YA Addicts Readalong discussion

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I just finnished the book,
I'm so happy! So many feelings! The epilogue was beautiful :)

But I also feel sad because TMI is over en I'm going to miss the characters so much..

Littlebooklover wrote: "I just finnished the book,
I'm so happy! So many feelings! The epilogue was beautiful :)

But I also feel sad because TMI is over en I'm going to miss the characters so much.."

I feel the same way but can't wait for her next trilogy to come out.

Raquel wrote: "Littlebooklover wrote: "I just finnished the book,
I'm so happy! So many feelings! The epilogue was beautiful :)

But I also feel sad because TMI is over en I'm going to miss the characters so much..."

Yes! Emma and Jules are AMAZING! I love them so much!
But you already know what is going to happen..
Emma falls in love with Jules, but they're parabatai and can't be together in that way.. DUMDUMDUMMM!

Littlebooklover wrote: "Raquel wrote: "Littlebooklover wrote: "I just finnished the book,
I'm so happy! So many feelings! The epilogue was beautiful :)

But I also feel sad because TMI is over en I'm going to miss the cha..."

Exactly! I was like nooooo you are to young you aren't even sure what you want yet just wait... but no Emma just went off and did her own thing. And why is Zachariah so interested in Emma?

Littlebooklover wrote: Yes! Emma and Jules are AMAZING! I love them so much!
But you already know what is going to happen..
Emma falls in love with Jules, but they're parabatai and can't be together in that way.. DUMDUMDUMMM!

I'm looking forward to this story so much. I really wanted to know what would happen if parabati fell in love.

I'm about to say something that may not be agreed with but........
I didn't like the ending.....
I thought it was a little to sweet and sugary. Bringing Simon back.....
Don;t get me wrong, i LOVE Simon and all the things he is. But it was just too much of a happy ending. The whole series has shown that the world aint fair and not everything goes your way. And the way they were all happy at the end...meh.
Saying that, I liked the undertones of another war starting and history repeating. I liked that they didn't learn from there mistakes and just started the circle again. That's more like real life.
So Love and Hate the epilogue.

Shelly wrote: "I'm about to say something that may not be agreed with but........
I didn't like the ending.....
I thought it was a little to sweet and sugary. Bringing Simon back.....
Don;t get me wrong, i LOVE S..."

I understand you, but I'm really happy with the end. I absolutely don't mind it that it's maybe to sweet. In most books I do mind it, but with this series I just really love the sweet ending, I don't know why.
And the end broke still broke my heart because of the sebastian/jonathan thing going on. But I don't know if I'm the only one who is really broken because of his death..
I just really hate Valentine, that he has done this to his son.

Littlebooklover wrote: And the end broke still broke my heart because of the sebastian/jonathan thing going on. But I don't know if I'm the only one who is really broken because of his death..

I was the same with that bit. I was really surprised. I didn't see it coming and my whole take on his character flipped in seconds. I then started to imagine jonathan, trapped inside sebastian all his life. Gahhh it was heart wrenching.

I finished this book and it was really really good!! I cried a bit..and Simon! And I love the Jem/Tessa moments and the Will mentions!!

Kelli wrote: "I finished this book and it was really really good!! I cried a bit..and Simon! And I love the Jem/Tessa moments and the Will mentions!!"

Yes, every time Will was mentioned I was completely fangirling!
And OMG the Jem and Church reunite! That was awesome and cute :)

I was fangirling so much because of Tessa and Jem! Plus the line about Church being taken by brother Zachariah made me smile.

Question though, did anyone else feel like there wasn't enough death?! *feel bad saying this*

Daisy wrote: "I was fangirling so much because of Tessa and Jem! Plus the line about Church being taken by brother Zachariah made me smile.

Question though, did anyone else feel like there wasn't enough death?!..."

I kind of see what you are saying...there wasn't any real devastating moment. I mean Jordan's death was sad, but it wasn't as heartbreaking like Clockwork Princess was. I actually cried way less than I expected to, only at Sebastian's death (which actually was the saddest death in my opinion, because he becomes Jonathan) and Simon's memory loss part. Cassandra Clare built it up to be this huge thing about 'who will survive?' but really it wasn't that big of a deal. Overall, though, I loved it, especially the Jessa moments and the Will mentions and the Jessamine part :)

I am glad that other people felt that way. I think because everyone was wondering which 6 people would die, you assumed it would be more good characters too. Who will survive.. Lots of team good! But did any of us really want Jace or Clary to die? :p

It was definitely the saddest death by far Sebastian turning in to Jonathan... Have people outside of the UK been able to see the comic strip?

Daisy wrote: "I am glad that other people felt that way. I think because everyone was wondering which 6 people would die, you assumed it would be more good characters too. Who will survive.. Lots of team good! B..."

No and they really want to! at least I haven't :(

I thought the six deaths would be major characters but that was indeed false, even when the deaths occurred I didn't feel any emotion toward them.

I really want to see the comic strip my edition doesn't have it, I even went into whsmith to find copies of it and I did only they didn't have the comic strip in the back which was weird!

