Monday, January 31, 2011
Audio Book has started
News shadowhunters! Ed Wstwick is now recording CoFA ! :) that's great! Who's going to buy the audio book??
Casting Jace Wayland
Mortal Instruments is casting Jace Wayland! Are you interested?? They are looking for a male 18-25 !
Go here for more info -----> click!
Go here for more info -----> click!
Tegan New Video
another Tegan video :) these one moved me really, she talkes about self image and be you and only you! watch it here :) _
Friday, January 28, 2011
Alex on Ellen
here watch ! I don't even know what to say right now, except that he's friking sexy and I love his accent :)
What? He could not be Jace?
First thanks to @bazarbizarre that post this on Twitter, and Second, WHAT?? I think he'll be wasting a HUGE opportunity :(, hope this are just rumors or better, not true.
Alex Pettyfer Likely Won't Star In 'Mortal Instruments'
Posted 24 minutes ago by Amy Wilkinson in Casting News, Movie News, Movies, Page Turners
My Calendar2
Yeah, I know, I guess it'll never be finished because I keep putting more things ^^ Now, well I redecorate it and made a color rubber band that I put on the right side:) why? well it's from Alec/Magnus, the 'hot angel' and '#team Jace' well that's for him ;) and the hole thing with paint and everything it's for Clary :) but i don't know what to put for Izzy :S and she's my fav character D: well second (hehe) here it is :)
Thursday, January 27, 2011
My Calendar
Hey guys! :D aah ! i just finished with my calendar, well it's not finished but sort of :)
at the right side it says "calendar" yeap, and at the bottom says "hot angel" and "#team jace <3" ok so hop you like it. I screw myself with the geen-bluish paint :( yeah i got that color in my hair, but now it's gone, i felt a bit like Magnus in that moment :S haha ok so here's the pic :D
oh, it looks blue in the picture :S
at the right side it says "calendar" yeap, and at the bottom says "hot angel" and "#team jace <3" ok so hop you like it. I screw myself with the geen-bluish paint :( yeah i got that color in my hair, but now it's gone, i felt a bit like Magnus in that moment :S haha ok so here's the pic :D
oh, it looks blue in the picture :S
Alex on Ellen's Show
Hello ! :D Tomorrow Alex (Pettyfer) is going to be on The Ellen Degeneres Show, just so you guys know.. :)
Original version Alec/Jace kiss
Ok, so I know this has been around for awhile but if you want to read it here it is:)
So below is, in fact, the original version of the scene that begins on page
137 in City of Glass, "Jace looked at Alec steadily. “What’s between you and
Magnus Bane?” In the original version, Jace actually does kiss Alec, more to
make a point than anything else, but the resultant scene made me laugh and made my editor laugh, hysterically. It didn't work — made the emotional impact of Jace telling off Alec less. But since there have been a lot of
requests (mostly from Marcy and Ashley) to see it, here, to celebrate the UK
release of CoG, it is. I warn you, it is not romantic.
--
Jace looked at Alec steadily. Then he said, “What’s between you and Magnus
Bane?”
Alec’s head jerked to the side, as if Jace had slapped him or pushed him. “I
don’t — there’s nothing —”
“I know better,” Jace said, forestalling him. “I’m not stupid. Tell me the
truth.”
“There isn’t anything between us,” Alec said — and then, catching the look
on Jace’s face, added with great reluctance, “any more. There’s nothing
between us any more. Okay?”
“And why is that? Magnus really liked you.”
“Drop it, Jace,” Alec said in a warning tone.
Jace was having none of being warned. “Magnus says it’s because you’re hung
up on me. Is that true?”
There was a moment of utter silence. Then Alec gave a despairing howl of
horror and put his hands up to cover his face. “I am going to kill Magnus.
Kill him dead.”
“Don’t. He cares about you. He really does. I believe that,” Jace said,
managing to sound only a little bit awkward. “Look. I don’t want to push you
into anything, but do you maybe want to —”
“Call Magnus? Look, that’s a dead end, I know you’re trying to be helpful,
but —”
“—kiss me?” Jace finished.
