Itās been a week since i read it but iām still not over chain of iron! I just wanted to talk about some characters and iām gonna start with Alastair, gosh i love him, i love how he supports his sister and love her unconditionally, i love how he cares about his family, i love how he followed Thomas for the patrols bcoz he was worried about him, i love how he donāt wanna be anyoneās secret, i love how he loves Thomas enough to let him go bcoz he thinks Merry thieves will not accept him and i can go on and on. So in general I didnāt have any problems with his character.
Now Matthew, my second favourite character from the book! So apparently half of the people are hating on him bcoz he came in between jordelia. But guys, it is not his fault at all.. and personally i like Matthew and Cordelia dynamic more sometimes bcoz we got to know how their friendship developed through out the series and how they both have a healthy relationship but i still agree on the point that jordelia should be the endgame and fairstairs should have a platonic relationship. And I really, i really wanted atleast one paragraph from Matthewās POV but we didnāt get it and it makes me anxious about the next book. Is he gonna be killed?become a down worlder? get strip of his ruins? we donāt know! and him missing from the family tree doesnāt help abt it at all. Iām worried abt him the most bcoz.. we donāt get to know what is going on inside his pretty little head bcoz we donāt get his POV. Alas, I just wish he starts loving himself till the end of the series.
Now Cordelia, she is one of my favourite protagonist of all time (after Tessa) and I loved her in Chog but in Choi she was like too perfect aside for the fact that she had terrible communication with other characters (accept for Matthew). And I loved the scene where she demanded James to kiss her to take a revenge. But overall I love love Cordelia.
James, poor James Herondale. Itās like I didnāt like him much in chog bcoz of all the hurt he caused (unintentionally) to Cordelia. But in the second book he totally had me simping over him. And iāll love to see a confrontation scene between James and Cordelia & James and Matthew in Chot.
Lucie, Lucie, Lucie I personally love her but I am not necessarily happy with the choices she made in the book. I just didnāt like the fact that she had a completely different storyline going on and wasnāt interecting much with Cordelia and Merry thieves in the book. Otherwise i love her and Jesse.
Christopher Lightwood? I fucking adore him and just want more of his scenes in the next book.
Anna&Ariadne (kamala).. tbh i was so excited about them in Choi but they sought of disappointed me. Like Anna was a complete arsehole to Ariadne.. I understand she was heartbroken by Ariadne when she agreed to marry charles. But itās 20th century we are talking about, not everyone is comfortable with their sexuality like Anna is and she should understand it.
Thomas Lightwood? I just wanna see him happy.
Grace Blackthorn.. I donāt loath her but I donāt like her either lol.
And about Chain of thorn i so want a big twist or something in that one, TLH is a character driven story so I donāt think a plot twist is something which is gonna surprise me. Idk i always like the unexpected ending and that is one of the reasons why i love tid( who could have expected Jem to become a silent brother? And Tessa getting a happy ending with both of them. When i read the clockwork angel i was so sure sheās gonna end up with Will.) So if everyone is gonna end up like as mentioned in family tree iāll be disappointed. And doing some heartbreaking stuff with Matthew is soughta predictable as well, so overall I just wanna be surprised by the ending.