my throat like nothing else. wow. 👏🏻

4) A book I’ve read twice (or more):

Listen. I'll list something other than The Stormlight Archive just because this is getting embarrassing. The books I used to regularly reread were: HP, Eragon and Assassin's Apprentice. (full series rereads, crossing the 10 each) 😌

5) A book on my TBR:

I have a hefty amount of books I bought and never read. Ranging from classics to cheap fantasy-- but alas, my brain is fixated on the other author who doesn't disappoint me and so I just stick to his books XD

Some of the books sitting on my ineffective 'shame you into reading' shelf are: Captive Prince, the rest of the Wolfsong series, the.... shadowhunters books... the new trilogy about Fitz which I have in hardcovers yet never read. And some... others...

6) A book I’ve put down:

One of the reasons I am avoidant of taking on new books at all is because I have a very hard time putting down books I started. I'll suffer through entire series just for the few grains of gratification in the end. Or to... spitefullfy and confidently say it sucked balls.

However... three series managed to break me.

First being GoT, I just didn't manage to get through, not even 10 chapters. A true oddedity for me, but I just couldn't.

Second being The Witcher. I managed to power through like 4-5 books? And then I just couldn't do this to myself anymore. It was so, so, so not my vibe. (even while the pc game is about my most favorite game ever.) 🤷🏻‍♀️

And lastly, although I think I did finish the entire series before deciding that if ever a new book came out, I'll never read it, was the-- god what's the name of it... the First Law Trilogy – The Blade Itself etc from joe abercrombie. What a bleak series! Oh my god!

7) A book on my wish list:

My honest wishlist is just to keep on reading Brando Sando in my slow and enjoying-it phase... Although I admit that there's a large amount of those new spicy fantasy books apparently being released that shorts recommend and older folk rant about, so I naturally do want to check it out to see what's up with that but.... in truth... I just want to keep on enjoying Brando Sando XD

8) A favorite book from childhood:

I genuinely really loved Eragon. Oh and Artemis Fowl was all fun. I also really loved Tunnel in the Sky, like really.

9) A book you would give to a friend:

ngl it'll be an unapologetic The Way of Kings with big and passionate begging session of 'please give it a try' like for real.

In case any one of you is actually interested--- (you don't have to read this part) -inhales deeply-

The Way of Kings is a truly misleading book, that might leave you with the impression that the book is all about wars and kings but that is the furthest from the truth a description and a cover and a name can go.

It has fantasy, it has deep and rich world building, elaborate magic system that is deeply embedded into the story, culture and literal every single stone of the world. There's politics, culture, introspection, deep and varied characters, each reading like the main character of the story, having unique and vibrant personality and motivations.

It is not just a book, it is a work of true and deep love for the genre and writing in general. Beautifully done, enriching and enticing.

And what's most important for people who read too many books?

Hard to predict. It managed to pull the rug from underneath my feet in the most surprising and pleasing ways. Brandon writes in a way that is not 'shock just to shock' nor 'drama just for drama'. Every single scene is true, and forward. You always have everything right in front of you, the key is that you do not know how to put it all together just yet.

That can finally give that refreshing 'I don't know where it's heading but I'm enjoying the experience" I feel I had lost over the years, being able to recognize patterns too easily and predict writing intentions.

God, what a book! It does however have a rough learning curve, being such a massive world, it takes time to ease you in. Say about at least 5 chapters in at the minimum. On a personal note, I recommend the audiobooks read by kate reading and michael kramer, literally the best experience I've ever had, listening to those two bring to life every character and accent and scene, wow!

10) A book of poetry or lyrics that you own:

Come to think of it, I don't actually own any. Ha.

11) A nonfiction book you own:

I don't haha! Looking back, it's a lie, I have a few phycology books gathering dust in various hiding spots.

12) What are you currently reading:

........The Way of Kings....

13) What are you planning on reading next?

.....Words of Radiance.... haha. 😋

Y'all don't need to read all them answers in case you just want to answer it for yourself, or you can skip, too 😊😊😊

@mayhemspreadingguy, @pollyp, @nonbinary-nicolo, @msmongoose, @hardly-an-escape,

@ladymatt, @underacalicosky, @grapenehifics, @your-lordsherlockholmes-posts

@acedragontype, @palfriendpatine66, @heretolurkandnothingmore , @virahaus, @wallsinmyhead

@kittttycakes, @elcaballerodragon, @justsuffilike, @pumpkinkingsalem, @handahbear

@willameena

I am certain this is 13, I am certain. Cheers 💖💖💖

[just-a-girl-who-likes-sharks]

September 2024 books 🤎

The Shadowhunters adventure has almost come to an end. This month was the first time since July that I didn’t reread anything, as I have read all the previous Shadowhunter books at least once before.

Malec will forever have my heart, but I’ll admit The Eldest Curses left me wanting… more. They just weren’t very strong novels. Ghosts of the Shadow Market, on the other hand, might be the very best Shadowhunter book in the whole franchise. Jem Carstairs, you have my whole heart, now and forever.

