The Mortal Instruments -- Cassandra Clare

[Rachel , The Attentive One]

This is one of my favorite YA series:) Discuss all things TMI here!!

[sim]

Right now, my obsession is the TMI series! I just love it!! 80% because of Jace and 20% because of the plot and story. It's my fourth favorite series in the world! What's yours?

[sim]

Oh my god! You should read the whole series! You'll love it. Especially City of Glass, it's my favorite. I'm pining for CoHF! :( March 2014 is way too far.

[sim]

Haha... I'm not looking forward to the movie at all. I just hate the cast!! I saw the trailer and I was... yuck!

[sim]

I agree. Have you seen Mirror Mirror? WORST SNOW WHITE EVER!! They could have taken a statue and it would've acted better than her.

[Rachel , The Attentive One]

Oh no... Is Collins that bad an actress? Idk why but I am so obsessed with The mortal instruments. I think it's because reading City of Bones started my love of reading. Every since then, I've always had a book in my hand. City of Ashes is good but the one after that, City of Glass is amazing. It's mostly every tmi fan's favorite book in the series. Keep with the series it gets better!

[Rachel , The Attentive One]

@nightlock what are your favorite series?

[sim]

Rachel wrote: "@nightlock what are your favorite series?"

My favorite five are, PJO, HP, THG, TMI and Divergent. I don't know why HoO comes sixth in my list! :/
What's yours?

[Rachel , The Attentive One]

Favorite series?! Hmm let's think.... :
1). The Mortal Instruments
2). The Infernal Devices
3). Divergent
4). The Selection
5). Vampire Academy
6). Grisha
7). Lux
8). The Darkest Minds
9). Bloodlines
10). Harry Potter

[Hannah]

Clary's mom has an accent because they're giving all the Shadowhunters (aka anyone from Idris) an accent. I think it's interesting, it's another way for the Shadowhunters to be distinguished from everyone else.

As for Lily, I haven't seen her anything else but all the footage we've gotten from the movie so far looks good so I'd say not to judge until you see the movie. People's skills do improve the longer they do a job.

[Rachel , The Attentive One]

Yeah. They start filming City of Ashes in the fall, I think end of September...

[sim]

Rachel wrote: "Favorite series?! Hmm let's think.... :
1). The Mortal Instruments
2). The Infernal Devices
3). Divergent
4). The Selection
5). Vampire Academy
6). Grisha
7). Lux
8). The Darkest Minds
9). Bloodlin..."

Harry Potter is the tenth favorite? Unbelievable! :O

[Anna]

I really liked City of Bones when I first read it. I really liked the characters, the plot,the Shadowhunter world. But as soon as I started reading City of Ashes I as obssessed with this series. Seriously when I'm reading the exciting stuff like the battles or the make out scenes my heart starts beating like crazy. I've fallen in love with these books, the characters give me all the emotions. This series has everything I was looking for in a book series that I didn't even know I wanted! It has the perfect amount of everything: romance, action, suspense, twists and turns, everything! This series, together with the Infernal Devices trilogy, are my favorite books!

[Hannah]

No, Simon is born and raised in New York, so he has an American accent like Clary. Robert Sheehan (who plays Simon) is Irish, though.

[Rachel , The Attentive One]

I think I was drawn to City of Bones because of the Shadow World and how awesome the shadowhunters are. Those demon fight scenes are the best!

[Rachel , The Attentive One]

What?! Apparently City of Heavenly Fire is coming out on May 6th, 2014 and is only 496 pages!?

[Nat]

I haven't read any of these, will I like them?

[Rachel , The Attentive One]

I am totally obsessed with this series. It's amazing. I highly recommend this series!!

[Nat]

Sweet, ok

[Rachel , The Attentive One]

And there is a prequel series that some like better, called The Infernal Devices.

[Nat]

So should I read Infernal devices first?

[Rachel , The Attentive One]

It doesn't really matter. Some people read it in the order that they were published, City of Bones, City of Ashes, City of Glass, Clockwork Angel, City of Fallen Angels, Clockwork Prince, City of Lost Souls, Clockwork Princess. I read City of Bones series first. Then I read the Clockwork Books.

[Nat]

Ok I'll try that, gracias

[Rachel , The Attentive One]

De nada

[hanaa]

I like the books. I do. I just can't get past the severe plagiarism as clear as the sun in a hot summer day.

[Megan]

Is it just me, or does anyone else think (based on the trailer) that:
1) The film will be nothing like the book
2) The cast is a major let down
3) WTH is up with the flamethrower

[Rachel , The Attentive One]

3). Yeah I was wondering about that flamethrower thing. I was thinking that it might be a substitute for Isabelle's whip because I don't remember seeing the whip in the trailer.

