14th and Final Post

This reading does not finish the book. To begin this reading they are trying to get into the hotel. A boy about Jace's age comes and warns them not to go in, his brother was in group that went in and never came out. The boy, Raphael, wants to go with them, but they tell him no. He shows them the way in anyway. Jace goes first, then Clary has to jump and Jace has to catch her. Raphael follows anyway, and now they are stuck with him. Inside only one group of steps is unharmed and it is all torn up inside. Raphael seems to know a lot about the place and vampires. Clary notices a scar on "the base of his throat". Raphael screams and disappears, but they find him. Jace throws his knife at Raphael and stabs him. Raphael turns out to be a vampire and called the other vampires, who were now on the stairs. They decide to offer a deal to the vampires. They won't kill Raphael, the leader, if the vampires give them back Simon. The deal doesn't go through, and the vampires talk of hearing that Valentine is back. Clary gets fed up with waiting and dives for Simon, who is still in his rat form. Now there is a problem. They fight and the vampires are told to kill them all. Lily, a vampire, attacks and Jace fends her off. Clary gets ready to fight with a dagger. Then, wolves come crashing in through the windows, Jace agrees that now it's bad.

I think that this was a very good book. I think that Raphael was a very interesting character because he did a very good job of deceiving them. I liked the vampire lair. It was very mysterious. It had that feeling to it that you don't know what will be around the corner. I was able to tell something was up when Raphael knew all that stuff about the vampires and their lair. I thought that he had either been in there before, or he was a vampire. He turned out to be a vampire. The book hit another exciting point when Clary offered the trade of Raphael and Simon. I was surprised when Clary went after Simon. I thought she was just going to sit back and wait, but apparently not. I thought that the fight was interesting enough, but then the wolves show up. I don't know how the fight is going to turn out now. I'm very interested to see what happens. I am definitely going to finish this book.

13th Post

At the beginning of this reading they are deciding to sneak Simon onto the subway. All of the vampires aren't very happy. Simon goes missing when Clary's bag was ripped. Jace and Clary talk to Magnus and he says that he saw a vampire take a rat, isn't sure if it was Simon. They get Magnus to say where the vampires' lair is, Hotel Dumont. Jace uses some riddle to get into the church to get weapons to defend themselves from the vampires. Vampire's weakness is holy objects or blessed objects. Then they head to the hotel, where someone changed the "n" in Dumont to an "r" to make it Dumort, which means "of death." Clary and Jace break into the abandoned hotel, well abandoned by humans atleast. There is vampire garbage, bones of animals, everywhere around it. Since everything is boarded up they have to search through the garbage to find a door.

I think that it was a good idea to sneak Simon into Clary's backpack. I was very surprised when Simon went missing. I didn't expect that at all. I don't think it's right for Magnus to always be concerned about helping Jace and Clary because he doesn't want to get into trouble. He went through Clary's mind and erased her memory and he still makes a big deal about helping her, I don't really like that. I think it's interesting that a vampire's weakness is blessed objects. This pretty much comes right out to say that vampires are unholy. I am interested to see if Jace and Clary actually get into the hotel. I think if they do get into the hotel the story is going to get very intense.

12th Post

They go into Magnus' party. The people are weird looking in there, green hair, different teeth, such as shark-looking. Simon and Isabelle are dancing. A vampire comes up and says that his bike was ruined. The vampire is told to leave by Magnus. Alec tells Magnus they ruined his bike with holy water, Magnus figured. They say they want to have a word with Magnus in private, and it will be kept confidential. Magnus agrees, Clary tells him how her parents are both gone, and her mother was of the Clave. Jace tells him they found his name in her mind. Magnus says he was the one to clear her mind, her mother told him to. Her mother had come to him and asked him if he could make not see the Shadow World. They had to come back every two years to restrengthen it, and she was actually due for another appointment recently. The spell would be dangerous to reverse, it'll wear off eventually. Magnus had a difficult childhood too, different doesn't make things better. He has her study a rune, things she would've learned if she was brought up the other way, as a Shadowhunter. Runes might help to bring back memories. Magnus says there wasn't anything in her memory about a mortal cup, thinks Valentine is out for revenge and he won't get in his way. Simon turned into a rat. Clary gets furious at Isabelle and finds Simon, he will turn back on his own in a couple of hours.

I think that this book is getting interesting. I thought it was interesting how the vampire got all worked up about his bike and was forced to leave. I thought it was funny how Alec just came out and said they did it to Magnus. I really thought Magnus was going to help Clary, and he sort of did, but didn't at the same time. He gave her help to maybe help trigger her memories. He also refused to help look for the cup though, which is what they were mainly looking for. I was very, very suprised that Clary flipped on Isabelle. I never thought she would actually do that, although I knew she had hard feelings toward Isabelle for getting close to Simon. I thought it was funny that Simon turned into a rat. Out of all creatures he became a rat. It's good that he will turn back to his normal self, or as normal as he can be after that, soon. I'm enjoying this book and I'm looking forward to see what happens next.

11th Post

In this reading Clary learns that the Clave has sent Shadowhunters, but that's all that Hodge was told. Hodge gave Clary a sleeping potion because she was having trouble sleeping, but she spills it and Jace tells her a horrible bedtime story instead. She was woken up by Isabelle and told to get dressed for Bane's party. She couldn't wear her clothes because she'd stick out too much. She was stuck with a tight black dress on her, but it was a shirt on Isabelle. She also had fishnet tights and boots. Isabelle does Clary's hair and make-up. Clary figures out Alec is gay, but she isn't allowed to tell anyone because it's frowned upon by the elders. Simon was astonished by how Clary looked. Jace was more laid back, but says he likes the dress. He took Clary's hair out of the bun too. They arrive at the party, but Magnus Bane says he doesn't remember inviting them. They have an ivitation though, so he lets them in. He tells them not to kill anyone. They tell Jace to try not to make him mad so they can still get help from him.