I started reading The Last Hours, knowing I would fall in love with these characters, but damn, I didn’t know how much I actually would love them. How are they all so amazing?! I cannot even pick a favourite (other than you, Anna Lightwood, the woman you are) (and you, Matthew Fairchild, bisexual king with a tortured heart).

I tried very hard to finish Chain Of Thorns before the month was up and was even willing to cheat a little bit and give myself an extra day, but I just couldn’t. So… Chain of Thorns will be included in October’s wrap up. And that’ll be the end of the Shadowhunter chronicles.

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Hey! Sorry for the random ask but since you post a lot about The Shadowhunter Chronicles I wanted to ask if you've read The Infernal Devices? The Mortal Instruments has never really been my thing but I thought the setting of TID in Victorian England sounded interesting, so I wanted to know if you can read that series without having read TMI first

The Mortal Instruments has some spoilers for The Infernal Devices, so if you wanna read that story in its entirety without having any spoilers about the ending you should read TID first, plus chronologically TID come before IMI.

If you want to read them in release date order, however, you should start with TMI.

Personally, if i’m gearing up for an entire reread of the franchise, I do it like this: TMI - TID - TDA - TLH - TWP (which hasn’t come out yet), and then all the short story collections and standalone books, but if I’m just rereading them for fun I’ll read them in whatever order I want.

Honestly, you should just read them in whatever order you want — although if you want to read about the Victorian and Edwardian eras specifically, you should read The Infernal Devices first, followed by The Lady Hours.

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OKAY I WANT TO GET A BIT DEEP IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME.

I’m having a hard time… coping with the fact taht there is a horizion of end… to the shadowhunter world.

I have been waiting for Kity novels for SO LONG. But yet i know that with them comes the end, and it’s got me all crosshaired.

I’ve lived more of my life then without waiting for Shadowhunter release novels. They gave me life. It’s my main fandom. The book releases are the highlights of my year, and i take annual leave from work since i started working for Shaodwhunter novels. I’ve been reading them since high school, all through college, through law school, and now work.

This world and it’s development has been my home. It’s been the grounding foundation to how i even developed literary intersts in the first place.

I recongise that because of Shadowhunter worlds, I love long series, i love interconnected series, it’s what brought me to enjoying universes similar to it, like the Cosmere and Malazan. But i always come back home.

And ig what i’m trying to say, i find it really existential and literally cry on the spot with the idea of saying goodbye. Like how???? Like how is it really good bye? The end? OBV i don’t CC to continue writing for a universe she doesn’t want to any more… but why not pause it write other stuff and then come back to it? Why END? IDK. I feel very existential and was wondering if you had any thoughts, tips, copying mechanisms.

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hey! holy crap i get this on a spiritual level :(

i’ve also been reading shadowhunters for years and during that time there’s always been new tsc books coming out, so when i think about the universe coming to a close, i also get super emotional. and tbh we don’t know whether this will truly be the end bc cassie could always decide that she wants to write something more (like mina, max and raphael’s story which i would kill to read!). and despite her saying that twp will be the finish line for the shadowhunter’s universe, i still think she will treat us to some short stories, or maybe another kickstarter-like project!

ultimately, of course it is cassie’s decision what she does with it. and naturally the series ending will have a toll on all of us who love these books so much, but also i have faith that cassie will give us a wonderful finish that will bring us all together. <3

and even if twp is all we get and then it will be over… then we can still reread the series a million times! and cry with other people in the fandom and be there for each other. plus, new people will always be joining the fandom and i think that’s super exciting to think about. maybe somebody will only start getting into the series when tls comes out? and then they can be taken on this brand new adventure and we can be the ones to make them feel all the love this fandom has to give - to let them know how truly great these books are and how much they mean to us!

so as far as coping mechanisms go - i say we should just stick together, reread like crazy and let everyone around us know how awesome these books are <3

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Unpopular opinions about TSC

This isn’t particularly unpopular but I don’t like Jace. Sorry to Jace fans. I was mainly neutral about him my first time reading TMI but I recently came across anti Jace posts and then reread TMI and started not liking him. I guess it makes sense that he started out as Draco Malfoy (in a fan fiction). TDA Jace was superior tho, but that's probably just because he's not the main character.

Lucie Herondale deserved better. Like, she is such an interesting character and her powers (to me) were more interesting than James. Also, she was Cordelia’s parabatai sos he deserved more time in the book.

The main couples were pretty boring (this might just be me because I get that with basically everything). Sorry but I already know that they are going to end up together and I’ve already seen so much of them, I just want to see the other characters.

The sibling relationships are so unrelatable. The ones that remind me of my siblings the most are Ty and Mark at the start of TDA (I too would throw a wooden dagger at my brother) and Thomas, Barbara (RIP Queen 👑) and Eugenia (Saying this as a middle child with an older sister and a younger brother).

