Tessa pushed the carriage curtains aside. Outside she could see the gaslights going by in a yellow blur; two children were slumped in a doorway, leaning against each other, asleep. Temple Bar flew by overhead.
“Have you ever thought of transforming yourself into one of your parents?” Will asked. “Your mother, or father? It would give you access to their memories, wouldn’t it?”
She turned to look at him. “I have thought of it. Of course I have. But I have nothing of my father’s or mother’s. Everything that was packed in my trunks for the voyage here was discarded by the Dark Sisters.”
“What about your angel necklace?” Will asked. “Wasn’t that your mother’s?”
Tessa shook her head. “I tried. I — I could reach nothing of her in it. It has been mine so long, I think, that what made it hers has evaporated, like water.”
Will’s eyes were dark blue in the shadows. “Perhaps you are a clockwork girl. Perhaps Mortmain’s warlock father built you, and now Mortmain seeks the secret of how to create such a perfect facsimile of life when all he can build are hideous monstrosities. Perhaps all that beats beneath your chest is a heart made of metal.”
Read the rest here
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Clockwork Prince Teaser!!!
Friday, April 22, 2011
Cassandra Clare's FAQ about CoFA
For those of us who had questions about the ending or the direction she decided to take. Definitely worth the read!
Of course, it's spoilertastic! Don't read until you've finished City of Fallen Angels!
City of Fallen Angels FAQ
Sunday, March 27, 2011
The Seelie Court: Jace’s Point of View
Remember that hot little scene in City of Ashes where the Seelie Queen tells Clary the kiss she most desires will set her free? Cassandra Clare has written that scene from Jace's perspective. Oh glorious reading below:
“I know that I will not leave my sister here in your Court,” said Jace, “and since there is nothing to be learned from either her or myself, perhaps you could do us the favor of releasing her?”
The Queen smiled. It was a beautiful, terrible smile. The Queen was a lovely woman; she had that inhuman loveliness that faeries did, that was more like the loveliness of hard crystal than the beauty of a human. The Queen did not look any particular age: she could have been sixteen or forty-five. Jace supposed there were those who would have found her attractive — people had died for love of the Queen — but she gave him a cold feeling in his chest, as if he’d swallowed ice water too fast. “What if I told you she could be freed by a kiss?”
It was Clary who replied, bewildered: “You want Jace to kiss you?”
As the Queen and Court laughed, the icy feeling in Jace’s chest intensified. Clary didn’t understand faeries, he thought. He’d tried to explain, but there was no explaining, not really. Whatever the Queen wanted from them, it wasn’t a kiss from him; she could have demanded that without all this show and nonsense. What she wanted was to see them pinned and struggling like butterflies. It was something immortality did to you, he’d often thought: dulled your senses, your emotions; the sharp, uncontrollable, pitiable responses of human beings were to faeries like fresh blood to a vampire. Something living. Something they didn’t have themselves.
“Despite his charms,” the Queen said, flicking a glance toward Jace — her eyes were green, like Clary’s, but not like Clary’s at all — “that kiss will not free the girl.”
Read the rest here
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Meet Clary! ...and maybe Jace
Monday, September 6, 2010
Clockwork Angel Discussion Thread
Clockwork Angel has been released. Since this site has been dedicated to following the Mortal Instruments series and Cassandra Clare, it is only fitting we chat about the newest installment in her collection. Give us your thoughts about Clockwork Angel. Some discussion points:
How did you like the book? Is it in keeping with your feelings with the MI series?
Who are your favorite or least favorite new characters?
What were some surprises for you in this book?
What questions do you still have and where do you think this series is going?
What do you think Will is going to ask Magnus in the Epilogue?
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Happy Clockwork Angel Day
Clockwork Angel is out today! I'm heading out to Target in a few minutes to pick up my copy. I'm so excited! Who's started reading already?
Friday, August 6, 2010
Cassandra Clare's Big Announcement
Not one but THREE new Mortal Instrument books. *swoon* I can't wait.
Here's a snippet from her blog:
Book four, City of Fallen Angels, is scheduled for April 2011... The two new books under contract--City of Lost Souls and City of Heavenly Fire--are scheduled, respectively, for May 2012 and September 2013.
Read it all here
Friday, June 25, 2010
Jocelyn's Story -- the untold story by Cassandra Clare!
Cassandra Clare (Author of The Mortal Instruments and coming soon Clockwork Angel) has given us a special treat! She had originally written Jocelyn's story for City of Glass, but it became too long and had to be shortened. So here it is in it's entirety! Enjoy!
“I met your father in school, about the same time you met Simon. Everyone should have a friend like that in their lives. But he wasn’t that friend to me — Luke was. We were always together. In fact, at first, I hated Valentine, because he took Luke away from me. Valentine was the most popular student at school. He was everything you’d expect of a natural leader — handsome, brilliant, with the sort of charisma that led the younger students to worship him. He was kind enough, but there was something about him even then that I found frightening — he glittered, but with a sort of cold brilliance, like a diamond. And like a diamond, he had a sharp and cutting edge..."
To read the rest click here.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Cassandra Clare's Q & A
The beloved Cassandra Clare, very well know for her famous Mortal Instruments Series, caused a commotion on twitter today when she tweeted: “Soo, anyone got questions about Clockwork Angel or City of Fallen Angels? I’m in a question-answery mood . . .”
She answered a lot of questions from fans, most of it about her next two books coming out: Clockwork Angel – book 1 of Infernal Devices and City of Fallen Angels (CoFA) – book 4 of Mortal Instruments.
To see the Q & A session, click here.
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And something I've been wondering myself...
@FoodisAwesome: “do Clary and Jace finally hook up in COFA?”
