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I read chain of thorns btw, it was fine but I have a lot of a lot of little complaints that just add up lol

- i miss the earlier books that centered around just the heroine and were almost exclusively from her pov. Now the povs feel like they change every two seconds because the main casts are just way too huge and all always needed something to do.

- in a similar vein, i don’t care about side couples and I never have. I end up skipping like 50 or so pages a book because every. single. character. has to be in love and I have to hear about every single trial and tribulation and make out for some reason. I understand romance is a big aspect of these and don’t get me wrong, i LOVE romance, but these books are so bloated with every teenager having to have one on one moments constantly that I feel like the group dynamics take a hit and even big plot moments feel rushed to make more room for side stuff. Your 800 page book should not feel rushed.

-the family tree being not correct has been a mysterious detail since cp2 and the answer being some lady just did it wrong cause she felt like it is so stupid 😭

-James and Cordelia being in a fight based on a miscommunication for half the book just for drama is infuriating. The reason James does not tell Cordelia about Grace barely makes sense and is only there JUST so he won’t tell her and make the drama last longer.

-the reasons for the adults to be out of the picture just so the kids can be main characters are getting so unbelievable. I was actually interested in Tessa’s trial but too bad we didn’t get to see any of it, and then they all just go to Alicante for a quick trip as if the world isn’t literally ending 😭

-similarly, the lengths tlh goes through to make sure that the tid cast does not steal any spotlight really hurts it I think. Obviously I’m biased and I just want to see Tessa but I don’t think that’s a crazy ask? Like the plot revolves around the fact that her father is a powerful demon and how that affects her kids, but we don’t even get to hear from her after a whole mob accuses her of consorting with Belial. In tmi the adults were not the main focus, but they were *there* and they did things outside of giving vague life advice and then being offscreen for 95% of the books. It’s just feels weird, not even in a stan way, but in these kids’ parents are NEVER around way lmao. Will got to be the designated spokesperson for all of the tid characters and everyone else gets to say nothing ever.

- I’m tired of the demon realms. I never wanna go to a demon realm again.

-Christopher was my favorite of the side characters and I don’t feel like that much weight was given to his death to the point where I was actually surprised when he stayed dead lmao.

Wow I sound like such a hater but i promise im not trying to be 😭 i found it fun enough to still read it within a day, like it’s fine. I just don’t feel a lot of love in the books anymore, they’re very copy and paste and follow a very specific formula but I guess thats what happens when you write at such a rapid pace in the same universe for over a decade. I say all of this but I’m still gonna read the next one lol. Until next time 🫡✌️

#does anyone active still even follow this blog? #every time I post I lose followers probably cause people didn’t realize they still follow me and haven’t cared about these books in years #I’m still here tho…I’m still here

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Julian to Helen and Aline

Hi guys. We just got back from Cirenworth and seeing Jem, Tessa, Kit (and Mina, of course.) I learned a great deal about Kit, about a gun and an old Herondale named James. I have to sort my thoughts out, but in the meantime, here's a photo of all of us at Cirenworth. You ought to go sometime. It's a pretty cool place.

J.

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Dearest Magnus,

Jem, Kit and I are so looking forward to your visit. In preparation, Kit has been attempting to teach Mina to say your name. She’s almost got it, but you may have to content yourself with being called “Agnes,” as she has trouble with the M — very trying for her as she is so advanced in her speech, just as you say Max was. You should have heard them in the kitchen this morning. “Who is coming to visit, Mina?” “Agnes!” I feel that your alter ego, Agnes, would wear sequins and be absolutely deadly at whist.

Thank you for your thoughts about the wards. I will look for labradorite at the gem store in Exeter. I tried what you suggested with the chickens—I was able to borrow a Blue Orpington from a neighbor on the last quarter moon. Since then chickens seem to be avoiding Kit, so maybe it will work on demons too? (Though can you really tell when a chicken is avoiding someone as opposed to just being a chicken?)

Jem and I are endeavoring to walk a narrow line, keeping Kit safe and hidden while also providing him with the most normal life we can. We don’t want to lock him away in a tower like a fairytale princess—he’d be miserable. And Mina would be miserable, she just adores him and rides everywhere on his back, clutching onto his shirt with her little hands. It reminds me of the way James and Lucie used to ride on Will’s shoulders. I suppose times change, but children never do.

We’re trying to allow Kit freedom wherever we can. He’s enrolled at the small school in the village, where a few of his friends know about the Shadow World and others don’t. There’s a local pack of werewolves who we’ve become friendly with, and some of their children go to school with him. I’ve begun to suspect that Kit has a girlfriend, but he’s secretive about it. (I guess that’s another thing that never changes about children—how secretive they are. I just hope he knows he can tell us anything. Especially related to demons, or in Kit’s case, the fey. A hundred and ten years later and I’m still edgy.)