This isn’t actually an opinion but after reading TMI I was pronouncing parabatai as ‘Paba-ra-ti’ and I could not understand parabatai jokes for ages 😭

I don't like the Shadowhunter show. I don't actually feel as strongly about this as I do in other opinions because it feels so different from the books. It has it's good moments but it all feels weird because Raphael is aroace in the books and he's such special character to me.

I did not care about Christopher's death. I feel so bad about it but I just think he is a poorly written character with a poorly written death. The protagonists did not care about him (by protagonists I mean James and Matthew) and everyone's reactions were so underwhelming. It just felt more like CC wanted a heart-breaking death than an interesting character and there was no point in him dying.

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Last question, who are your fav downwolders and why?

Ahh… well it has to be….

The one….

The only….

💫Magnus Bane! 🥂

(Art credit: @cassandrajean )

Queue the music!

Now. Reasons reasons reasons. Where to begin.

I took my time thinking about this question bc there are quite a few downworlders I have an affinity to. But the showdown where it was REALLY hard to pick one or the other was the battle of the warlocks…

Tessa or Magnus.

On the one hand, I love Tessa So much (wrote a piece on why you can find here hehe) and I truly think she is a timeless character (well before she became literally timeless ie. immortal) and her influence throughout the shadowhunter world is iconic, relevant and enduring.

(Art credit: @giannyfili )

However… her choices and inner narrative became a bit clumsy dealt with and a bit inconsistent unlike Magnus’s, as the shadowhunter novels went on. Of course, characters are allowed to change, grow, develop at any age, but her character felt slightly manipulated in the writing? All for the sake of peddling the plot. Not to get TOO into the whole herongraystairs touchy topic but I do think as I’ve grown up and done over a handful of rereads I do spot the slight manipulation that started then, which kind of set a precedence in her character throughout. I adore Jem but he as well was felt a bit clumsily. Topic for another time.

Meanwhile Magnus, while through his own self discoveries and through his own immortalities feels more cleaner in plot. He’s necessary, vibrant, witty and is that character that you ALWAYS look forward to reading. He is That character that just lights up a room and you wait with baited breath on what he’s going to say next. His air of lightness that he brings into every interaction makes you be able to read and listen to him all day long. With long promises made of laughter, sage advice, experience, history and adventure.

“I've got a stele we can use. Who wants to do me?""A regrettable choice of words," muttered Magnus (City of Ashes).

And because of this, when he is being serious, his words strike you when you least expect it and leave you stunned.

“You endure what is unbearable, and you bear it. That is All” (Clockwork Princess).

His bisexuality was handled wonderfully, and was truly one of the first stories I think our generation read where the sexual identity wasn’t about coming out but already at the stage of acceptance and fun loving. He remains respectful and doesn’t want Alec to rush out of the closet but rather does the best thing- inspire Alec to be the best version of himself in life which is finite. That’s the best thing a partner can really do for you.

However he isn’t a Mary Sue bc in every series he stars in the reader sees his vulnerabilities in pure daylight. And also has a plot line that challenges his Yodha immortal dogmas. Will being one weakness of his in TID, Camille and how she mistreated him and being alone in a very sad world. I don’t think these topics were explored nearly as well with Tessa.

“You left me. You made a pet out of me, and then you left me. If love were food, I would have starved on the bones you gave me” (City of Fallen Angels).

And of course, his relationship and development with Alec is my top 3 relationships in all the shadowhunter world. It felt natural, wonderful, sizzling, exciting and steadfast. Didn’t feel too young or naive like I sometimes feel when reading Clace, but new enough to feel like the honeymoon will never end. And I think in part it’s because of Magnus bringing out the best in people, and how Alec chose him. Of all the people Magnus helps out, he actually doesn’t really ask much in return. But for once Alec did a double take on him and let Magnus take the reins of where their relationship will lead them. With great readership payoff 🥹💍

“You could give me the past,“ he said a little sadly. “But Alec is my future” (City of Fallen Angels).

(Art credit: kasirose)

In fact, he has SO much to offer we got standalones, his own mini series with his partner and constant features in further novellas stories. There is no other character in the Shadowhunter chronicles who has been that centre stage as him. And he deserves all of it.

Favourite Swiftie songs that r HIS:

• BEJEWELED

• Begin Again

• Welcome to New York

• You’re in Love

• Karma

• You’re Not Sorry

• Ours

• I Know Places

• You’re on Your Kid

• Castles Crumbling

• The Last Great American Dynasty

• The 1

• Hoax

So yeah the superlative for the best Downworlder has to go to the delightfully and wonderfully written…

Magnus Bane <3

(Art credit: kasirose)

So yeah! I hope the answer makes up for the wait @imabitchforjemcarstairs ILY! And thank you so much for the lovely ask!

P.s. if any artist doesnt want to be affiliated, kindly DM me and I’ll remove your lovely art and mention from the post :))