7th Post

In this reading, they are still at Luke's house at the beginning. Clary gets a change of her own clothes that she had kept there. They found some weapons in the house and a picture of Clary, her mother, and Luke together. This was the picture that she had used in the apartment with the demon, which means Luke has been to the apartment recently. Luke comes to the house with two warlocks, but before they arrive Simon, Clary, and Jace all hide because they see him coming. Luke is all battered up. The warlocks are Blackwell and Panghorn. They are looking for the Mortal Cup, and they are possibly thinking Clary's mom could have it. Valentine is apparently the one who is sending things to look for Clary and her mom. They call Luke "Lucian". The warlocks and Luke left. Those warlocks were the people who killed Jace's father. Then Simon, Clary, and Jace left Luke's to go to the Shadowhunters' research/safe place in a church in the city. The church isn't very pretty inside. The cat's name in the church is Church. Jace tells the cat to take him to Alec, but instead he takes him to Isabelle, who isn't happy that he brought Simon in. Then Jace tells Church to take them to Hodge. That is the end of the reading.

In this reading, I was worried that Luke was going to find them in the house. I finally found out who was behind the demons though, which made me happy. I am curious to find out what exactly happened to Luke. I think it's kind of interesting how the warlocks who are talking to Luke are the same people who killed Jace's father. I was surprised how Jace held his temper and you didn't even know those were the people who killed his father until he said it. I was surprised that he actually let Simon into the Shadowhunter place because Simon is just an ordinary human. I am anxious to see how Hodge reacts to Simon being in the Shadowhunters' place and how the rest of the story turns out.

6th Post

In this reading Jace and Clary are talking to Madame Dorothea about monsters. Clary finds out that her mother used to be a Shadowhunter. Clary feels that it is all her fault her mother didn't escape the creature that attacked her. Clary knew her mother wouldn't leave without her. Clary goes in where her mother was going to escape. Jace followed her in the Portal. The Portal leads to wherever you are thinking of, and apparently Clary was thinking of Luke's house becuase that's where they ended up. They find Simon hiding in the bushes at Luke's house. Luke lied to Simon about where Clary was and Simon saw Luke packing a bag full of weapons, some glowing. Clary tells Simon about Shadowhunters and the rest of that stuff. They break into Luke's house. They find blood. Simon, Clary, and Jace decide to find out if Luke is okay, and that's where this reading ends.

I think that this book is about to get intense. I was expecting to here that Clary's mom was a Shadowhunter. I was shocked that Clary learned it from Madame Dorothea. I thought that Clary had good intentions of going into the Portal, just to see what her mom thought was a good place to be safe. I thought it was stupid that she was going by herself. I'm very glad Jace followed her though. I was very surprised that they found Simon hiding in the bushes. I thought that he was out of the book because they haven't really mentioned much more about him until now. I guess he is still in the book then. I am very anxious to see if Luke is okay, and I'm looking forward to seeing what happens in the rest of the book.

5th Post

Hodge has flashbacks of death and blood to start off this reading. In the weapon room, Jace and Alec are working on weapons. Clary learns the defintion of magic, "a dark and elemental force". They don't use magic. Jace agrees to go home with Clary. Alec's father and Jace's father were parabatai, "warriors who fight together-who are closer than brothers." Jace and Clary go to her apartment, and Clary insists on seeing her room. An unusually huge man with ax in his "dead-white hand" comes through the door. He also had ripped and dirty clothes. They kill this creature, which is a stele. They talk to Madame Dorothea. Madame Dorothea knows about the Clave, and she tells Clary to forget about her mother.

I like this reading because it got intense again. My favorite part of this reading was the fight between the stele and Clary and Jace. It was very upbeat, intense, and exciting. I definitely think that they should stay away from Clary's old apartment for good now though. This is because every time she goes back, she gets attacked by some mythical being. It's not like I don't like the intenseneess of the fights, but for her sake she should stay away. The part where they went to talk to Madame Dorothea puzzled me because I thought that they said earlier in the book that she didn't use real magic or whatever. I guess not though becuase they do end up talking to her and it surprised me that she knew about the Clave and Jace. I am looking forward to see how the talk with Madame Dorothea goes and the rest of the book.

4th Post

This reading starts off right after Clary wakes up in the hospital. She is wearing Isabelle's clothes because Jace burnt hers. She heard about Idris, which is the home base for Shadowhunters. She gets to meet Hodge, who she has been told about before, and the bird on his shoulder, Hugo. She finds out for sure that she is not a regular human being, and that there had to be a reason the demon was after her family. This reason isn't known, but I'm sure they will try to find it out. Hodge is going to tell the Clave and the Silent Brothers about Clary, but the Clave don't sound very pleasant to Clary. Clary is allowed to go see her home as long as Jace goes with her.

I am enjoying this book so far, but this reading was a little slow for me. There wasn't as much action this reading as there was the last reading. It was pretty much all discussion about the past of Shadowhunters and what the Shadowhunters are going to do with Clary. I am really anxious to know the reason the demons were hunting down Clary's mother. I am curious to see if anyone in Clary's past was a Shadowhunter. I am looking foward to see the Clave's reaction to Clary being there. To me they sound like a big part of the Shadowhunters, almost like the lawmakers. I am looking foward to reading the next reading of my book.

3rd Post

In the third section of my reading Clary finishes her dicussion with Jace. Jace and Clary find this mark on her right arm, like Shadowhunters have. Jace has one on his left because he is left-handed. Jace is also a Shadowhunter, and what they do is hunt demons. Jace has to take Clary to the Institute to meet Hodge, Jace's tutor, because she knows the truth. Mythical creature such as vampires and zombies do exist. Clary receives a frantic call from her mother telling her to go to Simon's house and alert Luke that she's been found. Clary goes towards home anyway. Their apartment was a total mess. Then there was this creature in her apartment that looked like a mix of "an alligator and a centipede"-page 50. It was the thing making the noise in the background of the phone call. It attacked Clary and she made it bite down on the Sensor she got off of Jace. When she went to run away she got knocked out by an object. When she wakes up Jace is there. She learns the creature was an Eidolon demon, specifically a Ravener. If she doesn't get immediate help she will die because of the Ravener poison. Clary sees her battered mother when she wakes up for the second time after passing out again, she was out for three days. In that time, Clary got help. Clary finds out from Isabelle that Jace's parents are both dead.

There was a lot of information in these twenty pages. I thought it got the most intense at two points in these twenty pages. One point was when Clary received that phone call from her mother. I got very nervous for Clary and was very, very anxious to find out what happened. The other point that I thought was very intense was when Clary got home and was attacked by the Ravener. I really felt at that point that she might die. I found it very interesting that in this book, not only do these Shadowhunters and demons exist, but also vampires and zombies and such exist as well. I am very anxious to see what happens to Clary's mother. I am also questioning whether Luke is Clary's mother's boyfriend or not. This story is really starting to pick up the pace and I'm enjoying it a lot. I didn't really think that this story was going to be this event filled, but that's fine because I don't mind the extra action. I am really enjoying this story and I am very, very anxious to see what happens to the characters next. I have a prediction for one of the characters. I think that Clary will join the Shadowhunters and hunt down the demons with them.