More on this book
Community
Kindle Notes & Highlights
“No one told you to go out patrolling for demons dressed like an extra from The Importance of Being Earnest,”
Oscar Wilde reference #1
She supposed it was not the most romantic thing in the world to say that every time she saw James Herondale she felt as if she’d been attacked by a waterfowl, but it was true.
“A lovely young lady about to arrive in London! Oh, I am a goose! Of course it’s clear who he meant!”
OH NO
“Carpe decanter,”
“Drink, and you will sleep; sleep, and you will not sin; do not sin, and you will be saved; therefore, drink and be saved.” “Matthew, you could sin in your sleep,” said a languorous voice. “Anna,” said Matthew, sagging against James’s shoulder. “Have you been sent to fetch us?”
Oh finally I meet my soul
mate
“There are girls who need someone to dance with them and tell them they look pretty, and I cannot do it all on my own.”
alright she’s the hottest
He liked Cordelia. He had been glad to see her there among the usual group of girls, knowing he could ask her to dance and she would make no wrong assumptions about his intentions: they were family friends.
ouch
“Oh, we do,” said Will. “We’re always speaking very sternly to our children about that very thing. ‘If you don’t throw yourself into situations headlong, James and Lucie, you can expect bread and water for supper again.’ ”
but there was no need to encourage Will.
Lol
His smile was easy—too easy,
wonder where he learned that from
Picnic Blanket of Machinations,
In the end, it had been Christopher, looking more frightened than he had during the demon battle, who had offered to take Grace back to Chiswick in his carriage—Charles,
Grace blackthorn is over party
“I found you drinking from a flask and singing ‘Elsie from Chelsea’ in the Baybrooks’ carriage,” said Thomas darkly.
Protect Matthew
“Please recall that I am the pale neurasthenic one and you are the stern heroic one,” Matthew said to James.
Protect him
Cordelia couldn’t hold back a small noise as her ankle was bared.
SCANDALOUS
“There’s an orangery in Kensington Gardens that needs smashing. Ladies, lock up your outbuildings. James Herondale is in town and he has been slighted in love!”
hmm wonder where he got his dramatics from
“We don’t always love people who deserve it,” said Thomas quietly.
Would you like to be a muse?” “No,” said Cordelia. “I would like to be a hero.”
Cordelia is FIERCE
“No one ever just wants to have tea,” said Anna. “Tea is always an excuse for a clandestine agenda.”
I love her
ladies were always making cakes of themselves on Anna’s doorstep.
He recalled their kiss in the park, the inchoate agony that had risen up inside him.
Grace is toxic!!!!
“You’re carrying spears?” James demanded. “I never leave the house without my spears!”
james seems to enjoy commenting on everyone’s weapon of choice instead of actually fighting the demons
“Ah, Magnus Bane,” said Matthew. “My personal hero.”
that explains a lot
A coat settled on Lucie’s shoulders, bottle green superfine, and warm, smelling of expensive cologne.
i ship matthew and lucie even though i know they don’t end up with each other
“I did not raise you to be horse thieves and scallywags,” said Will.
yeah ok
“To love me, James, you must love me above all other things.
TOXIC
When I asked you to marry me last night, it was only a test. I wished to see if you loved me enough. Enough to do anything to protect me. You do not.”
she’s so fucking toxic
“Feelings,” she said with contempt. “That is all men think women want, isn’t it? Sympathy—sentiment—nonsense. I have never felt any tenderness for anything or anyone living—”
she was just using him the entire time. what a toxic bhole #graceblackthornisoverparty
her ankles visible beneath the hems of the trousers.
ooooh the riveting ankle strikes again
‘Manticore.’ ”
COOL
She looked away from the sight of James and his adorable spectacles.
i need a fan art of james in his spectacles
There simply won’t be enough cake for everybody. The girls will have cake and the boys nothing. There is no other fair way to do it.”
“That is unjust desserts,”
“That was not love she asked for,” said Cordelia, suddenly furious. “That is not love. That is a test. And love should not be tested like that.” She paused. “I am sorry,” she said. “I should not—I cannot understand Grace, so I should not judge her. But surely that is not the reason your understanding has ended?”
girl you are spot ON
James smiled. It was the sort of smile that could lay waste to a good portion of England.
“I really do like tea!” James shouted from the bottom of the steps. “In fact, I love it! I LOVE TEA!” “Good for you, mate!” yelled the driver of a passing hansom cab.
