City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments #2) by Cassandra Clare - Restarting December 17th 2020

[Aly]

Jaxie wrote: "Akshita wrote: "Also, for some reason, I kinda wanted to ship him and..."

I don’t think either of them would appreciate that 😂"

LOL but it would be funny

[Aly]

75% (view spoiler)[ The Inquisitor definitely has something against Jace. She treats him terribly and I don't think her plan will work out. I like that Simon and Maya are getting to know each other. (hide spoiler)]

[Jaxie]

Aly wrote: "75% [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[I definitely don’t like the inquisitor and the way she is with Jace. (hide spoiler)]

[Aly]

Finished (view spoiler)[ Ooh Clary might be able to wake up her mom! And I'm so glad Simon broke up with Clary since they were kind of fake anyway and I think he and Maya would make a better couple. (hide spoiler)]

[Aly]

Akshita wrote: "A lot lot better!! No more of that dull World building info dumps! So much was happening!
There's a lot I want to discuss.

So You guys hurry up too now! Jk jk, take your time. (but also hurry up)"

Yeah, it was nice to jump into the story and get more answers (and questions!) to some of the craziness happening

[Jaxie]

I’m glad you guys have enjoyed it!

[Aly]

This is at least my 3rd time reading these books, but I only got through book 5 so I'm excited to finally finish The Mortal Instruments!

[Jaxie]

Oh nice! That last book is gonna be extra exciting for you then haha

[Aly]

Yeah it's been building up for a while lol

[Jaxie]

Finished!

[Akshita]

Awesome! Wanna discuss things tonight? After an hour or two perhaps?

[Jaxie]

Sure, just say when!

[Akshita]

(view spoiler)[
So I think becoz Simon has Jace's blood running through his veins now, he has acquired some special abilities...
Also Jace, we haven't got much about his special abilities yet, as he is the "Angel's own gift". I wonder what that means... (hide spoiler)]

[Jaxie]

Akshita wrote: "..."

(view spoiler)[I think Jace’s gifts are supposed to be like enhanced Shadowhunter skills? Like the fact he jumped out of the cage and from the building. But we’ll see!

I would have thought that Shadowhunter blood would hurt Simon, like how vampires can’t bear Shadowhunter Marks, so I’m surprised he’s okay. (hide spoiler)]

[Akshita]

(view spoiler)[ I am not a huge fan of Clary. She is my least favorite character so far.
And I still am not impressed by Valentine as a villain =/

Characters that I absolutely adore are Magnus Bane, Alec and Simon!! Especially Magnus!! I can't wait to see more of him and Alec in the next books! (hide spoiler)]

[Akshita]

And one thing which greatly improved my reading experience with this book than the previous one was how we get to see things from a bunch of characters this time instead of just Clary!

[Jaxie]

(view spoiler)[If you don’t like Valentine as a villain now you probably never will 😂 I much prefer book 4-6 Villain-wise. I agree with the perspective thing! I particularly enjoyed seeing Jace scenes where Clary wasn’t there, that was different. (hide spoiler)]

[Akshita]

Jaxie wrote: "[spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ Yeah. You are probably right about Valentine, as I think the next book will mostly be the war.
Also, I was wondering how old is Magnus? If he was there and grown up enough to do complicated magic when Clary was born, then won't Alec be like half his age? (hide spoiler)]

[Jaxie]

(view spoiler)[It said somewhere at the end of this book that Magnus is about 300 years old I think. But he looks pretty young still so I think he doesn’t look much older than Alec (hide spoiler)]

[Jaxie]

When does everyone wanna read book 3?

[Akshita]

What about we start in early October?

(Also I don't think Ari will be joining us now. He says he is leaving gr for a few months.)

[Jaxie]

What do you think Aly?

[Aly]

I'll be starting either tomorrow or Wednesday, sorry. I'm reading the series in another group and they're not waiting.