2). I do not like Bower as Jace. Alex Pettyfer is much hotter and can totally play the arrogant Jace Wayland. Collins seems ok although I wish they would do something about her eyebrows!! I like Gao as Magnus. Simon seems pretty accurate too. Isabelle looks awesome in her shadowhunter gear although she doesn't have that air on supremacy and awesomeness that Isabelle possesses. Alec looks too old for the part. I think that they needed someone with a more delicate, younger face to play the innocent and gentle, hot Alec Lightwood. Valentine, I approve!! Jocelyn is ok, but she and Clary look nothing alike as they are supposed to in TMI. Luke Garroway, YES.

1). It is going to be hard to make the movie as great as the book. I would like to see the physical/visual version of the story that I've only seen in my head. Another perspective would be nice but I'm trying (and failing) not to get my hopes up.

[Hannah]

Isabelle has her whip, you can see it in some pictures and parts of the film we've seen. You can even see her using it in the Hotel Dumort scene. Who cares if she has an extra badass weapon?

I'm probably the biggest fan of the cast, honestly. I think they're all perfect. Everything I've seen in trailers/interviews tells me that they were the right choices, that something more than physical descriptions went into casting and that's what matters to me. I don't think Alex Pettyfer could have pulled Jace off and I really don't care that he's better looking. I love Jamie and he understands Jace so well, Pettyfer cant act. Not like Jamie can. Plus you can tell that Jamie actually cares about Jace and connects with him, he's getting a TMI tattoo! This whole thing actually means something to him and that's what's important to me.

Sorry I just get super protective of Jamie I guess, knowing how much all this unnecessary and unfounded criticism has actually hurt his feelings. I think people should judge based on his performance and not whether or not he's 'hot' enough for you.

Also, as far as I can tell they're pretty closely following the plot points of the book. Obviously some things will need to be altered/condensed but from what I have seen, it's going to come pretty close. I also have the illustrated movie companion which lays out the whole plot basically and it's really the same as the book.

[Rachel , The Attentive One]

I thought I saw Isabelle's whip but I wasn't sure. It was silver right? And looked kind of like a snake (in my opinion). I thought they did a pretty good job with the casting. Only time will tell if they made the right choices.

[Hannah]

Yea the whip looks like a serpent along with her serpent wrist cuff thing. I think it looks pretty awesome.

I think people need to have an open mind about the cast, just because they're not exactly how you pictured a character doesn't mean it's the wrong choice. If people are going into seeing it having their minds made up already and being unhappy with the cast then they aren't going to have an enjoyable experience since they're already so filled with negativity.

[Rachel , The Attentive One]

Yeah you are right. I should try to be less negative.

[Sab]

Lucky Ducky M! wrote: "I JUST FINISHED CITY OF BONES.
OMG OMG OMG SOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD"

IKR! The first one's SO good! Favourite part?

[Sab]

Lucky Ducky M! wrote: "EVERYTHINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG"

Climon or Clace?!

[Sab]

Yeah! But it's still sweet!

[Rachel , The Attentive One]

Yeah I love Clace :)

[Ashley...(BookNerd)]

Clace

[Rachel , The Attentive One]

It just sounds so much better :)

[Sab]

Yep.

[Rachel , The Attentive One]

Climon sounds like a weird fruit. Once you keep reading, you learn that there really is no hope for Climon.

[Ashley...(BookNerd)]

Keep reading the series, Clary and Jace are meant to be together, even if Jace is a little jerkish at sometimes, THEY LOVE EACH OTHER AND YOU CAN'T DENY IT!!!!!!!!!!

[Rachel , The Attentive One]

YES. Keep. Reading. :)

[Rachel , The Attentive One]

Ashley, have you finished City of Lost Souls yet?

[[deleted user]]

an absolutely glowing review for the movie city of bones!!!

http://tmisource.com/2013/08/12/spoil...

[Rachel , The Attentive One]

AAAAAHHHH!!! FANGIRLING SO MUCH RIGHT NOW!!!!!

[[deleted user]]

ME TOO!!!!!

[Rachel , The Attentive One]

The. movie. comes. out. in. less. than. 37. hours.

[Valerie]

Free TMI Guide! To celebrate the hot teen movie The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones this August, Myths and Motifs of The Mortal Instruments will be free from the publisher for two days only!
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[[deleted user]]

I'm going to go see the movie this afternoon!!!!:)

p,s. don't listen to what the critic's are saying about it.

[[deleted user]]

http://tmisource.com/2013/09/03/box-o...

[SHINY]

OMG! I'm obsessed with everything TMI! I can't wait till Heavenly Fire Comes out!!!!!!!