#tmiseries

I was not a big fan of this book. It seems to be the favorite of most people who read The Mortal Instruments, but I was just ready to be finished with it.

I was having a hard time sleeping, so I read until I got tired enough for bed. Not sure if I will get back into this today, but if not, at least my 30 minutes for the day has been completed.

Magnus Bane has been mentioned. I think Simon is about to become a vampire or might have already been bitten. So, Clary had a dream where Simon was there, but then Jace replaced him and said it was a place for the living. Does she have prophetic dreams? See, this is something new. I don’t think I picked up on that before. I can’t remember if Shadowhunters can have special abilities or not, but if they can, maybe hers is a premonition or something. 

I know Magnus Bane is hugely popular in the TV series, so I wonder how much I will like him in the books. I remember him, but not very well. Seemed super cocky and all that jazz. 

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.  

The book moves at a decent pace, and I can see why it would be interesting. Knowing what I know now, the painted tarot cards by her mother are a big clue about where The Mortal Cup is. I can’t remember if she hid it in a larger painting or in the tarot cards, I just remember that Jocelyn hid them in a painting.

I know that Luke is still a good guy, but I can see hints are being put in place to try to make him out as untrustworthy. He might have still been selfish though. I can’t remember if he was looking out for Clary after the attack, or just trying to keep himself alive. I think he was trying to figure out a way to help Jocelyn, but I can’t remember.

I cuddled up in my bed with my doggos and read for a bit.

Okay, so everyone is like just an ass. I am tiring of the protective Jace bit. Simon loves her and Luke loves her and want to protect her against everything and are okay with her making the choices she needs to make and Jace is a super aggressive/possessive dick acting like Clary only belongs to him. Fuck that. I know he has a better understanding of The Clave or at least he thinks he does because he has been involved most of of his life and Simon knows nothing and Luke is too far removed, but it doesn’t mean he should be able to control her. It is unacceptable behavior. That is some of that red flag stuff, a guy telling you what you can and can’t do.

I know from spoilers or at least I think I have it right, that Sebastian is actually Clary’s brother and that he is a bad dude. But he is being introduced as charming and otherworldly. I wonder if there have already been hints dropped to show who he is.