#reading bane chronicles the saga

[fairdale]

TSC REREAD

it's decided. i'm rereading the whole tsc saga to prepare for twp and because i miss them so much. originally, i red tid first, then tmi, then the bane chronicles and the rest of the books i read them as they were coming out.

this time i don't know if i should use the "first 3 tmi books", "tid1", "tmi4"... system. what do you guys find better? is it true that this way it connects better? i was thinking of starting with city of bones this time.

((i'm actually nervous guys. this is my first time rereading anything and i want to love it as much as i did the first time. i even feel emotional))

[alittlepandicorncatairs]

Titles and reading order.

I made this for my main blog (in Spanish) so I hope it helps. We already have all the titles in the saga and the possible release dates.

2007 City of Bones. The Mortal Instruments; Book 1.

2008 City of Ashes. The Mortal Instruments; Book 2.

2009 City of Glass. The Mortal Instruments; Book 3.

2010 Clockwork Angel. The Infernal Devices; Book 1.

2011 City of Fallen Angels. The Mortal Instruments; Book 4.

2011 Clockwork Prince. The Infernal Devices; Book 2.

2012 City of Lost Souls, The Mortal Instruments; Book 5.

2013 The Shadowhunter’s Codex.

2013 Clockwork Princess,  The Infernal Devices; Book 3.

2014 City of Heavenly Fire, Los instrumentos mortales; libro 6

2014 The Bane Chronicles

2016 An Illustrated History of Notable Shadowhunters & Denizes of Downworld: Told in Language of Flowers

2016 Lady Midnight,  The Dark Artifices, Book 1

2016 Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy

2017 Lord of Shadows, The Dark Artifices, Book 2

2018 Queen of Air and Darkness, The Dark Artifices, Book 3

2019 The red scroll of Magic, The Eldest Curses, Book 1

2019 Ghost of the Shadow Market

2020 Chain of Gold, The Last Hours, Book 1

2020 The Lost Book of the White, The Eldest Curses, Book 2

2021 Chain of Iron, The Last Hours, Book 2

2023 Chain of Thorn, The Last Hours, Book 3

2024 Secrets of the Blackthorn Hall (paperback format) Seasons of Shadowhunters, Book 1

2024 Careful of Books Novellas, Seasons of Shadowhunters, Book 2

2024 An Illustrated History of Notable Shadowhunters & Denizes of Downworld: Told in Language of Flowers (new edition), Seasons of the Shadowhunters, Book 3

2024 Seasons of Shadowhunters, Book 4

2024 TO COMFIRM The Last King of Faerie, The Wicked Powers, Book 1

2024 - 2025 TO COMFIRM The Black Volume of the Dead, The Eldest Curses, Book 3

2025? TO CONFIRM The Last Prince of Hell, The Wicked Powers, Book 2

2026? TO CONFIRM The Last Shadowhunter, The Wicked Powers, Book 3

[quohotos]

So about the Serpents in the Prophecy of Bane...

I'm almost certain this is an allusion to Jules Verne's seminal piece of speculative fiction about going underground Journey to the Center of the Earth. Exerpt from the Wikipedia page:

The story begins in May 1863, at the home of Professor Otto Lidenbrock in Hamburg, Germany. While leafing through an original runic manuscript of an Icelandic saga, Lidenbrock and his nephew Axel find a coded note written in runic script along with the name of a 16th-century Icelandic alchemist, Arne Saknussemm. When translated into English, the note reads:

Go down into the crater of Snaefells Jökull, which Scartaris's shadow caresses just before the calends of July, O daring traveler, and you'll make it to the center of the earth. I've done so. Arne Saknussemm

Lidenbrock departs for Iceland immediately, taking the reluctant Axel with him. After a swift trip via Kiel and Copenhagen, they arrive in Reykjavík. There they hire as their guide Icelander Hans Bjelke, a Danish-speaking eiderduck hunter, then travel overland to the base of Snæfellsjökull.

In late June they reach the volcano and set off into the bowels of the earth, encountering many dangers and strange phenomena. After taking a wrong turn, they run short of water and Axel nearly perishes, but Hans saves them all by tapping into a subterranean river, which shoots out a stream of water that Lidenbrock and Axel name the "Hansbach" in the guide's honor.Édouard Riou's illustration of an ichthyosaurus (which is actually more like a mosasaurus) battling a plesiosaurus.

Following the course of the Hansbach, the explorers descend many miles and reach an underground world, with an ocean and a vast ceiling with clouds, as well as a permanent Aurora giving light. The travelers build a raft out of semipetrified wood and set sail. While at sea, they encounter prehistoric fish such as Pterichthyodes (here called "Pterichthys") Dipterus (referred to as "Dipterides") and giant marine reptiles from the Age of the Dinosaurs, namely an Ichthyosaurus and a Plesiosaurus. A lightning storm threatens to destroy the raft and its passengers, but instead throws them onto the site of an enormous fossil graveyard, including bones from the Pterodactylus, Megatherium, Deinotherium, Glyptodon, a mastodon and the preserved body of a prehistoric man.

So that's our culprit. That basically fits the description of the Serpents. Thought that was just a cool detail and reference.

The underground jungle is an element that you could potentially say is also an allusion to Verne, though I think the version in the underland chronicles is significantly different since the depiction in Journey to the center of the earth has light from above whereas all the plants in the underland are basically carnivores and/or feed off of volcanic heat.

It's also possible that this allusion is not deliberate, as much like War of the Worlds, Journey to the Center of the Earth has basically been subsumed into pop culture cannon and referenced so many times that a lot of it's unique elements have just become tropes. Dinotopia also used dinosaurs in a cave surviving the asteroid, Minecraft, Terraria, Spelunky, Noita, and basically any other video game that involves digging will at some point put a Verne styled underground jungle in there.

One YA series that leans really hard into the Journey to the Center of the Earth inspirations is the Tunnels series. I actually read them in 6th grade to attempt to scratch my TUC itch. Let me tell you, they're not as good and don't even come close. Whereas TUC has some tasteful allusions, Tunnels goes all in. The underground people are more evil (if that's possible) and are intent on wiping out all life on the surface. Worst of all, it's set in England!!! There's cool world building, but no giant talking bats so I have no choice but to award it zero stars. It was supposed to be turned into a movie in 2009 and all the books got stickers for that... said movie appears to have never materialized.

