#parafant

I am 99 pages in and I am almost finished with the vampire section. If I had read this like I planned to before City of Fallen Angels, it would have definitely given away the whole Lilith thing. Or maybe not. I would maybe have wondered where I had heard the name Satrina or Talto before. So, I don’t know if it will reveal anymore details that could be connected or not.

I grabbed that one because I wanted a quick read and everything I looked at said it wouldn’t ruin any of the books or giveaway the plot.

And when I say quick read, I mean something I can pick up and put down with ease when I have my small reading sessions.

It is possible, but unlikely I will finish tomorrow. I still have another four hours to go, according to the app.

In this session I found out about Will’s curse. One sister died already, Ella. I don’t know if the statement about his sister being dead was regarding her or to the fact that Cecily is marked for death because of his curse or if she has died already and Mortmain has brought her back. I’m still a little confused about that. Will wants to go into the Demon realm to end his curse. I think he might end up doing that, though not in this book. Apparently the events of the third book inform the events of the last Mortal Instruments book, so I believe he will enter the Demon world and they might do the same in the Mortal Instruments. If not, I am not sure yet what the major connection is.

Jem and Tessa had their moment, and I thought it was beautiful. She cares deeply for both boys and even with knowing what is behind Will’s temperament; I prefer Jem. I think Will understands her better, but Jem offers her friendship on top of love. Who knows how it will turn out. I mean, a lot of you do, but I don’t.

I know one character in another of the Shadowhunter series is a Carstairs so I kind of believe that Tessa and Jem end up together and she can have kids. Or maybe he finds someone else. 

Nice to get a glimpse of Ragnor Fell, knowing what happens to him.

I finished with them having had their meeting with the Scott, the leader of London’s pack werewolves. I think he is a delightful character.

And I am done. Last time I read it, I gave it three stars, but I bumped it up because it is rereadable. I remembered a lot from the book, I probably did not need to reread it to continue the series. However, the bit about Simon being a vampire, I pulled from the movie. I think it shows more signs or outright says it in the movie. There are tiny hints to it though in the book. We are told many times about him biting the vampires and then Isabelle makes a comment about how fast he was when he came in and helped “kill” the Abbadon. I think that was a little clue.

I think the reason I had a problem with the book before is because I thought the whole they are siblings story-line was stupid. I felt there would be some kind of love-triangle and all that jazz moving forward and I didn’t want to read about it. I also didn’t believe they were siblings and I guess I didn’t want to go through however many books it would take to explore that. However, many people say the series is great overall and I own it, so might as well go through it. I plan on reading The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices. Those two seem wrapped up in each other. If I like those two, I will move onto The Dark Artifices.

Right now, fantasy series are what is the most interesting to me and this is what I have accessible.

I hope any kind of romance plot is not the biggest part of the plot. I understand it is pretty much unavoidable in books, especially YA series, but like, I do not care about romance plots. I just want the story.  

I had a quick reading session today. I wished I had gotten into it more, but I was busy with other things.

I stopped right after the Camille chapter where we met Lady Belacourt and found out the entire plan of infiltrating the De Quincey party. It is interesting. I wonder how often Camille will come by to help her practice her mannerisms. I guess they have a week to get it figured out. I don’t feel like a lot happened during my session, just got introduced to something that helps move the plot along.

I managed to complete it in time!!

So, I enjoyed the book a lot, but I feel that it was mainly about character development and trying to resolve the blossoming love triangle. Not that I feel it has been resolved, not truly.

I always love getting the character’s backstory, so I appreciate all that we learned about Will, his family, and his curse. I think Will is a character meant to break our hearts. Maybe they all our because there is a deep sadness for Jem too, but just the devastation of knowing that the things you did were unnecessary, but also believing that no one loved you because everyone lived. 

I hate what happened to Jessamine’s character. I know she didn’t want to become a Shadowhunter, but I didn’t think she would betray everyone. Tessa handing her the little doll and saying it was Baby Jessie about broke my heart. I hope there is a redemption arc or some kind of happy ending for her. These characters are children really, they all make awful choices. It makes me wonder if this will continue to be a theme in The Infernal Devices. Will there be another spy in Clockwork Princess?