Alec looked as if he were about to fall off his chair. “WHAT? What? What?”
“Once what would do.” Jace did his best to look as if this were the sort of
suggestion one made all the time. “I think it might help.”
Alec looked at him with something like horror. “You don’t mean that.”
“Why wouldn’t I mean it?”
“Because you’re the straightest person I know. Possibly the straightest
person in the universe.”
“Exactly,” Jace said, and leaned forward, and kissed Alec on the mouth.
The kiss lasted approximately four seconds before Alec pulled forcefully
away, throwing his hands up as if to ward Jace off from coming at him again.
He looked as if he were about to throw up. “By the Angel,” he said. “Don’t
ever do that again.”
“Oh yeah?” Jace grinned, and almost meant it. “That bad?”
“Like kissing my brother,” said Alec, with a look of horror in his eyes.
“I thought you might feel that way.” Jace crossed his arms over his chest.
“Also, I’m hoping we can just gloss over all the irony in what you just
said.”
“We can gloss over whatever you want to,” Alec said fervently. “Just don’t
kiss me again.”
“I’m not going to. I have other business to take care of.” Jace stood up,
kicking his chair back. “If anyone asks where I am, tell them I went for a
walk.”
“Where are you actually going?” Alec asked, watching him walk to the door.
“To see Clary?”
“No.” Jace shook his head. “I’m going to the Gard. I’m going to break Simon
out of jail.”
Source: Here
So below is, in fact, the original version of the scene that begins on page
137 in City of Glass, "Jace looked at Alec steadily. “What’s between you and
Magnus Bane?” In the original version, Jace actually does kiss Alec, more to
make a point than anything else, but the resultant scene made me laugh and made my editor laugh, hysterically. It didn't work — made the emotional impact of Jace telling off Alec less. But since there have been a lot of
requests (mostly from Marcy and Ashley) to see it, here, to celebrate the UK
release of CoG, it is. I warn you, it is not romantic.
--
Jace looked at Alec steadily. Then he said, “What’s between you and Magnus
Bane?”
Alec’s head jerked to the side, as if Jace had slapped him or pushed him. “I
don’t — there’s nothing —”
“I know better,” Jace said, forestalling him. “I’m not stupid. Tell me the
truth.”
“There isn’t anything between us,” Alec said — and then, catching the look
on Jace’s face, added with great reluctance, “any more. There’s nothing
between us any more. Okay?”
“And why is that? Magnus really liked you.”
“Drop it, Jace,” Alec said in a warning tone.
Jace was having none of being warned. “Magnus says it’s because you’re hung
up on me. Is that true?”
There was a moment of utter silence. Then Alec gave a despairing howl of
horror and put his hands up to cover his face. “I am going to kill Magnus.
Kill him dead.”
“Don’t. He cares about you. He really does. I believe that,” Jace said,
managing to sound only a little bit awkward. “Look. I don’t want to push you
into anything, but do you maybe want to —”
“Call Magnus? Look, that’s a dead end, I know you’re trying to be helpful,
but —”
“—kiss me?” Jace finished.
Alec looked as if he were about to fall off his chair. “WHAT? What? What?”
“Once what would do.” Jace did his best to look as if this were the sort of
suggestion one made all the time. “I think it might help.”
Alec looked at him with something like horror. “You don’t mean that.”
“Why wouldn’t I mean it?”
“Because you’re the straightest person I know. Possibly the straightest
person in the universe.”
“Exactly,” Jace said, and leaned forward, and kissed Alec on the mouth.
The kiss lasted approximately four seconds before Alec pulled forcefully
away, throwing his hands up as if to ward Jace off from coming at him again.
He looked as if he were about to throw up. “By the Angel,” he said. “Don’t
ever do that again.”
“Oh yeah?” Jace grinned, and almost meant it. “That bad?”
“Like kissing my brother,” said Alec, with a look of horror in his eyes.
“I thought you might feel that way.” Jace crossed his arms over his chest.
“Also, I’m hoping we can just gloss over all the irony in what you just
said.”
“We can gloss over whatever you want to,” Alec said fervently. “Just don’t
kiss me again.”