Idk, something I thought about while listening to today's @returntoregalia episode

Okay bonus details about how I made this connection: As a kid, wishbone would come on once a week at like 4 pm or something, I didn't get to see it often, but I vividly remember one of the episodes. For anyone who doesn't know, wishbone was PBS show that followed a dog and his human family as they go through some struggle that wishbone (the dog) finds allegorical to a piece of classic, public domain literature. The episodes are split in half with the parts in the present, and the reenactments within the dog's imagination of the classic piece of literature. In one of the few episodes I caught was about Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth. I do not recall how this novel was relevant to the characters lives, all I know is that it's way to long to fit into half of a 20 minute episode, so they had to really rush through a lot of parts. In one shot the characters are in this jungle and they run away from a Plesiosaurus puppet.

[meraki-yao]

hi! i have see you before reblog shadowhunters post. are you a tv show fan or you have also read the books/saga?

Oh damn, a shadowhunters ask! Hi!

The short answer is, both.

The long answer is a little more complicated: I was introduced to the show during the autumn of 2019 by my now best friend, who was obsessed with the show (she's been a Harry Shum Jr fan since she was a kid). By then the show was already completed.

After watching the show and becoming absolutely obsessed with Malec, I started reading the books selectively. For some reason, I'm not that interested in TMI? I tried reading City of Bones and it took me ages, literally until I used up my book-borrow quota from the library. However, I did finish TID (which I kinda feel like is the shadowhunter chronicles magnum opus so far?), the shadowhunter coder, the short story collections, and all the eldest curse. I still know about whatever context I'm missing from the show and wiki and references, but yeah. Bane Chronicles and The Red Scrolls of Magic are two of my favourite books of all time (the other one is RWRB lol I am so predictable), and Alec's thoughts in "The Land I Lost" inspired a speech I wrote and did for a city wide public speaking competition that I ended up getting 2nd place for!

Both have their flaws that frustrate me: the show certainly have plotlines or moments and lines that I don't agree with and as a Chinese who loves reading about mythology, including Chinese mythology, I had a lot of issues with the world-building of The Lost Book of the White, but either way, I understand both of their values, and they both are extremely dear to me. It really got me through COVID.

Also! I write for shadowhunters! I mainly write for the show, because for whatever reason I'm more comfortable reading and writing fics for the adaptation instead of the original source material? But if that interests you you can check that out here!

[itsgarbagefire]

Part Five

(As per the others tried reading without bias, took down notes as I went through it. Just took a break from sharing them: haven't even tried rereading the book/never not even for a million dollars and comfortable life)

1. "My tastes are universal." And the easy conversation response he got. I appreciate that. Like an little bit of occasional things reading this that have me go 'wow I am shocked this even could be in with the rest'

2. Sexy 16 year old vampire why just why. Drinking and... This is hard to not compare to stuff from the other books... Or sneer at.

3. Of course Magnus would think her pretty ugh it makes me feel sick when I get to read lines of that nature.

4. Yes! Big uses of magic, Magnus being an badass. Loyalty. Being decisive and acting against nonsense.

5. Oh no 4 dressed people in his bed. Such an let down whatever will he do. Vaguely amusing all the same or maybe I would take an lot over the whole 'pretty 15 year old' creepiness.

6. Alfie and him interacting is amusing. Plus the still being out of it I guess. And the whole room service thing.

7. Oh please Magnus even hungover could be decent and give a care. About an acquaintance. One who just didn't bat an eye about him being bisexual. But sure whatever write it as if some chore.

8. Heh stolen police car tires as an present to him. That's great.

9. I waited for till the end without many notable comments or annoying incidents worth thinking of. Also figured it was Camille no real shocker there.

[casxmorgan]

Books Books Books

100 Years of Solitude

11.22.63

120 Days of Sodom

1491

1984

A Brief History of Time

A Canticle for Leibowitz

A Child Called It

A Clockwork Orange

A Confederacy of Dunces

A History of the World in Ten and a Half Chapters

A Land Fit for Heroes Trilogy

A Little Life

A Naked Singularity

A People's History of the United States

A Scanner Darkly

A Series of Unfortunate Events

A Short History of Nearly Everything

A Song of Ice and Fire

A Storm of Swords

A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Walk in the Woods

A World Lit Only by Fire

Accursed Kings

Alice in Wonderland

All Quiet on the Western Front

All the Light We Cannot See

All the Pretty Horses

America, the Book

American Gods

American Psycho

And then There Were None

Angela’s Ashes

Animal Farm

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Anna Karenina

Anything Terry Pratchett, But, Mort is My Favorite

Anything Written by Robin Hobb

Apt Pupil

Artemis Fowl

Asimov's Guide to the Bible

Asoiaf

Atlas Shrugged

Bartimeaus

Batman: the Long Halloween

Battle Royale

Beat the Turtle Drum

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Belgariad Series

Beloved

Berserk

Bestiario

Black Company

Blankets/habibi

Blind Faith

Blindness

Blood Meridian

Blood and Guts: a History of Surgery

Bluest Eye

Brandon Sanderson

Brave New World

Breakfast of Champions

Bridge to Terabithia

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: an Indian History of the American West

Calvin and Hobbs

Candide

Carrie

Cat's Cradle

Catch 22

Cats Cradle

Chaos

Child of God

Choke

Chuck Palahniuk

City of Ember

City of Thieves

Cloud

Collapse

Come Closer

Complaint

Confessions of a Mask

Contact

Conversation in the Cathedral

Cosmos

Crime and Punishment

Dan Brown

David

Dead Birds Singing

Dead Mountain: the Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident

Delta Venus

Die Räuber (the Robbers)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep

Don Quixote

Dragonlance

Dune

Dying of the Light

East of Eden

Educated

Empire of Sin: a Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans

Enders Game

Enders Shadow

Escape from Camp 14

Ever Since Darwin

Every Man Dies Alone

Everybody Poops

Everything is Illuminated

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Fahrenheit 451

Far from the Madding Crowd

Faust

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson

Feet of Clay

Fight Club

First Law

Flowers for Algernon

Flowers in the Attic

Foundation

Foundation Series

Foundation Trilogy

Frankenstein

Freakonomics

Fun Home

Galapagos

Geek Love

Gerald’s Game

Ghost Story

Go Ask Alice

Go Dog Go

Godel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

Goldfinch

Gone Girl

Gone with the Wind

Good Omens

Grapes of Wrath

Great Expectations

Greg Egan

Guards! Guards!

