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.