I think that Clary is attracted to Jace. She seems to always act like it around him and she even talks to him about people being attracted to him every once in a while. I thought it was kind of funny that even though she didn't like the bedtime story Jace told her, she fell asleep quickly after that. I didn't even realize before that Clary even had the smallest thought that Alec was gay, so I was surprised by that. I thought it was funny that the black dress that Isabelle let Clary use was actually a shirt on Isabelle. I thought it was amusing how Simon was surprised by what Clary was wearing. I'm interested to see what happens at the party.

10th Post

The Silent City has different levels. On one level they bury some of their dead. They also burn their dead who died in war, and use their ashes to make the marble in the Silent City. They finally arrive in front of the Council of Silent Brothers. She tells them she wants to be ready for them to enter her mind, they don't like that very much. She says she's ready very shortly after that. She sees flashbacks, of her mother running, a coffin being lowered, her mom talking to Luke who she previously thought was dead, and other things. She has to find out what Magnus Bane means. There is still a block in her mind, but it could kill her if they tried to get past it. Clary hurt her arm while they were going through her mind, Jace goes to help her after. Then they head back to the Institute, but by cab this time. They go out to eat, but have to keep the details quiet because Downworlders could be around. Downworlders aren't usually the Shadowhunters' enemies unless they bother them. They have a party invitation for Magnus the Magnificent Warlock, which sounds like Magnus Bane. They are deciding to show up at this party. Clary finds a picture of her mother around seventeen or eighteen, she looks like Clary. She was in a group that was wearing Shadowhunter-like clothing and her arm was was around a good-looking boy. Hodge told her it was Valentine.

I was surprised at how they burn the dead who died in war and made it into the marble. I definitely thought that was just a bit strange. I thought that they found one important thing from going through Clary's mind, and that was the name. Also, I found it interesting how Jace again helped Clary when she was hurt and needed it, how he almost rushed over when he could. I hope that this Magnus Bane is indeed the guy throwing the party. I want them to find out whatever they need to about him. I liked the part when Clary saw the picture with her mother, Valentine, Luke, and Hodge in it. I think that this picture may have some significance to it. I am very interested to see what happens next in the book.

9th Post

This reading begins with Clary having a dream about Simon and Jace. Clary meets Brother Jeremiah of the Silent Brothers. Brother Jeremiah is very mysterious looking and pale, and when he takes his hood down his face looks mutilated. To see into Clary's memories, Brother Jeremiah puts his hands against her face. Clary feels a lot of tension and pressure and is very uncomfortable. She clenches her fists, so her nails dig into her skin. Jace tells him to stop. Brother Jeremiah is being blocked from her memories by a spell, so they have to go to the Bone City. Jace makes fun of Simon's appearance a little bit. Clary thinks of Isabelle and Simon possibly dating. Their transportation to the Bone City looked more like a "limousine" at first, but when Clary relaxed and looked at it, it looked more like "Cinderella's carriage". Jace wants revenge on the men that killed his father. Jace lets Clary know that he saw his father die and his father's blood soaked his shoes. She learns that demons are pure evil. They go into New York City Marble Cemetery where they open up a passageway that leads underground, almost grave-like. Jace offers to hold Clary's hand. That is how this reading ends.

I think that this book is very good so far. I was very surprised by the fact that Clary didn't put up as big fuss when she met Brother Jeremiah. I thought she would resist it more, but she didn't, she went along with it. I think she went along with it because she will do anything to find her mother. Brother Jeremiah sounds creepy to me because he had his hood up and when he took it down his face had a mutilated look. I think that Jace might be a little bit jealous of Simon because Clary likes Simon as a friend, but she doesn't seem as fond of Jace. I think that it is a possibility that Jace is jealous of Simon, not a fact. I also think that Jace is defensive of Clary. I felt bad for Jace when I learned what he saw of his father's death. I am very anxious to see what happens in this passageway. I think that the passageway leads to the Bone City.

8th Post

In this reading they go to talk to Hodge. They learn about this group called Circle of Raziel. Valentine, who seems to be the villian, was part of it, along with Hodge, Clary's mother, Jace's father, Pangborn, and Blackwell. Clary's mother was also Valentine's wife. Some of them left when they saw this Circle was going in a bad direction. The Circle was meant to make the world pure, but Valentine was willing to go to extremes for this. Clary's mother was one to leave, Hodge didn't. Neither did Alec and his parents, so Hodge, Alec, and Alec's parents can't return to Idris except for business. Now they think that Valentine is back to get the Mortal Cup and turn random children into Shadowhunters, that is if they survive. They are worried that Valentine may be after Clary's mother. Clary is worried about her mother. They are probably going to take Clary to the Silent Brothers, who can get into people's heads and thoughts, to retrieve her memories and information that she isn't aware of. Clary is nervous. That is the end of the reading.



This reading interested me very, very much. I was absolutely shocked to here that Clary's mother was married to Valentine, the pretty much evil villian of this book. I'm pretty sure Clary was in shock too. I am worried for Clary because I think that there is that possibility that Valentine is out to find Clary's mother, and I don't think for a good reason. I feel that if Valentine is indeed after Clary's mother, he will find her. I definitely think that Valentine is the main villian in this book because he has Pangborn and Blackwell as his helpers and he is out to find the Mortal Cup and create a scene it seems. I think that they will take Clary to the Silent Brothers because it sounds like they need to. I am anxious to find out what happens next in this book.