Guns Germs and Steel

Guts (short Story)

Half a World

Ham on Rye

Hannibal Rising

Hard Boiled Wonderland

Hatchet

Haunted

Hawaii

Heart Shaped Box

Heart of Darkness

Hellbound Heart

Hellraiser

Hell’s Angels

Helter Skelter

His Dark Materials

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Hogg

Holocaust by Bullets

House of Leaves

How to Cook for Fourty Humans

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Huckleberry Finn

Hyperion

I Am America, and So Can You

I Am the Messenger

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

I Was Dr. Mengele’s Assistant

In Cold Blood

In Search of Our Mother's Gardens

Independent People

Infinite Jest

Into Thin Air

Into the Wild

Introduction to Linear Algebra

Invisible Monsters

Ishmael

It

Jacques Le Fataliste

Jane Eyre

Jaunt

Job: a Comedy of Justice

John Dies at the End

John Grisham

Johnathan Livingston Seagull

Johnny Got His Gun

Jon Ronson

Journal of a Novel

Jurassic Park

Justine

L'histoire D'o

Lamb

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Les Miserables

Lies My Teacher Told Me

Life of Pi

Limits and Renewals

Little House in the Big Woods

Lockwood & Co.

Lolita

Looking for Trouble

Lord Foul’s Bane

Lord of the Flies

Lyddie

Malazan Book of the Fallen

Maldoror

Manufacturing Consent: the Political Economy of the Mass Media

Man’s Search for Meaning

Mark Twain’s Autobiography

Maus

Meditations

Megamorphs (series)

Mein Kampf

Memnooch the Devil

Metro 2033

Michael Crichton

Middlesex

Mindhunter

Misery

Mistborn

Moby Dick

Mrs. Dalloway

My Side of the Mountain

My Sweet Audrina

Nacht über Der Prärie (night over the Prairie)

Naked Lunch

Name of the Wind

Neuromancer

Never Let Me Go

Neverwhere

New York

Next

Night

Night Shift

Norwegian Wood

Notes from Underground

Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea

Of Mice and Men

Of Nightingales That Weep

Ohio

Old Mans War

Old Mother West Wind

On Heroes and Tombs

On Laughter and Forgetting

On the Road

One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest

One Hundred Years of Solitude

One of Us

Painted Bird

Patrick Rothfuss

Perfume: the Story of a Murderer

Persepolis

Pet Sematary

Peter Pan

Pillars of the Earth

Poisonwood Bible

Pride and Predjudice

Ready Player One

Rebecca

Red Mars

Red Night (series)

Red Shirts

Red Storm Rising

Redwall

Replay

Requiem for a Dream

Revenge

Riftwar Saga

Ringworld

Roald Dahl

Rolls of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Round Ireland with a Fridge

Running with Scissors

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Sapiens, a Brief History of Humankind

Scary Stories to Read in the Dark

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Schindler’s List

Sein Und Zeit

Shades of Grey

Sharp Objects

Shattered Dreams

Sherlock Holmes

Sho-gun

Siddhartha

Sisypho

Skin and Other Stories

Slaughterhouse Five

Smoke & Mirrors

Snow Crash

Soldier Son

Sometimes a Great Notion

Sphere

Starship Troopers

Stiff, the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Storied Life of A.j. Fikry

Stormlight Archives

Story of the Eye

Stranger in a Strange Land

Surely, You're Joking

Survivor Type (short Story)

Suttree

Swan Song

Tale of Two Cities

Tales of the South Pacific

The Alchemist

The Altered Carbon Trilogy

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

The Art of Deception

The Art of Fielding

The Art of War

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation

The Autobiography of Henry Viii

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

The Beach

The Bell Jar

The Bible

The Bloody Chamber

The Book Thief

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

The Brothers Karamazov

The Call of Cthulu and Other Weird Stories

The Cask of Amontillado (short Story)

The Catcher in the Rye

The Chronicles of Narnia

The Clown

The Color out of Space

The Communist Manifesto

The Complete Fiction of H.p. Lovecraft

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Curious Case of the Dog in the Night Time

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime

The Dagger and the Coin

The Damage Done

The Dark Tower

The Declaration of Independence, the Us Constitution, and the Bill of Rights

The Devil in the White City

The Dharma Bums

The Diamond Age

The Dice Man

The Discworld Series

The Dresden Files

The Elegant Universe

The First Law Trilogy

The Forever War

The Foundation Trilogy

The Gentleman Bastard Sequence

The Geography of Nowhere

The Girl Next Door

The Girl on the Milk Carton

The Giver

The Giving Tree

The God of Small Things

The Grapes of Wrath

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gilly Hopkins

The Hagakure

The Half a World Trilogy

The Handmaid’s Tale

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

The Hiding Place

The History of Love

The Hobbit

The Hot Zone

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hyperion Cantos

The Jaunt

The Jungle

The Key to Midnight

The Killing Star

The Kingkiller Chronicles

The Kite Runner

The Last Question (short Story)

The Lies of Lock Lamora

The Little Prince

The Long Walk

The Lord of the Rings

The Lottery (short Story)

The Lovely Bones

The Magicians

The Magus

The Martian

The Master and Margarita

The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect

The Monster at the End of This Book

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

The Music of Eric Zahn (short Story)

The Name of the Wind & the Wise Man's Fear

The Necronomicon

The New Age of Adventure: Ten Years of Great Writing

The Night Circus

The Nightmare Box

The Odyssey

The Omnivore's Dilemma

The Orphan Master’s Son

The Outsiders

The Painted Bird

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Phantom Tollbooth

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Plague

The Prince

The Prince of Tides

The Princess Bride

The Prophet

The Queen’s Gambit

The Rape of Nanking

The Red Dwarf

The Republic

The Rifter Saga

The Road

The Satanic Verses

The Screwtape Letters

The Secret History

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel

The Selfish Gene

The Shining

The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer

The Silmarillion

The Sirens of Titan

The Six Wives of Henry the 8th

The Solitude of Prime Numbers

The Speaker of the Dead

The Stars My Destination

The Stormlight Archive

The Story of My Tits

The Stranger

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck

The Suspicions of Mr. Witcher

The Tao of Pooh

The Things They Carried

The Time Machine

The Time Traveller’s Wife

The Tin Drum

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green

The Wasp Factory

The Wind Up Bird Chronicle

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle

The World According to Garp

The Yellow Wallpaper

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Things Fall Apart

Thirsty

This Blinding Absence of Light

Tiger!

