City of STOLE MY SOUL.
Yes, I am writing about more books. No, I am not a complete loser with no life. I am a loser who fits reading into her life. So nah.
I just finished, not two night ago, the Mortal Instruments trilogy (or the two books that are currently within it), City of Bones and City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare.
I bought the first book, City of Bones on Saturday. I started it on Sunday, December 21. I wasn't even midway through it when I went and bought the second book, City of Ashes from Borders on Monday, December 22.
I was absolutely enthralled in the books! I couldn't get enough of them! I literally petted the books, saying something along the lines, "Oh, please don't end so soon. Please write some more while I'm reading you..." I carried them around in my purse (which isn't too abnormal for me) and read them during the wee hours of the morning because I just couldn't fake that I was pooping that much during the holidays.
Don't act like you don't read while pooping.
Luckily, the trip down to Cape on Christmas Day lent to 3 lovely hours of my reading in a car. Andrew's dad drives slower than molasses. Plus, we had four (yes, you read that correctly) Christmases to celebrate in St. Charles, so I had to quench my lust of the series while schmoozing with loved ones. However, I ended up finishing each book in less than 2 days each, counting our precious time apart while I had to deal with the fam and friends.
Read no further if you want to know nothing of the books.
City of Bones
We meet Clary, 15 going on 16 in a week, who is at a club with friend Simon, 16, and witnesses a death dealt by those no one but she seems to be able to see. She all but gives up on the idea of figuring it out, when one of the murderers, Jace, finds her out with Simon at a cafe. Jace isn't that bad of a guy, Clary realizes, when she finds out that he's not murdering people but demons, and he doesn't understand why she's able to see him when he's all "glamoured"-up. He wants her to come back to the Institute so that she can talk to a trusted friend of his.
However, that conversation is cut short when Clary receives a phone call from her mother--who she had just fought with--that stands Clary's hair on end; her mother sounds like she's just been killed. Racing home after slapping the crap out of Jace and stealing one of his instruments that looks like a cell phone (a stele), Clary realizes that when she gets home her house has been ransacked and her mother is missing, not murdered. When she gets to her room, she is attacked and ends up killing the strange entity with the stele she had stolen from Jace.
When she comes to, she is poisoned from the attack and Jace is whisking her away to the Institute to receive help from Hodge, the trusted person that had wanted to meet her in less tense circumstances.
She is healed at the Institute, and we get to meet the other Demon slayers from the night at the club--Alec and Isabelle, brother and sister around the same age as Clary and Jace.
From here on out it's a whirlwind of information--we learn too much for me to write about it in good conscience. A synopsis is basically that Valentine--the bad guy--has kidnapped Clary's mother, who was apparently his wife;
Luke--Clary's mother's friend who practically raised her along with her mother--disowns her, only to tell save her life later as a werewolf (who knew!?) and fill her in on her mother's torrid past;
Alec is gay and in love with Jace, but starts to see the warlock Magnus Bane to gain practice, maybe?;
Jace isn't gay and starts to fall for Clary, who begins to feel the same way;
Simon is in love with Clary as well, but he's just the nerdy friend that can't compete with hot Jace, plus Clary sees him as a brother-figure.
But holy shit, twist central: Valentine, you are Clary's fah-tha (father, for those who haven't seen Star Wars). And wouldn't you have it awkward and strange and totally heartwrenching: Valentine, you are Jace's fah-tha too.
All I felt at that moment is: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~~~~~!!!!!!!!! ::dies::
I then raised myself up and said, "THERE HAS GOT TO BE A WAY! SOME LOOP-HOLE IN CRAZY-TOWN!"
City of Ashes
There wasn't a loop-hole. In fact, this whole book is just a testament to the horrible, gut-wrenching feelings Jace and Clary feel for one another.
Simon and Clary attempt to date, which reads awkward and wrong because he's so not the one for her, but how could she possibly make it work with Jace when she's been told by her father that they are, in fact, brother and sister? Simon tries far too hard, but he means well. However, he's an idiot and goes and gets himself turned into a vampire. However, there is a potential love interest for him in the form of Maia, a werewolf girl who seems to really see Simon for who he really is.
My only idea here is this: Valentine is an evil, horrible man. Why would he want Jace to be with the one that he wanted? But all signs point to yes, they are related, until the end of the book when there are a few morsels and hints dropped that they are, perhaps, not related after all. I am literally CLINGING to the hope that they aren't, because they are just so. damned. AWESOME. TOGETHER.
On with the story, I suppose.
Valentine makes a come-back and attempts to lure Jace into the dark side, but Jace is a good boy and does the right thing by attempting to kill his father. We find out more about Clary's incredibly drawing skillz, in which she is able to create powerful, destructive runes that save the day in some instances.
The Inquisitor reminds me of that chick who becomes head master in Harry Potter #5. Evil. Evil woman. With stupid reasons for becoming evil. She is awful to Jace.
There is a lot of action in this book, what with Simon becoming a vampire, meeting the Seelie Court, battling hoards of demons that Valentine has brought forth, wondering what Valentine did to Clary's mother to force her into this magical coma, attempting to figure out who stole the cookies from the cookie jar... need I go any further?
Needless to say, I am practically frothing at the mouth to read the last book in the series, which comes out on March 24. I have read the first chapter of the book--which the author posted on her website--and have read some little snippets (or cookies, as she calls them) that the author has placed on her Myspace page. As much as I abhor going onto Myspace, I do it for the books. And my obsession with them. So far, from what I have read, Clary goes to the "home" of all Shadowhunters in an attempt to find the cure for her mother's magical coma, and comes across Jace in a passionate embrace with some chick with dark hair... and there is a new interest for Clary by the name of Sebastian. Interesting. Really. Can't they advance the book to me?
