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katikatI've now finished Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments series, all 6 books. And at the end, I bawled like a little kid. I mean, it has a happy ending, for most characters, and yet I bawled anyway. Mostly because of Magnus & Alec - but also because of Jem & Tesssa - and the inevitability of their fate: Alec will die one day, probably sooner than later, what with him being a Shadowhunter, and Shadowhunters just don't live to see old age, and Magnus will live on and on and on, possibly forever. I have read many books where an immortal being was in love with a mortal, but never before did it hit me so hard, the fact that one will die and the other will not. Maybe because the temporary nature of happiness is always so present in this series, even when the characters are happy, genuinely happy, there's already a heartbreak lurking just around the corner. And since there are so many books and series and anthologies set in this universe, you see it happening again and again and again, so the point gets hammered in really hard.
So, I've now finished The Mortal Instruments series and The Bane Chronicles anthology. I still have to read Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, and then I'll be mostly set for the show, Shadowhunters, because these stories focus on its main characters: Clary & Jace, Izzy & Simon, Alec & Magnus. Then I need to read The Infernal Devices trilogy, which is about Will, Jem and Tessa. And next year, Cassie Clare will start publishing The Dark Artifices trilogy, which will be about Emma Carstairs and Julian Blackthorne, and the Last Hours trilogy, which will be about the descendants of Will & Tessa.
I honestly cannot wait! Cassie Clare creates incredible characters that you just fall in love with so much - and then she kills off a bunch of them, of course... Also, I have yet to find another original book universe as expanded and detailed as this one, with so many stories set in it, at various points in time. It's an amazing experience...
So, I've now finished The Mortal Instruments series and The Bane Chronicles anthology. I still have to read Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, and then I'll be mostly set for the show, Shadowhunters, because these stories focus on its main characters: Clary & Jace, Izzy & Simon, Alec & Magnus. Then I need to read The Infernal Devices trilogy, which is about Will, Jem and Tessa. And next year, Cassie Clare will start publishing The Dark Artifices trilogy, which will be about Emma Carstairs and Julian Blackthorne, and the Last Hours trilogy, which will be about the descendants of Will & Tessa.
I honestly cannot wait! Cassie Clare creates incredible characters that you just fall in love with so much - and then she kills off a bunch of them, of course... Also, I have yet to find another original book universe as expanded and detailed as this one, with so many stories set in it, at various points in time. It's an amazing experience...