“I’m not going to. I have other business to take care of.” Jace stood up,
kicking his chair back. “If anyone asks where I am, tell them I went for a
walk.”
“Where are you actually going?” Alec asked, watching him walk to the door.
“To see Clary?”
“No.” Jace shook his head. “I’m going to the Gard. I’m going to break Simon
out of jail.”
Source: Here
New Tegan's video
Hi! Tegan (Clary, CoFA book trailer) posted in Twitter a link of her new video, and she reenact clary's audition, a bit. So if you like her, watch it :)
she said on twitter: "Where I have red clown lips and reenact my Clary audition!"
source: Twitter
she said on twitter: "Where I have red clown lips and reenact my Clary audition!"
source: Twitter
thank you:)
awwwn 120 visits in 2 days:) guys you are amazing, and that's way more what I expected. Thank you thank you thnk you thank you so much :)
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Will and Jace are not the same
questions to characters SECOND TIME
yeap so I work really fast xD ok no, like 20 min ago Cassie was done with more character's questions, why she did it? She reached more than 20,000 followers !! CONGRATULATIONS *claps* so, to celebrate she make Q/A game again. I put them in character order to make it easier:)
TMI characters
TMI characters
JACE
Jace: What do you think of those angry taxi cab drivers that roam around NYC?" I like to torment them by making them change $100 bills.
Jace: how did u feel when Clary asked the angel to bring u back?" I was dead at the time.
Jace: Have you ever wanted another girl while with Clary?" No.
Jace: Will fighting along side Clary present more problems for you? How will you handle that?" Jace: I really don't know. I hate aspects of it, but I wouldn't be much of a boyfriend if I went out and risked my life and didn't let her do the same.
Jace, what were you thinking when Clary showed you her scar on her birthday? Why did you look away?" Jace: It looked like my scar. But that didn't make any sense. Also I wanted to kiss her.
Jace: if you were stranded on a desert island and could only have 3 items what would you choose?" Cricket bat, sieve. and an unending supply of cheese.
Jace what was the first thing that went through your mind when you met magnus bane?" Damn, that's sparkly.
Jace: On a scale of 1-10 how concerned are you about catching demon pox?" Zero! What a question.
Jace, did you ask Alec to be parabati, or did Alec ask you?" I asked him.
Jace, what do you think made you fall in love with Clary rather than some other girl from your past?" She makes me happy. None of the other ones did. We fit.
Jace- If you could name Simon's band for him, what would you call it?" Loser Patrol.
Jace, why is your room at the Institute so neutral?" My father taught me a warrior keeps his personal space cleared.
Jace, which surname are you using these days?" Mr. Readthebookandfindout. :P
Jace: what is your opinion on this whole alex pettyfer playing you in a movie?" I think Jace just died of meta.
Jace, what would you do if Clary didn't love you back?" I can't think about it.
Jace, what is your favorite piece to play on the piano?" Rachmaninoff. Difficult. Challenging.
Jace: what would you say if I told you that there is a group of people in the world who want Clary to leave you for Simon?" I would hunt them down and kill each of them personally. *sigh* Clary says I can't say that. She just says "Ha!" Not good for the ego.
Jace what was going through your mind when you were kissing aline?" 'Trying to forget...nope, not working.
Jace: Do you like @justinbieber? I think in 2007 Justin Bieber was like 3.
CLARY
Clary, are you close to any females your age?" Just Izzy. I don't see Maia much these days.
Clary, describe Simon in three words." My. Best. Friend.
Clary, what made you fall in love with Jace?" Realizing under all that swagger he was just ... like me.
Clary: if you could choose anyone as your parabatai who would it be & why?" Um.. Izzy I guess.
ALEC
Alec, how old were you when you first realised you had feelings for Jace?" About twelve. That's all over though!
Alec, do you consider yourself at risk of getting demon pox?" Alec: *spits out food* WHAT? I don't cheat on Magnus.
Alec: If you could only ever use one rune mark again, which rune would it be?" Well, it wouldn't be Fearless, I can tell you.