I just finished, not two night ago, the Mortal Instruments trilogy (or the two books that are currently within it), City of Bones and City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare.
I bought the first book, City of Bones on Saturday. I started it on Sunday, December 21. I wasn't even midway through it when I went and bought the second book, City of Ashes from Borders on Monday, December 22.
I was absolutely enthralled in the books! I couldn't get enough of them! I literally petted the books, saying something along the lines, "Oh, please don't end so soon. Please write some more while I'm reading you..." I carried them around in my purse (which isn't too abnormal for me) and read them during the wee hours of the morning because I just couldn't fake that I was pooping that much during the holidays.
Don't act like you don't read while pooping.
Luckily, the trip down to Cape on Christmas Day lent to 3 lovely hours of my reading in a car. Andrew's dad drives slower than molasses. Plus, we had four (yes, you read that correctly) Christmases to celebrate in St. Charles, so I had to quench my lust of the series while schmoozing with loved ones. However, I ended up finishing each book in less than 2 days each, counting our precious time apart while I had to deal with the fam and friends.
Read no further if you want to know nothing of the books.
City of Bones
We meet Clary, 15 going on 16 in a week, who is at a club with friend Simon, 16, and witnesses a death dealt by those no one but she seems to be able to see. She all but gives up on the idea of figuring it out, when one of the murderers, Jace, finds her out with Simon at a cafe. Jace isn't that bad of a guy, Clary realizes, when she finds out that he's not murdering people but demons, and he doesn't understand why she's able to see him when he's all "glamoured"-up. He wants her to come back to the Institute so that she can talk to a trusted friend of his.
However, that conversation is cut short when Clary receives a phone call from her mother--who she had just fought with--that stands Clary's hair on end; her mother sounds like she's just been killed. Racing home after slapping the crap out of Jace and stealing one of his instruments that looks like a cell phone (a stele), Clary realizes that when she gets home her house has been ransacked and her mother is missing, not murdered. When she gets to her room, she is attacked and ends up killing the strange entity with the stele she had stolen from Jace.
When she comes to, she is poisoned from the attack and Jace is whisking her away to the Institute to receive help from Hodge, the trusted person that had wanted to meet her in less tense circumstances.
She is healed at the Institute, and we get to meet the other Demon slayers from the night at the club--Alec and Isabelle, brother and sister around the same age as Clary and Jace.
From here on out it's a whirlwind of information--we learn too much for me to write about it in good conscience. A synopsis is basically that Valentine--the bad guy--has kidnapped Clary's mother, who was apparently his wife;
Luke--Clary's mother's friend who practically raised her along with her mother--disowns her, only to tell save her life later as a werewolf (who knew!?) and fill her in on her mother's torrid past;
Alec is gay and in love with Jace, but starts to see the warlock Magnus Bane to gain practice, maybe?;
Jace isn't gay and starts to fall for Clary, who begins to feel the same way;
Simon is in love with Clary as well, but he's just the nerdy friend that can't compete with hot Jace, plus Clary sees him as a brother-figure.
But holy shit, twist central: Valentine, you are Clary's fah-tha (father, for those who haven't seen Star Wars). And wouldn't you have it awkward and strange and totally heartwrenching: Valentine, you are Jace's fah-tha too.
All I felt at that moment is: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~~~~~!!!!!!!!! ::dies::
I then raised myself up and said, "THERE HAS GOT TO BE A WAY! SOME LOOP-HOLE IN CRAZY-TOWN!"
City of Ashes
There wasn't a loop-hole. In fact, this whole book is just a testament to the horrible, gut-wrenching feelings Jace and Clary feel for one another.
Simon and Clary attempt to date, which reads awkward and wrong because he's so not the one for her, but how could she possibly make it work with Jace when she's been told by her father that they are, in fact, brother and sister? Simon tries far too hard, but he means well. However, he's an idiot and goes and gets himself turned into a vampire. However, there is a potential love interest for him in the form of Maia, a werewolf girl who seems to really see Simon for who he really is.
My only idea here is this: Valentine is an evil, horrible man. Why would he want Jace to be with the one that he wanted? But all signs point to yes, they are related, until the end of the book when there are a few morsels and hints dropped that they are, perhaps, not related after all. I am literally CLINGING to the hope that they aren't, because they are just so. damned. AWESOME. TOGETHER.
On with the story, I suppose.
Valentine makes a come-back and attempts to lure Jace into the dark side, but Jace is a good boy and does the right thing by attempting to kill his father. We find out more about Clary's incredibly drawing skillz, in which she is able to create powerful, destructive runes that save the day in some instances.
The Inquisitor reminds me of that chick who becomes head master in Harry Potter #5. Evil. Evil woman. With stupid reasons for becoming evil. She is awful to Jace.
There is a lot of action in this book, what with Simon becoming a vampire, meeting the Seelie Court, battling hoards of demons that Valentine has brought forth, wondering what Valentine did to Clary's mother to force her into this magical coma, attempting to figure out who stole the cookies from the cookie jar... need I go any further?
Needless to say, I am practically frothing at the mouth to read the last book in the series, which comes out on March 24. I have read the first chapter of the book--which the author posted on her website--and have read some little snippets (or cookies, as she calls them) that the author has placed on her Myspace page. As much as I abhor going onto Myspace, I do it for the books. And my obsession with them. So far, from what I have read, Clary goes to the "home" of all Shadowhunters in an attempt to find the cure for her mother's magical coma, and comes across Jace in a passionate embrace with some chick with dark hair... and there is a new interest for Clary by the name of Sebastian. Interesting. Really. Can't they advance the book to me?