City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1) by Cassandra Clare - Restarting February 29th 2024

[Deceptively]

Do you think you guys will read the next book after we’re finished or not straight away?

[Catrin]

I will be Jax

[Akshita]

I think I will wait for maybe a week after finishing this to start the next book. I would like to squeeze in a contemporary, or I might end up in a slump😅

[Akshita]

@Catrin
On which chapter are you currently on?

[Catrin]

@ Akshita I am on Chapter 4 at the moment.

[Akshita]

Catrin wrote: "@ Akshita I am on Chapter 4 at the moment."

Oops! We might be giving you spoilers then! :P

[Deceptively]

We’ll have to remember to spoiler tag it haha

[Catrin]

Yes please

[Deceptively]

Racing ahead Ari ;)

[Deceptively]

Read Chapter 15!

[Akshita]

I have about 25 pages to go.

[Catrin]

What chapter are we going up to?

[Akshita]

Catrin wrote: "What chapter are we going up to?"

Today we are going to read till Chapter 15. How far have you reached?

[Catrin]

Ok I am nearly on chapter 6

[Akshita]

Done with 15 chapters!

[Deceptively]

Chapter 15: (view spoiler)[They certainly went through a lot with Simon, didn’t they?! Trust him to get them into trouble.. (hide spoiler)]

[Deceptively]

(view spoiler)[And what did you guys think of Magnus Bane?! (hide spoiler)]

[Akshita]

Jaxie wrote: "Chapter 15: [spoilers removed]"
(view spoiler)[
Right. I wonder why Jace even bothered...becoz of Clary!?
I am not sure what good it would do be for the original plot. It mostly seemed like a diversion.
And what's with those werewolves? Why did they turn up? (hide spoiler)]

[Akshita]

There are way too many descriptions for every scene, it makes it hard to stay focused while reading, I almost skim through those chunks.

[Akshita]

Jaxie wrote: "[spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[
Magnus Bane is much nicer than what I anticipated. For some reason, I expected him to be this all-powerful, arrogant wizard, who preferred to avoid any company. (hide spoiler)]

[Deceptively]

(view spoiler)[Yeah it was weird how the wolves were there for her, I thought they were going to try to take her but they basically tried to kill her?
I love Magnus, he’s a lot more chill and young than I imagined. (hide spoiler)]

[Deceptively]

Also: (view spoiler)[The Luke thing from a few chapters ago broke my heart. I can’t believe he was so horrible to her after being such a big part of her life. (hide spoiler)]

[Akshita]

(view spoiler)[
I am really enjoying the banter. These characters must really love sarcasm to crack a joke with vampires and wolves tearing each other apart around them.

Also, another another similarity, Deathly Hallows and Mortal Instruments! Not comparing them here, it's just nice to look for these similar bits. :) (hide spoiler)]

[Akshita]

Jaxie wrote: "Also: [spoilers removed]"
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I think maybe he did that to protect her? Those men who came to his apartment, they were inquiring about Clary, maybe that's why he didn't want her to come there. And told her she was no danger to get their attention off her? I maybe wrong though. (hide spoiler)]

[Deceptively]

(view spoiler)[Yeah that’s what I was thinking with Luke.
You’re right, there’s so much banter/sarcasm haha
I liked Raphael as well and was sad when he turned out to be a vampire. (hide spoiler)]

[Akshita]

(view spoiler)[
I can't say I liked Raphael, he seemed sketchy from the moment we met him.

Though it's written in third person, it's clear we are basically following Clary around. I wish I could know what other characters what up to all this while (hide spoiler)]

[Deceptively]

(view spoiler)[That’s true. It’d be nice to even see the same situations but from their points of view.
I’d particularly like to see more Alec, we don’t know much at all about him.
Which character would you see what they were up to instead of Clary? (hide spoiler)]

[Akshita]

Jaxie wrote: "That’s true. It’d be nice to even..."

(view spoiler)[
Yeah. We haven't got much from Alec. I would to like to see things from his viewpoint. I would have also liked if we got even a small chapter summarising what Magnus thought of the whole situation.

And also, I just now remembered, how did Clary know Alec was gay?? (hide spoiler)]

[Akshita]

(view spoiler)[
It would have also been nice to know what our villain is up to. I wonder how everything that has taken place on Valentine's end in these days will be summarised to us... (hide spoiler)]

[Deceptively]

Akshita wrote: "
It would have also been nice to know what our villain is up to. I wonder how everything that has taken place on Valentine's end in these days will be summarised to us..."

(view spoiler)[I think maybe Clary sees the way he looks at different people and notices the difference between guys and girls? But I don’t really know. But then Magnus seemed to get the same vibe from him at the party so it must be something?
I would have loved to have seen Valentine. Maybe we haven’t seen him yet to build tension over what he’s really doing. It would be nice to get little glimpses though. (hide spoiler)]

[Akshita]

Jaxie wrote: "Akshita wrote: "
It would have also been nice to know what ..."

Yeah. Little snippets here and there would have added a lot more suspense to the story in my opinion.

[Akshita]

I should be sleeping now... Night all 😴

[Deceptively]

Akshita wrote: "I should be sleeping now... Night all 😴"

Night!

[Catrin]

Good Night

[Deceptively]

Catrin wrote: "Good Night"

What do you think so far Catrin?

[Catrin]

I am really enjoying the book at the moment 😍👍

[Deceptively]

Catrin wrote: "I am really enjoying the book at the moment 😍👍"

Great! Which bit are you at? :)

[Catrin]

I am on page 90 in the book, I am very slow at read this book at the moment 🙂

[Deceptively]

As long as you’re enjoying it! Let us know what you think of characters or things that happen :)

[Deceptively]

How’s everyone doing with reading today?

[Akshita]

Finished chapter 17 now. I'll be sleeping early today ( or at least that's what my mom expects me to do).
So not sure how much more I'll be able to read. I hope to squeeze in another chapter or two.

[Catrin]

I am really enjoying the book.

[Akshita]

Till which chapter are we aiming for today??

[Catrin]

I will be going up to chapter 10 today.

[Deceptively]

Well if we follow our rough 5 thing then that should take us to the end of the book, there’s only 23 chapters.
But I know you did less yesterday, Catrin’s going to be on 10 and I don’t know about Ari so it’s up to you.

I might finish the last 3 chapters and then we can discuss things as you guys get to them?

[Akshita]

Okay. That sounds good. I might finish as well but not sure.

[Deceptively]

Yeah sure, we’ll see where everyone is at tomorrow and have some discussions! :)

[Akshita]

Finished!

[Deceptively]

Awesome!

[Akshita]

Which chapter is everyone currently reading?