thoughts on the three novellas I've read:
I feel this is the one I liked best out of the three.
But, at the same time, I think it was too fast-paced. I wouldn't say it was rushed, per se, but it definitely could have benefited from a few more pages. Maybe cut the start where they (conveniently) walk in on Maryse and have the story start with Clace already set on looking for Max, and give those pages to Max.
Big retcon about Clary's powers because now apparently she can create runes at will rather than having to wait for the angel to send a vision???
And when Jace says he arrived in New York when he was nine.
Too Wise to Love - Sebastian x Seelie Queen:
I was the most worried about this one because I feared Sebastian might suffer from a violent character assassination, but I actually enjoyed this.
The Seelie Queen??? actually in love??? with Sebastian??? whatever did she see in him???
certainly not his personality.
The timeline of this is kinda weird considering their relationship lasted a month and a half at most.
faerie's deus-ex-machina time warping powers strike again, I guess.
sebastian knew about ash during COHF?????
This means Ash was born in january? maybe february?
shocked that Sebastian took the news so well. i expected he would be anything but pleased about it, if he ever found out. at least not at first.
The seelie queen's eyes magically go from blue to green after she gives birth.
Ash and Sebastian's births are awfully similar. Both labours are described as incredibly bloody and painful and, after the birth, both mothers refused their child, not wanting to touch or even feed them.
Which is odd because from what we see in Forever Fallen and QoAAD the queen did care about Ash. But here it seems like she always saw him as just a weapon.
And, apparently, Ash got his wings super young?? Because I always thought that they manifested while he was in Thule (hence Sebastian's: 'he is becoming more')
Who the Wolf Loves - Luke x Jocelyn:
Basically the story of how Jocelyn and Valentine got together and 'divorced' told for the third time. (and in a yet another version of it)
Yes, the Circle timeline became even more messed up.
Why did CC make LukexJocelyn about miscommunication???
CC x miscommunication is the true otp of the TSC universe.
Jocelyn having a brother was not on my bingo card, and I lowkey hate that it was added. I'm not even sure why, I just do.
This guy was not mentioned once??? In twenty books?? Not even the recent ones??
This story implies that Luke is one year older than Jocelyn (they both started the academy at 15, but Luke started one year earlier than Jocelyn), which is just not true because they're both born in 1970.
While in 'The Evil We Love', which takes place in 1984, both Luke and Jocelyn are already attending the Academy, and Valentine and Jocelyn have just started dating.
Jocelyn's father died???? in the year she and Luke weren't talking??? When it's stated clearly that Valentine burned both of her parents alive??? And that this is the man who handmade the infamous J.C. box when Sebastian was born??? in 1990???
Also, I think there was a criminal lack of Amatis mentions considering she is Luke's sister...
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