Clare: "Be weird if they’d been dating two months and hadn’t made out."
eeeeeeeeeeeek!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
City of Fallen Angels Sneak Peek!!
Here is a sneak peek at the chapter titles for Cassandra Clare's book, City of Fallen Angels... the spin-off from The Mortal Instruments.
Chapter One: A Proposition
In which Simon, who has been trying hard to live as normal a life as he can, finds out that's not going to be possible any more.
Chapter Two: Fear of Falling
This is the chapter that will be included in the paperback copy of City of Glass, so I won't say much about it, except it's Clary's POV.
Chapter Three: Sevenfold
And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. Well, that whole Mark of Cain business wasn't just going to go away.
Chapter Four: The Art of Eight Limbs
This one contains a training sequence that involves Muay Thai, a martial art that's called "The Art of Eight Limbs" because it involves using hands, elbows, knees and feet as strike points. This is also the chapter that contains the quote from the Seelie Queen I Tweeted — the one about "he's bound to you, but does he love you?"
Chapter Five: Hell Calls Hell
This is Latin, from one of the Psalms, abyssus abyssum invocat. Also translated as "deep calls unto deep." In which Clary tries on a bridesmaid's dress.
To see the rest click here.
Who doesn't love racy teen lit?
Via twitter, Cassandra Clare tweeted about Glamour magazine mentioning her books, The Mortal Instruments. The article goes on to express a guilty pleasure of loving to read racy teen lit. Read it here.
As stated in the article, the author says she's embarrassed to admit to reading teen lit. This I could relate to and it made me wonder who else felt this way? I know some of our followers ARE teens, and it's totally acceptable for you all.. but what about the oldER crowd here?
Friday, January 29, 2010
New Clockwork Angel Excerpt!
Tessa was only halfway down the corridor when they caught up to her: Will and Jem, each walking on either side of her. "You didn’t honestly think we weren’t going to come along, did you?" Will asked, raising his hand and letting the witchlight flare up between his fingers, lighting the corridor to a daylight brightness. Charlotte hurrying along ahead of them, turned and frowned, but said nothing.
Read the rest here
Hi! (this is Jes) I'm adding here more info on City of Fallen Angels...(atleast this was new to me) I found this snipet that goes more into detail about the plot:
City of Fallen Angels takes place after the events of City of Glass. It splits its focus between Jace and Clary and Clary’s best friend, Simon, and how he adjusts to life as a vampire, but it’s still an ensemble-cast story, and all the characters from the Mortal Instruments series appear in it: Jace, Isabelle, Alec, Magnus, Luke, Jocelyn, Maia, and many more. (It even helps to have read The Clockwork Angel before you read CoFA, because some of the characters from the ID series do show up in it. However, it isn’t required.) In City of Fallen Angels, someone’s killing the Shadowhunters who used to be in Valentine’s Circle and leaving their bodies around New York City in a manner designed to provoke hostility between Downworlders and Shadowhunters. Internecine warfare among vampires is ripping the Downworld community apart, and only Simon — the Daylighter who everyone wants on their side — can decide the outcome; too bad he wants nothing to do with Downworld politics. Meanwhile Jace and Clary investigate a mystery that has deeply personal consequences for them — consequences that may strengthen their relationship, or rip it apart forever. Love, blood, betrayal and revenge: the stakes are higher than ever in City of Fallen Angels.
City of Fallen Angels is set to be released in March, 2011.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Ginger, how did you miss this??? ;)
OME!!! The 4th Immortal Instruments book WILL be out March 2011!!!!!
And here is a tiny snippet from City of Fallen Angels:
“That’s not the point, Simon.” Maia had moved closer to Isabelle and the two of them faced him down together, an immovable wall of female rage.
Clockwork Angel excerpt from Cassandra Clare
Tessa woke, gasping, the book sliding off her lap as she sat up. The dream was gone, but the music remained, high and haunting and sweet. She made her way to the door and peered out into the hallway.
The music was louder in the corridor. In fact, it was coming from the room across the hall. It was ajar slightly, and notes seemed to pour through the opening like water through the narrow neck of a vase.
As if in a dream, Tessa crossed the hall and put her hand gently to the door; it swung open under her touch. The room within was dark, lit only by moonlight — she saw that it was not unlike her own bedroom across the hall: the same large four-poster bed, the same dark heavy furniture. The curtains had been pulled back from one tall window and pale silver light poured into the room like a rain of needles. In the square patch of moonlight just before the window, someone was standing. A boy — he seemed too slight to be a grown man — with a violin propped against his shoulder: his cheek rested against it, and the bow sawed back and forth over the strings, wringing notes out of it.
His eyes were closed. “Will?” he said, without opening them or ceasing to play, “Will, is that you?”
To read more click here.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
New Clockwork Angel Excerpt!
The bathtub was an oval, claw-footed affair hidden behind a Japanese screen in a corner of the room. Sophie had filled it with hot water that was already beginning to cool; sliding behind the screen, Tessa undressed and lowered herself into the bath. The hot water came up to her shoulders, warming her chilled bones: for a moment she sat with her eyes closed, letting the heat relax her. It was then that she remembered the rest of what had happened last night — the attic, and Will.
Read the rest at Mundie Moms!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Jewlery inspired by the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare.
LOVE! Jewlery inspired by the Mortal Instruments Series! A little pricey I think, but I like them.
See more HERE
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
City of Glass deleted scenes and outtakes
A bunch of deleted scenes and outtakes from City of Glass - straight from Cassandra Clare's FB page!
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http://mundiemoms.freeforums.org/city-of-glass-outtakes-t421.html
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
NEW! Infernal Devices Sneak Peek!
CAssandra Clare just posted a new sneak peek at Infernal Devices! Find in HERE! Enjoy!