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I loved the series in general. I liked the first few books, but I admit that I was a little bored with some of the books at the end, but the very last book (City of Heavenly Fire) was AMAZING!

I've only read the first two but they were good

I love this series. It's my favorite series ever.
I know, it definitely has its flaws, but I just really enjoy reading this series.
Btw, this series got me into reading :)

Yeah, it was really good!
@Littlebooklover: Which book in the series was your favorite?

Julie wrote: "Yeah, it was really good!
@Littlebooklover: Which book in the series was your favorite?"

I think City of Heavenly Fire :) But City of Glass was also pretty awesome.

Lizzy wrote: "Haven't read City of Heavenly Fire yet."

You should! It's really good.

Cool! My fav book in the series was City of Heavenly Fire

My favorite was either City of Glass or City of Heavenly Fire (I can't choose) :)

Cool! :D

I really didn't like City of Fallen Angels. How about you guys?

As I said, "it got boring near the end of the series, but I loved the last book" which means yeah, I didn't really like CoFA

That's totally true! The first book wasn't all that great either

Yeah. I thought so as well! Though, I kept on reading, and I'm glad I did!

Same, it really would have been a shame if I gave up

Yeah ;)

Though the movie really disappointed me :( What did you think?

I haven't seen the movie yet, but since it disappointed many people as I've heard, I don't think I want to.

trust me you don't. It was probably the best they could do to destroy the books reputation. Some of my friends watched the movie and didn't read the book and they completely gave up on the series without reading it

The movie was very confusing.
Things happened the wrong moment at the wrong place. I mean, the 'end battle' was in the institute !? and there was a portal IN THE INSTITUTE!? Whaaatt?? Yeah..
Also, Magnus didn't even got one funny line.. :(
But the actors did a good job thought. Especially Robert Sheehan (who plays Simon).
But yeah, I think the movie is good on it's own, but it's not a good book to movie adaptation.
I still enjoy watching the movie, it's not like the Percy Jackson movies.

OMG! don't even get me started on the Percy Jackson movies! talk about disgrace to the books!! and totally about the Magnus' lines thing he was one of my favorite characters in the book

Tessa wrote: "OMG! don't even get me started on the Percy Jackson movies! talk about disgrace to the books!! and totally about the Magnus' lines thing he was one of my favorite characters in the book"

Haha yeah, the Percy Jackson movies are terrible.

Magnus is also my favorite character, I was so disappointed that he wasn't funny in the movie.
Also, Jamie's (Jace's) face was not beautiful and Simon had more muscles than Jace..
When we saw Jace shirtless i was like: "OMG BOOOYY YOU NEED TO EAT MORE! This is not healthy! GOD"
But Simon shitless was like "Oehh :)"
BTW, Simon never turned into a rat, the vampires just took him and than he was there, shirtless, with a lot of vampires.. just no.

Same with the Jace comments! seriously they should have found someone better the actor was nothing like how I pictured Jace in my head!
Also, What did you think of Valentine?
He didn't even have white/gold hair!?

Tessa wrote: "Same with the Jace comments! seriously they should have found someone better the actor was nothing like how I pictured Jace in my head!
Also, What did you think of Valentine?
He didn't even have ..."

I laughed so hard when I first saw valentine! He looked waaayyy to badass for Valentine. He wasn't charming at all.
Btw in the movie Hodge says: You should lie to them and tell them they're both your children.
Well thanks for the spoiler Hodge.. What if some people who watched hadn't read City of Glass yet?
Also, Clary ends up with the cup instead of Valentine... ?
I don't think there will come a City of Ashes movie.

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Yeah. XD

This series was my favorite it never got boring for me and I just love it. Currently reading City of Heavenly Fire.

Ubah wrote: "This series was my favorite it never got boring for me and I just love it. Currently reading City of Heavenly Fire."

Yeah, this series was pretty good! In my opinion, City of Heavenly Fire was the best book, but I like TID better.

Why does every one like TID more I mean really I know I'm ranting but come on Jace is like way better then Will and Jem but I do love that Magnus is in both these series but whatever I guess

Dana wrote: "Why does every one like TID more I mean really I know I'm ranting but come on Jace is like way better then Will and Jem but I do love that Magnus is in both these series but whatever I guess"

WHAT?!?!?! I actually prefer Will and Jem to Jace... I don't like Jace...

Oh! And I like Magnus in both series too!

I'm in love with both series! <3
And Julie, HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE JACE?! I absolutley love Jace! :)

Jo-anne wrote: "I'm in love with both series! <3
And Julie, HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE JACE?! I absolutley love Jace! :)"

Well, I just don't like him. I mean, him pushing Clary away when he thought they couldn't be together broke my heart and all, but I still don't like him. Though, most people don't like Clary, but I like Clary... And I'm in love with both series too. Just a little bit more on TID's side...

Julie wrote: "Dana wrote: "Why does every one like TID more I mean really I know I'm ranting but come on Jace is like way better then Will and Jem but I do love that Magnus is in both these series but whatever I..."

WHAT!!!!!!!! You don't like Jace. We'll after I finish City of Heavenly Fire i'll see how the Infernal Devices are and I'll see if the characters are better then then the characters from the Immortal Instruments.

Ubah wrote: "Julie wrote: "Dana wrote: "Why does every one like TID more I mean really I know I'm ranting but come on Jace is like way better then Will and Jem but I do love that Magnus is in both these series ..."

Yea, is it so hard to believe that I don't like Jace?