I agree with all of this, I was disappointed that no 'key' characters died. Even Jordan felt a bit like one of those Star Trek characters that *suddenly* becomes a main character in the episode just so he can die.

I've never been a fan of neatly tied up, happily ever after endings, so the last chapter and epilogue left me feeling all... Meh. Which is a shame because I was enjoying it so much and it was all action and exciting, and then... it just stopped!

I enjoyed it but it was a little too neatly wrapped as you say! I have come to expect from Cassie that she will break out hearts. I think if Simon had been left it would have been more appropriate of an "aw man" ending. I feel it was quite sneaky that! :P

I still thoroughly enjoyed it, maybe it just wasn't promoted well as in 'who will survive' I'm guessing that it was made by someone who hasn't read the books or just thought this will pull more readers in.

I'd definitely rank this as my third favourite CC book (City of Bones first place and City of Glass second) there were so many twists and turns but it was easy to predict some of the event beforehand.

I also loved the characters much more in this book as they didn't seem as annoying from the previous books, probably because there's a war! I also liked their one liners and definitely the scenes with Alec, Isabelle, and Simon!

Amber wrote: "I still thoroughly enjoyed it, maybe it just wasn't promoted well as in 'who will survive' I'm guessing that it was made by someone who hasn't read the books or just thought this will pull more rea..."

You're right, they made a really good team in this one, moving past the whole 'lying to protect you' stuff which was getting annoying. Their banter and one-liners were great, and I adored Simon. Even Clary seemed to have grown up and was much less whiny and childish. It's just the ending that let it down for me. A lot :(

I agree with all the above, I was truly surprised at the happy ending and wrapping up. I was on edge waiting for big deaths, but they never happened. It was odd reading and waiting for something that didn't happen.
I felt, when i sat down to read it, that it was going to be like the last HP. Brutel but necessary, but instead it was all sweet and light minus Seb/Johanthan death.
Is it just me who think The Church Diaries- Stories of an Institute cat, would be epic?

Shelly in answer to that - YES. So much yes. I would love Church diaries as a graphic novel.

I agree, you expect things that happened in HP to occur. I wonder if because it was her baby in the Shadowhunter world she went little more easy on it?

Shelly wrote: "I agree with all the above, I was truly surprised at the happy ending and wrapping up. I was on edge waiting for big deaths, but they never happened. It was odd reading and waiting for something th..."

Daisy wrote: "Shelly in answer to that - YES. So much yes. I would love Church diaries as a graphic novel.

I agree, you expect things that happened in HP to occur. I wonder if because it was her baby in the Sh..."

So funny, I thought about HP too! :D You need to be ruthless to do the world justice and give it a worthy ending, and it was just too safe.

Daisy wrote: I agree, you expect things that happened in HP to occur. I wonder if because it was her baby in the Shadowhunter world she went little more easy on it?

Sarah wrote: So funny, I thought about HP too! :D You need to be ruthless to do the world justice and give it a worthy ending, and it was just too safe.

Its a hard one, cause I can see why she would want to give everyone a happy ending. All the way through the book though it's mentioned over and over, how many Shadowhunters die young. How it's a short life and so on, but yet all her main characters live...
It just seems a bit off that other families suffer but the New York Institute stays intact....

In the liveshow will you show us the comic in the back? Because I can't speak for others, but I really wish that that part was in the US books too.

Kelli wrote: "In the liveshow will you show us the comic in the back? Because I can't speak for others, but I really wish that that part was in the US books too."

Absolutely, I'm sure we can do that :)

I finished the book two days ago and loved it! :)

I just my American addition today and was so surprised to find the comic wasn't there. I got a signed edition that was said to have it in, but it wasn't there. it was so odd.

I totally forgot to post my thoughts here sooner, but here they are!
I agree with everyone else here that the ending was too sugary sweet, I WANTED DEATHS people! Okay, maybe not too many, but some would have been nice....Jordan doesn't count, because he's Jordan. I mean can anyone actually say they were that sad during that part? I know I couldn't. I think they should have brought back Simon, but left him without his memories. I think that would have added a tinge of sadness that the finale needed.

All in all though I really loved everything about this book, the adventure into Hell to get at Sebastian was really nice, and I liked the little bit of redemption he sort of got towards the end, he was always an entertaining villain for me so I was happy he got something. I liked that we didn't get drama centric Clary and Jace this time around, and overall that it just felt like more of a group effort as opposed to a Clary/Jace centric adventure :)

It makes me want to give the Infernal Devices another try, I wasn't too impressed when I read the first one.

Luke wrote: I WANTED DEATHS people!
Yes sir!
I liked that we didn't get drama centric Clary and Jace this time around, and overall that it just felt like more of a group effort as opposed to a Clary/Jace centric adventure :)

This didn't occer to me before, but yes. It was refreshing to have the whole gang together and to let the others have some of the action and not just backing singers.

I got the comic book part in mine I think if you get it from target it is there. I didn't want this book to end

You can find pictures of the comic uploaded on Google.

Luke you have a valid point with secondary characters getting more of a light shone on them this time round. It's sad we didn't get more Izzy because she is one of my beloved characters.. Least I feel I didn't get enough!