Time Enough for Love

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Say Nothing of the Dog

Toni Morrison

Too Many Magicians

Traumnovelle

Tuesdays with Morrie

Tuf Voyaging

Undeniable

Under Plum Lake

Universe in a Nutshell

Unwind

Uzumaki

Various

Village Life in Late Tsarist Russia

Walden

War & Peace

War and Peace

Warriors: Bluestar’s Prophecy

Watchers

Water for Elephants

Watership Down

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Wheel of Time

When Rabbit Howls

Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Why I Am Not a Christian

Why People Believe Weird Things

Wizards First Rule

Wool

World War Z

Worm

Wuthering Heights

You Can Choose to Be Happy

Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

[rad1os1lence]

tag 9 people to learn more about their interests!

thank you for tagging me @pilarsalazr !!!

MUSIC

fave genre? indie rock/pop

fave artist? the neighbourhood, catfish and the bottlemen, glass animals, olivia rodrigo, mother mother, fleetwood mac, flor, labyrinth, the hunna, arctic monkeys, circa waves, labyrinth, mikky ekko, jaymes young, finneas, billie eilish, the wombats, two door cinema club, walk the moon, x ambassadors, taylor swift, declan mckenna, years and years + literally so many more

fave song? can’t pick just one but probs the beach by the neighbourhood?

most listened song recently? if you seek amy by britney spears LMAO

song currently stuck in your head? where have you been by rihanna for some reason

5 fave lyrics? can’t think of any specifically

radio or your own playlist | solo artists or bands | pop or indie | loud or silent volume I slow or fast songs | music video or lyrics video | speakers or headset | riding a bus in silence or while listening to music | driving in silence or with radio on

BOOKS

fav book genre? anything ya pretty much but i mainly love urban fantasy/fantasy with diverse characters, i will also love any contemporary ya about queer characters

fav writer? tooooo many

fav book? aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe, we are the ants, the secret history, red white and royal blue, the miseducation of cameron post, i’ll give you the sun etc

fav book series? the raven cycle, the shadowhunter chronicles, the simon snow trilogy, six of crows duology, percy jackson and the olympians, heroes of olympus, magnus chase and the gods of asgard, all for the game, heartstopper (+ i’ve only read book 1 but i think the renegades trilogy will be added to this when i finish them!)

comfort book? simon vs the homo sapiens agenda

perfect book to read on a rainy day? radio silence

fave characters? kit herondale, ty blackthorn, ronan lynch, adam parrish, renee walker, neil josten, christina rosales, diana wrayburn, raphael santiago, nico di angelo, leo valdez, annabeth chase, percy jackson, remus lupin, sirius black, magnus bane, jem carstairs, simon snow, baz pitch, penelope bunce, agatha wellbelove and that’s not even half

5 quotes from your fave book that you know by heart? ugh literally anything from trc INCLUDING “the head is too wise, the heart is all fire”, “it was starting, it was starting”, “in that moment, blue was a little in love with all of them. their magic, their quest, their strangeness and awfulness”, “maybe i dreamt you”, “the ocean burned”

hardcover or paperback | buy or rent | standalone novels or book series | ebook or physical copy | reading at night or during the day | reading at home or in nature | listening to music while reading or reading in silence | reading in order or reading the ending first | reliable or unreliable narrator | realism or fantasy | one or multiple POVS | judging by the covers or by the summary | rereading or reading just once

TV AND MOVIES

fave tv/movie genre? for tv: teen drama but i will literally watch anything that looks interesting and addicting. movies: comedy, action and coming of age movies all the way

fave movie? the perks of being a wallflower, i tonya, heathers, scott pilgrim vs the world, baby driver, la la land, parasite

comfort movie? 13 going on 30

movie you watch every year? love actually, the parent trap, freaky friday

fave tv show? how to get away with murder, the wilds, elite, love victor, runaways, stranger things, skam, sex education, euphoria, julie and the phantoms, young royals, the end of the f***ing world, i am not okay with this, killing eve, umbrella academy, the good place, one day at a time, fleabag, teen wolf, probs more i can’t think of

comfort tv show? julie and the phantoms, hsmtmts, never have i ever, one day at a time

most rewatched tv show? glee, one day at a time, julie and the phantoms

ultimate otp? there is not just one

5 fave characters? shelby goodkind, karolina dean, isak valtersen, villanelle, fatin jadmani

tv shows or movie | short seasons (8-13 episodes) or full seasons (22 episodes or more) | one episode a week or binging | one season or multiple seasons | one part or saga | half hour or one hour long episodes | subtitles on or off | rewatching or watching just once | downloads or watches online

can’t think of specific blogs rn but do it if you wanna! :))

[elencelebrindal]

What's your favorite author? And your favorite book? Book genre? Don't know if this has been asked before

Oh, easy answer. But I got carried away by the rest. 

My favorite author (of all time) is J.R.R. Tolkien. I own a considerable amount of books by and about him, and I’m still buying more to add to the collection. Of all the books I own, Tolkien is the author that is first place for the number of books in my library.  They might not be that much to the eyes of a true Tolkien collector, but I’m slowly making progress. 

My favorite book is The Silmarillion. It might be a heavy read, with so many names and so much happening at once (and so many deaths George Martin can only bow to it), but I absolutely love it. 