ISABELLE
Isabelle how would you feel if Simon chose to date Maia over you?" Extremely offended. But why would he do that?
Isabelle, do you get insecure about Simon's love for Clary?" iI - I'm sure he's totally over her.
Isabelle, can you really ever see yourself with someone?" I don't believe love lasts.
Isabelle: What do you think of Clary? Do you wish you moved and never had to see her again, or did that change?" No — now that Jace is really happy, I don't feel that way any more. Why would I?
SIMON
Simon: will you marry me?" Simon: I, uh, what?
Simon, what's your band called these days?" Millenium Lint.
Simon, if you could change from being a vampire.... would you?" YesMAGNUS
Magnus, what's your favorite thing about Alec?" The eyes & the hair. My favorite. Oh, right. Personality. Definitely that.
Magnus: does alec ever remind you of will?" They look a bit alike but could not be more different.
Magnus, who was the girl you were talking to under the tree during the celebration for defeating valentine?" Tessa.
Magnus, what was the first thing you thought when Will came to you in the middle of the night?" Demon pox.
Magnus, would Clary like Will or Jem better?" Jem. Will would annoy the daylights out of her.
Magnus, can you sing and would you to Alec?" I cannot sing and Alec would have to ask very nicely.
Magnus, does chairman meow like alec?" They get on.
Magnus if you could become a Shadowhunter, would you?" Heavens, no. I'm perfect as I am
JOCELYN
Jocelyn, was your intent to NEVER tell Clary about he Shadowhunter world?" Absolutely never.
MAIA
Maia, who would you consider your closest friend? [i swear now I'm done!]" Bat, maybe. Simon, but that's complicated.
Maia: Out of the shadowhunters you know which are you closest to?" SimonID characters
WILL
Will: I hear South Carolina is nice this time of year, u ever been there?" Will: South Carolina? Is that somewhere in the US?
Will what do you think of Henrys inventions?" Bloody stupid wastes of time.
Will: Why do you act the way you do? Can't you just be straightforward with people?" Now where's the fun in that?
Will: Do you believe in true love?" For other people, not for me.
Will, do you like Magnus Bane?" I don't *dislike* him.
Will, how long had you been planning to go see Magnus?" A few days. A week. I knew it was a bad idea.
TESSA
Tessa what does it feel like to change into another person?" Painful. Strange. Interesting.
Tessa, who do you have more of a connection with Will or Jem?" Well, Jem, I mean Will is just so . . . well. He's Will.
Tessa, would you change into Will to see what he is thinking?" That would be a violation, without asking.
Tessa: What's the last book you read?" Vathek.
Tessa: would you consider Magnus a friend? Acquaitance? Enemy? (As of 2007)" A friend.
SOPHIE
Sophie, do you think Jem has feelings for you?" I know he doesn't.
JEM
Jem, is there something that makes you irrationally angry?" Yes. And you'll find out what soon enough.
JEM...I love you! can I kiss you? hahahaha" I don't think that would be proper.
Jem: what's your favourite piece/song on the violin?" Bach's sonatas and partitas.
Jem, what color were your eyes?" Black
Jem, could you ever have feelings for Sophie?" Sophie?? She doesn't feel that way about me.
Jem, is your natural hair color silver?" No. That's the drugs. The poison.
JESSAMINE
Jessamine, what are the chances of you having the somewhat normal life you want?" I shall MAKE it happen.
So that´s it. Again, the popular one was Jace, but why he wouldn't? *-* I swear that each day I love that character more ♡ so that's it for today :) hope you like today's posts, come here again today for more updates Ü
Alex's movies
ok so, I'm going to post this because hell i want >-< ok no but it's just that I'm getting really into Alex Pettyfer at least for me he's 'the one' o.o
So, here it is Alex through the years... :3
In 'Tom Brown's Schooldays' (2005)
'Stormbreaker' (2006)
Wild Child (2008)
Tormented (2009)
I am Number Four (2011)
Beastly (2011)
If you're a fan of Skins (UK) in Tormented there's the girls who plays 'Michelle' and 'Jal' from the first season. Now I think I so have to watch it :3 I love Skins. <3
As for the other movies... doesn't he looks cute when he was little?? :D well a teenager actually.
