Clary, Jace, and Simon

[Jessie]

What did you think of them?

[Sara]

Awww <3 I love Clary and Jace. don't hate on me, but I don't like Simon. Not at all. Jace is strong witty funny and hot, simon is the exact opposite of that!

[Jessie]

I was never a fan of Simon, I didn't like him even in the beginning of City of Bones, when we had only been introduced to him and Clary. He seemed like a bit of a jerk and kind of nerdy. Jace, on the other hand, I immediately fell in love with. There was something about him that was really appealing. The movie definitely solidified my love for Jace, with Jamie Campbell Bower playing him.

[Sara]

I loveeee Jamie <3 He played Jace so good and Lilly collins was amazing too! I hope they will make City of ashes next year!

[Jessie]

Same! I can't wait for them to announce the release date. Lily and Jamie were supposedly girlfriend and boyfriend and that's why they were cast for the part. But then, right before the release of City of Bones, they broke up, which must have been pretty awkward.

[Kathy]

I loved Clary and Jace! I like Simon, but I preferred him with Isabelle or Maia rather than Clary.

[Olivia]

I couldn't agree more - I think Clary and Simon were too familiar with one another for a long term relationship to work out. Therefore, I feel like Clary and Jace were the best suited for one another. I don't think Simon every really found his true other half, though. I think both Isabelle and Maia were a bit out of his league, both before and after he was transformed into a vampire.

[Olivia]

I recently went to a Q&A/booksigning with Cassandra Clare where she admitted that she had initially planned on dragging out Clary and Simon's romance, never foreseeing that Simon would end up falling in love with Isabelle. I kinda prefer Clary and Simon's romance to be fairly nonexistent; I think it would have made the books drag a bit, incorporating unnecessary plot events. Therefore, I'm really glad that she developed the relationship between Clary and Jace instead of between Clary and Simon.

[Riya]

I've only read the first book, but I feel like there's no chance of Simon at all. It will always be Clary and Jace- which shows that the love triangle is quite poorly set up. I also am not a fan of Jace, so that kinda sucks for me. And Simon is pretty good, but he could be a lot better; he's not living up to his potential as a character.

[Kourtney]

I fee like people I estimated Jamie when they found out he was playing jace and in my opinion he did a great job acting out jaces emotions

[Olivia]

Riya wrote: "I've only read the first book, but I feel like there's no chance of Simon at all. It will always be Clary and Jace- which shows that the love triangle is quite poorly set up. I also am not a fan of..."

I agree, I'm not a fan of how the love triangle is set up. After reading the first book, I didn't even realize that a love triangle existed... I could also blame that on exhaustion though, because I'm pretty sure I finished the book at some ridiculous hour in the morning.

[Riya]

Olivia wrote: "Riya wrote: "I've only read the first book, but I feel like there's no chance of Simon at all. It will always be Clary and Jace- which shows that the love triangle is quite poorly set up. I also am..."

That's understandable. Yeah, I'm kinda bummed, but I feel that I just need to read the second book (which is waiting for me on my kindle) and decide if I'll continue the series or not. Although I definitely plan on reading the Infernal Devices series whether I like TMI or not.

[Olivia]

I would definitely read the Infernal Devices series! I enjoyed the series more than the Mortal Instruments. The plot and characters are completely different in the two series, so you may end up liking the Infernal Devices.

And I hate deciding whether or not I should read the next book in a series to give it one last chance and see if it gets better, or if I should just give up and move on. But then I'm always wondering how the series ends...

[Riya]

Most people have said that to me as well, so I'm really excited to try it!!

I know- it's always the hardest decision! Lately I've been a bit pickier because many times the series doesn't get significantly better, so I just stop. But it's so hard to choose :(

[Olivia]

Just as a heads up, I just finished City of Heavenly Fire, the last book in the Mortal Instruments series, and the epilogue had so many connections to the Infernal Devices. If you decide to keep reading, you may want to read her books in the order that they were published, instead of trying to finish all of the Mortal Instruments books before you read the Infernal Devices. This was how I read the books, and the plots were fairly easy to keep straight because they were so different.

[Riya]

Thanks so much for the warning- I'll definitely do that!