Though, Tolkien hasn’t always been my favorite. I discovered it fairly early, but at the same time fairly late. I started reading his books in high school, second or third year I think, and I had another favorite author back then. An author that, in these days, I am not liking.  It was J.K. Rowling.  I grew up with Harry Potter, so it was obvious for me to love her to pieces, but... I’m kinda glad she’s not my favorite anymore. I would have been considerably upset at myself otherwise. The books are still fine, I cannot just go on a tangent and say “oh yeah, now I hate everything about here because of who she is”, because I grew up with them. But all the rest... in the trash, please. 

My favorite genre is fantasy. Almost any type of fantasy stories are good for me, if the story is interesting enough for me. I mostly love the classic epic fantasy genre, but urban fantasy has a good place in my heart as well.  I also like dystopian stories, to a certain point, and horror is a good choice for me.  Some exceptions to my favorites are “Sherlock Holmes” (I read all the stories) and the book that destroyed me completely, aka “The Book Thief” by  ‎Markus Zusak.  I do enjoy some classics as well, and I currently own a good amount of them, from the Divine Comedy (yeah, I love it) to The Great Gatsby, and a lot more. Jane Eyre, The Picture of Dorian Grey, Dracula... you name it, I have it. My favorite classic is obviously Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. 

If you’re interested or looking for new material to read, authors I’ve read and loved, besides the ones I’ve already named and in no particular order, are: Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson, The Kane Chronicles, I (for now) only read the first of Apollo’s Trials and Magnus Chase) Christoper Paolini (The Inheritance Cycle) Licia Troisi (the Emerged World series, the Nashira series, the Dragon Girl series) Ransom Riggs (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, all of them) Cassandra Clare (The Mortal Instruments + the Codex, The Infernal Devices, The Bane Chronicles) Suzanne Collins (the Hunger Games series) Veronica Roth (the Divergent series) James Dashner (the Maze Runner series) though he is... not to be a fan of as a person Stephen King Edgar Allan Poe C.S. Lewis (The Chronicles of Narnia)

And many more of which I own just one book, like Michael Ende (The Neverending Story), Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea), Scott Cawthon (yes, I love FNAF but I don’t have the last book). 

Some of them I don’t really like as much anymore for one reason of the other, even some trivial reasons like: I don’t like the first person POV, so I find it very difficult to read books like Hunger Games now. But I do still enjoy them, I’m not throwing books away. 

I want to add this, which is probably going to make the entire Game of Thrones fandom angry at me: I don’t particularly like George Martin. I own all the books of A Song and Ice and Fire (that he wrote), and I read them all, but... I didn’t like him as much as other people did. I got bored halfway through the series, and kept reading just because of those two or three characters I liked.  Also... I’m kinda tired of waiting. At this point we’re getting more books by Tolkien (who’s dead) than by Martin. Come on. 

Now, because some people liked to yell at me: I read the entire Twilight Saga. And I absolutely despise it, because it could have had so much potential for the background characters, but the main ones were boring. Just that. Just plain boring characters with no redeeming qualities. I had people on other social media platforms getting angry at me for criticizing the books, but honestly? They’re trash for me, I prefer the classic vampire to the sparkly one. 

And final note, also because people like to yell at me: yes I read the books by John Green. No, I didn’t like them. I currently only own one (The Fault In Our Stars), and I read it in 4 hours. Which is a sign of me not liking the book. The faster I read, the less I’m interested. He is a great writer and person, and he has an amazing sense of humor, but his books are not my genre. 

[fantasyinvader]

Since I have someone interested in checking out Elric, I’m just doing a little guide on how to get into the story.

Originally, Elric appeared in magazines. Moorcock then went on to write Stormbringer, a novel that acted as a finale to the series, then he went back and compiled the short stories into a book called The Stealer of Souls. In the 70′s he wrote a prequel and then fleshed out the story into six books. Elric of Melnibone, The Sailor on the Seas of Fate, The Weird of the White Wolf (which is where the original stories start), The Sleeping Sorceress, Bane of the Black Sword and Stormbringer. He has written later novels to further add to the story.

Now, unless you can get your hands on a copy of the Fantasy Masterworks Elric, which chronicles just the original stories from the 1960′s, I would recommend going with Gollancz’s reprinting from a few years back. These are, well, I wouldn’t say perfect but they do cover the Saga in a way that’s relatively easy to collect. It’s not the revised six novels from the 70′s, but it does allow for the saga to be read in chroniological order. The downside of this is how it’s written is going to change a lot, as Moorcock would later revisit the character in order to flesh out the story. For instance, going from Elric of Melnibone to Fortress of the Pearl is going from a story that was writen in ‘72 to one written in ‘89 and it shows.

Now, as for the books themselves?

Elric of Melnibone and other stories - The stories here act as prequels to the original saga, with the main one written a decade later. There’s also a script for a comic prequel before that, but that requires reading script like a late ‘90′s fanfic. This can be a pretty good place to start, the problem is that they’re kinda blatant with their foreshadowing. As a result, it can be read in one of two ways. Either it’s read first to ease the audience into Elric and give them hints of what’s to come, or they’re read afterwards in order to highlight how Elric’s adventures changed him.

Fortress of the Pearl -  I love the novel, but it’s not really necessary. A good adventure, but not required reading.

The Sailor on the Seas of Fate - This not only includes the titular novel, but some of the first two Elric stories written. As such, I’d say this is required reading.

The Sleeping Sorceress- I’m going to be honest, I haven’t touched this one. It contains Michael Moorcock’s The Eternal Champion, the book that unintentionally deconstructed the modern Isekai genre,  and Elric’s appearance in the Corum trilogy except from his point of view. It has some stories I haven’t read yet, and those stories are part of the 70′s extended version.

The Revenge of the Rose - While it does have a later novel from ‘91 as it’s title, the book contains the stories from the second half of the original saga.

Stormbringer - The end of the saga. What everything builds up to. Metal as fuck, highly recommend.

The Moonbeam roads - A trilogy Moorcock wrote in the early 2000′s. Don’t have it myself, but they take place during the previous books which screws up the idea of reading them chronologically.

Okay, if you just want the saga in it’s original version you’d need to pick up Sailor on the Seas of Fate, Revenge of the Rose and Stormbringer. These three books have the original 9 stories and more. Skip Fortress and Moonbeam Roads if you just want the six book extended version from the 70′s and you’ll still get some extra bits.