He’s a puzzle, our Christopher Jonathan Herondale. About some things he’s opened up, and is willing to talk to Jem and me about them freely — his father, and what it was like growing up being able to see all sorts of peculiar things but not really understanding why. About being taught to fear Shadowhunters. About his concerns about his heritage — what it means, what kind of power he might have. I think it frustrates him, not knowing.

Other things he won’t talk about. We have asked him about Ty, as you and I discussed, but he’s like a brick wall about their friendship. Whatever happened he won’t speak of it. I think Livvy’s death hit him harder than we guessed, too. I’ve heard him call out her name in his sleep, always in this very despairing way. Sometimes he’ll say Not if you do this. Not if you do this, Ty. I feel like whatever they fought about, it must have been awful. But people can be terrible when they’re grieving; we both know that.

You can probably tell from everything I’ve said how much I — how much we — love Kit. I just love him, Magnus, like he was my own. He is my own. I’d kill anyone who wanted to hurt him, just as I would protect Mina or Jem with my life. I never thought I’d have this again, this perfect family I love so much it hurts. Strange after so many years to be so surprised by one’s own feelings — but I imagine it’s much the same for you, isn’t it? Speaking of which, I hope you and Alec and the kids are well. Please let Max know that we found his superhero cape—it was inside the piano.

I enclose a picture from your last visit here. How adorable they all are!

Love,📷

Tessa

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Tessa: Wow, if I had a nickel for every time one of my kids tried to use necromancy to bring a Blackthorn back to life, I'd have two nickels—which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

#chain of iron #chain of iron spoilers #coi spoilers #the last hours #tessa gray #kit herondale #lucie herondale #you crazy kids

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So I’m gonna need that jem and magnus short story stat, does anyone know where I can read it?

#chain of iron #the last hours

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I want to be into this whole Matthew/Cordelia thing but since they introduced him being in love with Lucie first, I’ll never get over that lol

#something about women characters can have as many love interests as possible for me #but men get one (1) #idk why I’m like this #coi spoilers

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Malcolm and Annabel is still a really interesting and tragic story and the ending of that story is still so weird and dumb to me lol

#it’s sweet how much he loves her tho #coi spoilers

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Lmao I’m just skipping past any side couple stuff at this point. Does anyone not care about anything outside of the main romance? Like in general, I’m not interested in side couples but cc seems to be obsessed with pairing literally everyone up lol.

#every single one of her books has like 200 pages of couples I don’t care about #like I didn’t care for it when it was Simon and Izzy or Cecily and Gabriel and I don’t care about it now #coi spoilers #not really tho

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My bad queen, rip in peace

Btw filomena feels like cartoonishly suspicious which is probably a red herring but I still don’t trust her

#should’ve cherished her more while I had her 😔 #coi spoilers

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Btw filomena feels like cartoonishly suspicious which is probably a red herring but I still don’t trust her

#coi spoilers

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Now Will and Tessa are leaving? 🧍‍♀️

#coi spoilers

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Me: Oh they skipped two weeks ahead?? Jem and magnus are already back?

The book immediately: no you fucking idiot why would you get the one thing you wanted

#it’s very on me for reading exclusively for jem in a book not at all about him but I never learn and never will #coi spoilers

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WAIT so the reason Magnus and Jem are getting a short story together is because they’re gonna be off on their own adventure and not be here for most of the book? Cool cool love that

#I’m assuming it’s gonna be most if not the whole book #😔 that short story better be fucking good lmao #coi spoilers

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Jem 🥺

#sir just attend the wedding it’s your family #coi spoilers

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Wow first time I haven’t read a shadowhunter book the moment it was published. I didn’t even know it was out lmao. I haven’t reread the first one or kept up with fandom at all so I barely remember chain of gold and refuse to do any recapping, let’s party.

#the things I do to see glimpses of jem and tessa #I’ll tag everything with coi spoilers I guess? is that the acronym lmao?

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That time of year again when i jingle miserably back to this blog to read the single ounce of jessa content made available to me

#do i really care about malec or the tmi gang or the plot? no #BUT JESSA WEDDING HERE WE GO YEEEAHHHH #i actually cant read it yet #i have to wait until tonight #cruel fate

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jem and tessa for @jemsboner, happy birthday savanna. ♡

#rosie are you aware the i would die for you 🥺🥺🥺 #jessa #tid #edit #this is so pretty 😭😭