I can't really choose between the series I guess, but I love Will's character a lot! His character made me laugh out loud while reading :)

Can't choose between Will and Jace

Jo-anne wrote: "Can't choose between Will and Jace"

I'd choose Will

I love his song about the demon pox, and his attempt to create cannibalistic ducks :D

Hahah yeah, I was laughing so hard during the whole demon pox thing

Yeah, me too! ;)

Yes me too, and when I found out Benedict got it because of his sexual relationships with demons I could't hold it anymore. My mother probably thought I was going crazy! xD

Jo-anne wrote: "Yes me too, and when I found out Benedict got it because of his sexual relationships with demons I could't hold it anymore. My mother probably thought I was going crazy! xD"

I read that part on the plane back to Canada from China, and everyone looked at me like I was crazy too

Cassie is a genius :'D

"Father . . . ," Gabriel began. "Father is a worm."
Will gave a short laugh. He was in gear as if he had just come from the practice room, and his hair curled damply against his temples. He was not looking at Tessa, but she had grown used to that. Will hardly ever looked at her unless he had to. "It's good to see you've come round to our view of things, Gabriel, but this is an unusual way of announcing it."
Gideon shot Will a reproachful look before turning back to his brother. "What do you mean, Gabriel? What did Father do?"
Gabriel shook his head. "He's a worm," he said again, tonelessly.
"I know. He has brought shame on the name of Lightwood, and lied to both of us. He shamed and destroyed our mother. But we need not be like him."
Gabriel pulled away from his brother's grip, his teeth suddenly flashing in an angry scowl. "You're not listening to me," he said. "He's a worm. A worm. A bloody great serpentlike thing. Since Mortmain stopped sending the medicine, he's been getting worse. Changing. Those sores upon his arms, they started to cover him. His hands, his neck, h-his face . . ." Gabriel's green eyes sought Will. "It was the pox, wasn't it? You know all about it, don't you? Aren't you some sort of expert?"
"Well, you needn't act as if I invented it," said Will. "Just because I believed it existed. There are accounts of it—old stories in the library—”

Which one?
The Mortal Instruments(TMI) or The Infernal Devices(TID), because we were talking about TID.

I'll just give answer for both of them ;)

TMI:
Well, cassandra clare is a genius when it comes to writing big mysteries. She makes a mysteries, throughout the books the gives little clues, but when everything finally comes together your like: WHAT!?
Like, when I was reading TMI I already knew a lot of spoilers, but I was still surprised when I heard how everything came together.
(This ^ is mostly about the first half of the series)
Book one, you get the mystery, sort of. second book, you get clues, a lot of stuff happens and then third book: More clues, more happens, and then BAM the truth.

The second half of the books is actually another story line with the same characters. You can see them as 2 different series, but you still must read the first 3 books before you start the 4th one.
Because there is, kind of, another story line going on in the second half, the 4th book is mostly getting to the new story line. This is why I didn't like the 4th book that much. (still loved it) But the ending was AGFJNBAFAH. Yeah.. (new mysteries and a lot of action)
Then you get the 5th books which was kickass. The 5th book was very smart (of what I can remember) and I loved it.
And THEN the 6th book.
There is so much happening in this book, it's amazing. The characters are so good developed, it's just.. YAY.
There is a lot of action, a lot of humor(which is in every Cassie book) and just a lot of everything. XD
The mystery is a little less in this one, but that didn't bother me.

The thing with TMI is, it comes with its flaws. It's absolutely not perfect. The characters are very stupid sometimes. But just keep in mind, that this series is 6 books long, they don't develop in just one book. They have 6 books to develop.
Still, even with its flaws, this is my favorite series, just because I enjoy is so much. These books are mostly 5 hundred pages (the last one 700) and I've read them all in only a couple of days. SO yeah..
This is quite a long explanation.. hehe, sorry.

The infernal Devices.
This trilogy is also about Shadow hunters and in the same 'world'. But this series takes place in 1878 in London (sherlock holmes time) (TMI takes place in NY in 2008 btw)
In this series the characters are less frustrating. :D
The main character, Tessa, is shape shifter, but she doesn't really know that. A lot of stuff happens and after all the end up with.. Can you already guess? Shadow hunters.
This happen, a lot of awesome mystery is going on. And this book, hands down, has the best love triangle ever.
This series broke my heart in a thousand pieces.
Fun thing about both TMI & TID is that they are woven together.

If someone read this and is planning on read all the 9 books, I prefer to read them in this order:
City of Bones (TMI)
City of Ashes (TMI)
City of Glass (TMI)
Clockwork Angel (TID)
City of Fallen Angels (TMI)
Clockwork Prince (TID)
City of Lost Souls (TMI)
Clockwork Princess (TID)
City of Heavenly Fire (TMI)

Cassandra Clare is planning on writing 3 other Shadow Hunter series.
All these 5 series will be woven together. Some people think it's a little bit to much Shadow Hunter stuff, but I personally love it :D

So, haha, sorry, this is so long. Lol.
You just asked a simple question and you get this waaaayy to long answer, but yea XD.

Aryan wrote: "Littlebooklover wrote: "Which one?
The Mortal Instruments(TMI) or The Infernal Devices(TID), because we were talking about TID.

I'll just give answer for both of them ;)

TMI:
Well, cassandra cla..."

Yeah, there is romance. There is always an important romance story in the shadow hunter books. But they don't take over the story. There is a lot of action and other stuff too. :D

Aryan wrote: "Oh okay! My type of book!:D"

Haha, but I heard that a lot of people had problems getting through the first one of the series but that it got better when you read the rest of the series.
I loved it from the beggining, but if you have some problems with the first book, just push through, it gets better according to a lot of people.

Littlebooklover wrote: "Cassie is a genius :'D

"Father . . . ," Gabriel began. "Father is a worm."
Will gave a short laugh. He was in gear as if he had just come from the practice room, and his hair curled damply against..."

Now my friend thinks I'm crazy...

;)

My favorite was definitely either City of Glass or City of Heavenly Fire

But City of Fallen Angels was just boring...