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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.

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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.

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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.