But no worries, you guys read whenever is best for you.

[Jaxie]

Okay, that’s cool Aly.

Akshita - I might read some of it this week as reading is quite limited for me lately so I’m trying to read as much as I can when I actually have the time!

But I will only get to read half of it (at most) this week as I then need to read another book so then I’ll continue reading in October with you?
Do you have a date in October in mind?

[Akshita]

Okay, that works! I'll probably start by October 5th.
For when do you want the thread to be set?

[Jaxie]

We can try set it for the 5th then? But we’ll have to wait until the other group to finish reading to reset it

[Akshita]

ok yeah. I'll ask for the reset once they finish.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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Date changed. Restarting December 17th 2020. Happy Reading ☺

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[Johanna]

I would love to join!

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Johanna wrote: "I would love to join!"

Of course! :)

[Aliyah ♡]

Me too! :)

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Of course! :) Welcome, both of you!

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

I'll start this next week, got some books to finish up!

[Johanna]

Chapter 3
(view spoiler)[Atmosphere/feeling while reading is somehow so magical. I love that! Too bad it has been so long time since I've read the first book so I don't remember what happened to Simon in the first book or what Hodge has done. I don't remember why Clary's mother is in the hospital either... But this was good start, Valentine is propably behind all the killings and he's making them look like vampires would have done them. But why? And is he really using Jace somehow..? (hide spoiler)]

[Johanna]

Chapter 6
(view spoiler)[What Valentine want from Jace? (hide spoiler)]

[Johanna]

Part 1
(view spoiler)[What's Jace's sickness?? I hope they could talk with Jace asap and that he would get his normal life back. (hide spoiler)]

[Johanna]

Chapter 10
(view spoiler)[It's annoying that I don't remember how Simon has saved Jace's life and how was he turned to rat - and who did it. But now in this book Simon did a stupid thing but what happened with vampires..? Why they attacked to him? (hide spoiler)]

[Johanna]

Chapter 11
(view spoiler)[I don't remember how Simon got bite of a vampire in the first place... But now there is even more creatures who has come to the world, sounds awful: demons with poison teeth! (hide spoiler)]

[Johanna]

Chapter 12
(view spoiler)[More demons :D Interesting! Jace/Clary -situation is a bit confusing/disturbing... (hide spoiler)]

[Aliyah ♡]

Chapter 1
(view spoiler)[Simon and Clary? oh hell noooo (hide spoiler)]

[Johanna]

Part 2
(view spoiler)[What was Jace's decision?? (hide spoiler)]

[Johanna]

Chapter 16
(view spoiler)[What happens to Simon now?? (hide spoiler)]

[Johanna]

Chapter 18
(view spoiler)[It's still unclear if Simon really is dead... and what inquisitor told to Jace?? (hide spoiler)]

[Johanna]

Finished!
(view spoiler)[There was action but I felt this coulf have been more thrilling. This was now okay and there was some plot to follow, only I felt it could have been more exciting. I don't know... I can't say what was wrong, but it was like something would have been missing. Maybe it was the second book syndrome? I loved humor in this book and dialogies made me laugh several times. I am reading the third one asap, because this was still enjoyable enough. (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

I'm starting now!

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

Aliyah wrote: "Chapter 1
[spoilers removed]"

SAME

[Aliyah ♡]

i do not ship lmao

[Aliyah ♡]

chapter 3
(view spoiler)[ I am beyond bored. I don't get the point of everything that's going on just cut to the chase already! (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha (semi-hiatus)]

sorry, you all, but i can't read anymore of this. I read upto 9% but I'm not even interested in this story. So I'm DNFing this

Hope you both still enjoy it!

[Aliyah ♡]

Oh I dnf’d it yesterday after reading up to chapter 5 I think. I’m just waiting till jan 1st so I can add it to my reading challenge 😂
But yep me too, I’m not interested in the plot at all! It’s too boring and undeveloped