There’s a very faithful comic adaptation of the saga from the 80′s, but with the collected volumes I’ve heard the print quality leaves much to be desired. The French comics from 2014 take a lot of liberties with the story to the point Elric feels like a different character. There’s three volumes out, with the first two giving an alternate take on Elric of Melnibone. As such, the story is nowhere near complete and may never well be.

[malyen0retsev]

So since I’m basically out of work for now I might as well make some use of it... could ya give a girl some book recs?? I’m literally so bored all day I will devour a trilogy in that time rn

You and me both pal, I’m literally in quarantine with suspected symptoms AIN’T IT FUN. So yes, of course! Burying myself in books as it is

His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust - Philip Pullman(Recommend reading HDM first, or if you start with BOD then only read La Belle Sauvage before reading HDM) Set in an alternate reality Oxford - and then further afield - where everybody has a familiar which is representative of their soul in the shape of an animal. Focussed around the character of Lyra and the way in which she is tied dramatically into the events of the world around her... easy to follow, good fantasy

The Shadowhunter Chronicles - Cassandra ClareLook, if you haven’t heard of this series you must be napping under a rock honestly... but an urban fantasy saga about a race of peoples called Shadowhunters who protect the earth from demons. Three completed series exist already - The Infernal Devices, The Mortal Instruments, and The Dark Artifices (and I’d recommend reading them in that order tbh, with the short story bindups The Bane Chronicles and Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy between TMI and TDA). Recently released was also the short story bindup Ghosts of the Shadow Market, and the two books The Red Scrolls of Magic and Chain of Gold, which I’d recommend reading in that order post TDA. It’s a wonderfully magic, genuinely hilarious series filled with unforgettable and wonderful characters. 

Gone Series - Michael GrantIs post apocalyptic what we want right now?? Idk... but this remains one of my favourite series of all time. A world where all adults suddenly vanish for -reasons- you slowly uncover... and kids start developing superpowers... with adults gone and all tiers of power broken down, what happens? CHAOS THAT’S WHAT. I basically ate these books whole so so fast. One thing I would say - they’re followed by the Monster trilogy, a follow on trilogy. Wouldn’t recommend. You don’t need it. You only need the original 6 books.

Grishaverse - Leigh BardugoThis series became my full blown obsession last year; another fantasy series, set in a world where some people are born with special magical abilities, known as Grisha. The Grisha Trilogy follows the typical chosen one path with Alina Starkov; the Six of Crows Duology chronologically follows it and remarks upon events from the trilogy, but is with a whole different set of characters and is sort of like a high fantasy Oceans 8 Heist; the King of Scars Duology focused around two of the Grisha Trilogy characters and one of the SoC squad. These are also mad addictive books, incredibly original (and I’d recommend reading them in the order I listed them)

The Nevernight Chronicle - Jay Kristoff16-year-old Mia Corvere is seeking revenge for her murdered family, so seeks the Red Church - a school of Assassins. That’s the set up. Add in a ton more excellent writing, political intrigue, fierce characters, animal familiars in the form of shadows, and legit good LGBTQ+ rep, and that’s this series for you.

The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha ShannonIn some ways a retelling of the mythological folk tale of St George and the Dragon; seeks inspiration from both Western and Eastern mythological representations of dragons... where dragons are monsters in one side of the world, and allies in another. This is a story which throws you in the deep end immediately and just sort of expects you to grab hold, but hang in there. The initial hundred pages are a mindfuck, and then it is impossible to put down.

Throne of Glass series - Sarah J MaasA world of humans and fae, magic and mortal; stories filled with assassins, swords, political intrigue, alliances, heartbreak, love, pirates, adventure, and dragons. Look, people shit on Sarah J Maas and some of that is totally valid but I won’t apologise for how invested I am in these books. And I really really need to finish this series and now I have the time to YAY

The Poppy War and The Dragon Republic - R F KuangInspired by real Chinese history, this series (final book in the trilogy publishing this year, so this is the perfect time to binge these ready for that) is a military high fantasy inspired by events in China, Japan, and Taiwan, and underpinned by both Chinese history and mythology. Also opium. And gods (quote Rebecca Kuang) dropping acid. These books have you practically ripping the pages to get to the next bit they’re so well written and did I mention the author is 23

Books I’m reading at the moment/getting to ASAP while in quarantine so can’t say what they’re about but just a taste anyway: The Mistborn Trilogy - Brandon SandersonNinth House - Leigh BardugoThe Farseer Trilogy - Robin HobbRed Rising Trilogy - Pierce BrownA Discovery of Witches Trilogy - Deborah HarknessThe Dark Vault - V E SchwabPlus continuing my re-read of The Shadowhunter Chronicles because I am trash for that series always

HOPE THAT HELPED ANON

[tainas-t-t]

queer (mostly ya) books i own/have read (maybe spoilers but not big ones)

* LGBTQ+ author (that I know of, feel free to correct me)

Becky Albertalli: Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda (main mlm characters), The Upside of Unrequited (side wlw characters), Leah on the Offbeat (main wlw characters)

Stephen Chbosky: The Perks of being a Wallflower (side mlm characters)

Michael Thomas Ford: Suicide Notes (main mlm characters)

John Green, David Levithan*: Will Grayson, Will Grayson (main mlm characters)

Sally Green: The Smoke Thieves (main mlm characters)

Lauren James: The Last Beginning (main wlw characters) (sequel to The Next Together)

Nina Lacour*: We are Okay (main wlw characters)

Nina Lacour*, David Levithan*: You Know Me Well (main wlw and mlm, side genderqueer characters)

David Levithan*: Hold Me Closer (main mlm characters) (companion to Will Grayson, Will Grayson)

Mackenzi Lee*: The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue (main mlm and side ace spectrum characters), The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (main ace spertrum and wlw, side mlm characters)

Karen McManus: One of Us is Lying (main mlm character)

Jandy Nelson: I’ll Give You the Sun (main mlm characters)

Patrick Ness*: More Than This (main mlm characters), The Rest of Us Just Live Here (main mlm characters), Release (main mlm and wlw characters)

Rainbow Rowell: Carry On (main mlm characters)

Benjamin Alire Saens*: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (main mlm characters)

Adam Silvera*: More Happy Than Not (main mlm characters), History is All Yoiu Left Me (main mlm characters), They Both Die at the End (main mlm characters)

Adam Silvera*, Becky Albertalli: What if it’s Us (main mlm characters)

Catherine Valente: Space Opera (main mlm characters)

Jen Wilde: Queens of Geek (main wlw characters)

Kiersten White: The Conqueror's Saga (main mlm character)

Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments series (main mlm and side wlw characters), The Dark Artifices series (main mlm and trans, side wlw characters), The Infernal Devices series (side mlm character)

Cassandra Clare, Wesly Chu*: The Eldest Curses series (main mlm and side wlw characters)

Cassandra Clare, Sarah Brennan Rees, Maureen Johnson: The Bane Chronicles (main mlm character)

Feel free to add more!

[baeklouis]

The Eldest Curses #1 - The Red Scrolls of Magic Review

I talk a bit about the history of Malec’s relationship and my opinion about it first but this post is spoiler free regarding the new book.

I have a complicated relationship with The Shadowhunters saga since I started to read the books when I was 13 years old and I loved them instantly, but as the saga continued and I became older I came to the conclusion that the writing quality leaves a lot to be desired, and I was left with beloved characters that have great potential but ultimately follow the same overused clichés and don't live up to my expectations. Alec and Magnus are no exception to this. I was overjoyed when their romance started in the original trilogy, I thought their relationship had a lot of potential to be very interesting and sweet and I couldn't wait to read more about them together. 

Except, the books progressed with their relationship developing off the pages, with only a few comments here and there that didn't give much information besides "Alec and Magnus have been seeing each other in secret and it's complicated", and it didn't get much better in the next trilogy where they had some scenes together but they spent more time fighting and not communicating than anything else. There are also a few short stories about their relationship later on where they are happier but the writing in those is so bad I don't even count them as canon, in fact I have done everything possible to erase them from my memory (I’m talking mostly about Born To Endless Night from Tales From The Shadowhunter Academy, not the stories in The Bane Chronicles, those are okay).

So, when I saw this book I was expecting to be disappointed once again, but I'm happy to say I was wrong! There's a good balance between the romance (Alec and Magnus being a new couple getting to know each other) and the main plot (tracking down the Crimson Hand), so if you want to read about them being together you'll get that, but you'll also get all the typical shenanigans of a shadowhunter book (mainly fighting demons and downworlder parties).

Both Alec and Magnus come off as likeable and relatable, but I was especially pleased with Alec's characterization since Magnus' got his chance to get more developed in The Bane Chronicles and I've always thought Alec needed to be fleshed out a lot more. Overall, it felt more intimate and realistic than anything else Clare has written about these two, and I enjoyed all the glimpses of Magnus through Alec's eyes. To be honest throughout most of the main books Clare keeps doing the opposite of “show, don’t tell” regarding Alec’s feelings towards Magnus. By that I mean that Alec says he loves him but I don’t really feel it (City of Heavenly Fire excluded) the way you can feel a character’s affection when a romance is well done. I have more to say about Alec’s characterization but that would require spoilers so I will do it in a different post.

The writing was okay this time and I even found a few of the jokes funny so that's also an improvement. I don’t know it that’s due to the influence of the co-writer, Wesley Chu, or Clare putting more effort into this book but either way I appreciate it.

[emmas-reading]

My 50 favourite YA books

I decided to write a list of my 50 favourite YA books. I hope you enjoy reading some of them:

The Mortal Instruments 

1. City of Bones

2. City of Ashes

3. City of Glass

4. City of Fallen Angels 

5. City of Lost Souls

6. City of Heavenly Fire

The Folk of the Air

7. The Cruel Prince

8. The Wicked King

The Infernal Devices

9. Clockwork Angel

10. Clockwork Prince

11. Clockwork Princess

The Red Queen Series

12. Red Queen

13. Glass Sword

14. Kings Cage

15. War Storm

The Dark Artifices

16. Lady Midnight

17. Lord of Shadows

18. The Queen of Air and Darkness

Merciless

19. Merciless I

20. Merciless II

21. Merciless III

22. Merciless IV

Other Shadowhunter Books

23. The Shadowhunter Codex

24. Tales of the Shadowhunter Codex

25. The Bane Chronicles

The Silver Trilogy

26. Dream a little Dream

27. Dream On

28. Just Dreaming

The Hunger Games

29. The Hunger Games

30. Catching Fire

40.Mockingjay

Ruby Red Trilogy 

41. Ruby Red

42. Emerald Green

43. Sapphire Blue

The Frostblood Saga

44. Frostblood

45. Fireblood

Die Bücher der Lügenwahrheit (currently only available in German)

46. Ein Augenblick für immer

47. Not if I save you first

Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children

48. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

49. Hollow City

50. Library of Souls

Have you read some of them? Are some of them on your TBR?

[itsgarbagefire]

Part Four

(As per the others this is just my thoughts and I did try being unbiased. All is for fun, no offense intended. -T/BC)

1. Gold eyes, black hair and here is another Herondale as is to be expected... Also the whole boy thing seriously use ages? Or something swear I get uncomfortable with that ambiguity and Magnus being all observant to how people look then saying boy is... No thanks

2. Oh so he is 17 thank you for an age. But also 17 year old with a gun? And oh he just shot somebody great wood leg or not. And Ragnor encouraged the first at the least outburst wise... Because surely the person warning Magnus off of trouble would...

3. Drunken 17 year old... Ragnor supplying wine wow there is so much wrong with it but moving on.

4. Of course Magnus would flirt with Will... And Tessa just says to keep with it? Somebody hand me an knife to gouge out my eyes. Then Magnus is like of course I will keep doing so after after an break.

5. Did I just start upon the intermingling of the nephilim families,etc which sparks so much debate? I'm going to skip over it and leave that for others to debate.

6. Ah yes parabatis. Must mention it every other paragraph in case the reader forgets that James is bound to Matthew. And that they are parabati. Oh did I forget to say they are parabati?

7. Ay, Brother Zachariah and Jem getting better than I heard he did in the book series he was part of. This reunion stuff breaks up the monotony of everything else.

8. Ha the red string of fate reference that made me laugh because honestly wonder where that came from? Surely an 'ancient' legend unused before. *my odd bitterness aside clever*

9. Ah yes the parabati thing we get that they were.. And italicizing it is a bit well extreme.

10. Sexualizing an young girl... (Pages 184 to 185)

11. Biphobia or uh bigotry in general. Just because Magnus stepped and did the decent thing of not falling head over heels for the girl. I gagged. But decent writing enough.

12. Tossing in stuff about Camille ugh at least its an reminiscing on her being no good for him.

13. Eerie, good plot scenery and atmospheric details. Doesn't seem too fancy which is good. (Page 188)

14. Magnus being hired? As a killer? By an Shadowhunter against Shadowhunters okay loops one in. And the jokes about her being an lampshade,etc is kinda funny. More slightly offensive allergories one could sense aside.

15. He is being reasonable. Rational. Only took pages and pages for it. In a large volume as opposed briefly.

16. Okay that quip about not being able to afford him was good.

17. Interesting metaphor for the heartbreak of James and about Grace not going to lie vaguely poetic in some ways.

[blazeturbo102]

Hi Shadowhunters books fans!!

Hey there!! Okey, so, I've been disconnected from the Shadowhunters books for a long time, but I would want to get to it again. I don't have that much money tho, so I'd like to start buying the ones that focus more on my favs or that have them appear more, but I need some help!😅

So, I know apart of TMI, Infernal Devices and Dark Artífices there are other sagas/books! I think they are: The Bane Chronicles(which I have already), Shadowhunters Academy(or something like that), Shadowhunters Codex (??), The Last Hour, Ghost of the Shadow Market and The eldest curses?!

Could anyone tell me which ones of these focus on/have important Malec, Alec, Magnus and/or Raphael stuff, please?? (and maybe Lightwood trio?? Tho Idk if there's much of that)

I've seen a lot recently about The eldest curses 1st book, and I know(or I think??) it focus on Malec and have Raphael too so that one's a given👌🏽👌🏽 but I'm not sure about the others! (I've read stuff about a Malec wedding but haven't found anything??)

So yeah, if someone could lend me a hand please I would appreciate it a lot!! ^^ Sorry for the long post 😅😥

[ao3feed-sterek]

The Craven Master Saga

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2CIeNso

by Notsalony

Born long ago, Master Vampire Alexander Craven, has long since come into his own but has lived with his former Master for far too long, has been sent to a town that has been making a bit of noise now that the Supernatural community at large has come out into the mainstream. Master Craven must tame this land, take a mate, setup house, and get the wild supernaturals out of the public eye. Can he create order from this insane chaos that abounds? Or will he be swallowed up whole by the swirling tides of chance that seem to hover in this town?

Words: 40458, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV), Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter - Laurell K. Hamilton, Big Wolf on Campus, Supernatural, Supernatural Tribes, Supernatural Novels - Various, The Vampire Diaries (TV), The Originals (TV), Legacies (TV 2018), The Nine Lives of Chloe King, Underworld (Movies), Riverdale (TV 2017), Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV 2018), Shadowhunters (TV), The Shadowhunter Chronicles - Cassandra Clare, The Shadowhunter Chronicles - All Media Types, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy - Cassandra Clare, The Gates, Lost Girl (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con

Categories: F/M, M/M, Multi, Other

Characters: OMC(s), The Morrígan, Bo Dennis, The Ash, Magnus Bane, Father Blackwood, Massimo, Klaus Michaelson, Selene, Jean-Claude, Dylan Radcliff, Crowley, Dr. Eleanor Visyak, Naomi, Tommy Dawkins, Maryse Lightwood, Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester, Margo Lassiter, Micah Callahan, Tyler Lockwood, Deucalion, Violet Duval, Rowena MacLeod, Allen Deaton, Vex, Mark, Jace Herondale, Clary Fairchild, Luca Martin, Stiles Stilinski, Scott McCall, Derek Hale, Jackson Whitmore, alison argent, Corey Bryant, Mason Hewitt, Liam Dunbar, Hayden Romero, Danny Mahealani, Lydia Martin, Jordan perish, Alek Petrova, Malia Tate, Erica Reyes, Vernon Boyd, Isaac Lahey, Brett Talbot, Kira Yukimura, Ethan Steiner, Aiden Steiner, Theo Raeken, Sean Walcott, Matt Daehler, Noah Stilinski, Nick Monohan, Charlie Monohan, Claire Radcliff, Brett Crezki, Andie Bates, Karen Crezki, Devon Buckley, Alec Lightwood, Simon Lovelace, Simon Lewis, Isabelle Lightwood, Marcus Jordan

Relationships: OMC(s)/OMC(s), Mark/Vex, Mark/Vex/OMC(s), Stiles Stilinski/Derek Hale, Scott McCall/Jackson Whitmore/Alison Argent, Corey Bryant/Mason Hewitt, Liam Dunbar/Hayden Romero, Danny Mahealani/OMC, Lydia Martin/Jordan Perish/Alek Petrova, Malia Tate/OMC(s), Erica Reyes/Vernon Boyd/Isaac Lahey, Brett Talbot/OMC(s), Kira Yukimura/OMC, Ethan Steiner/Aiden Steiner, Theo Raeken/Sean Walcott/Matt Daehler, Claire Radcliff/Dylan Radcliff, Charlie Monohan/Brett Crezki/Andie Bates, Alec Lightwood/Magnus Bane, Simon Lovelace/Isabelle Lightwood, Vex/Marcus Jordan, Vex/Mark/Marcus Jordan

Additional Tags: supernatural politics, Supernatural Races, posturing, Masturbation, Forced Masturbation, Public Masturbation, Sexual Offers, Blood Feeding, Vampire Feeding, Twincest, Mind fucking, Anal Sex, Oral Sex, Blow Jobs, Threesomes, Double Penetration, Spit Roasting, D/s, Dominance, Submission, Power Play, Eldritch Magics, Crossover, Selfcest, Nudity, Group Nudity, group masturbation, Sex Magic, To Be Continued

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2CIeNso