-23 days till I am Number Four! aren't you guys exited??
ps: He took my breath away in Beastly :B *drools*
So, here it is Alex through the years... :3
In 'Tom Brown's Schooldays' (2005)
'Stormbreaker' (2006)
Wild Child (2008)
Tormented (2009)
I am Number Four (2011)
Beastly (2011)
If you're a fan of Skins (UK) in Tormented there's the girls who plays 'Michelle' and 'Jal' from the first season. Now I think I so have to watch it :3 I love Skins. <3
As for the other movies... doesn't he looks cute when he was little?? :D well a teenager actually.
-23 days till I am Number Four! aren't you guys exited??
ps: He took my breath away in Beastly :B *drools*
1st chapter of CoFA online
The first chapter of CoFA will be avaible online sometime in February 21st so add the date on your calendar if you don't want to lose it ;)
City of Fallen Angels Audiobook
Yes I know that this was from yesterday, but anyway I have to post it. So Cassie post who the readers are going to be, and I really doubt that people will hate the choice...
Chuck Bass Ed Westwick! Sorry, Gossip Girl is my secret love and Chuck especially so, as I have mentioned before, so I'm going to keep doing that. I hope he can bring his classic slightly evil drawl to Jace's sarcastic lines. I also have to say I am looking forward to him reading Magnus.
Reading the Clary sections of the book will be the adorable Molly Quinn, known to watchers of Castle:
Who is already a fan of the books,, has great comic timing, and is cool enough to wear a Star Trek uniform to ComicCon.
So altogether let's just say I am super excited! Looking forward to recording starting."
24 January 2011 @ 01:20 pm
City of Fallen Angels audiobook - Ed Westwick & Molly Quinn
Audiobooks are definitely a funny thing. I love listening to them and I know the voices can make or break the book. I've been lucky to like the readers for the first three TMI books and was ecstatic when Jennifer Ehle read Clockwork Angel because I've had a big ole fangirl crush on her since Pride and Prejudice. And she did a terrific job.
We've always used female readers even as the TMI books have grown out of being told only from Clary's perspective and into the perspective of the other characters. But we wanted to do something a little different for City of Fallen Angels because it really does split fifty-fifty, with about fifty percent of the book being Clary and the other fifty being Simon and Jace (with even some Magnus and Alec tossed in there.) So we decided to have a male reader for the male sections, and a female reader for the female sections. Since they were just confirmed this weekend, I can announce that the readers are:
We've always used female readers even as the TMI books have grown out of being told only from Clary's perspective and into the perspective of the other characters. But we wanted to do something a little different for City of Fallen Angels because it really does split fifty-fifty, with about fifty percent of the book being Clary and the other fifty being Simon and Jace (with even some Magnus and Alec tossed in there.) So we decided to have a male reader for the male sections, and a female reader for the female sections. Since they were just confirmed this weekend, I can announce that the readers are:
Reading the Clary sections of the book will be the adorable Molly Quinn, known to watchers of Castle:
Who is already a fan of the books,, has great comic timing, and is cool enough to wear a Star Trek uniform to ComicCon.
So altogether let's just say I am super excited! Looking forward to recording starting."
Remember that some of us wanted Molly as Clary in the movie ? well, that might not happen because of Lily but hey, she's going to be part of TMI anyway!
are you guys exited?
Clockwork Prince Placeholder and Quote!
Cassie just released today the CP placeholder. I think it's awesome! :)
And then a QUOTE! It's supposed that we don't know from who it is, but I think it's Magnus...
"What desperation drove you to me, in the middle of the night, in a rainstorm? What has changed at the Institute? I can only think of one thing..."
And then a QUOTE! It's supposed that we don't know from who it is, but I think it's Magnus...
"What desperation drove you to me, in the middle of the night, in a rainstorm? What has changed at the Institute? I can only think of one thing..."
Vote for Jace !
Show him more love ! :) I think he'll be mad if he doesn't win don't you think ;)
Vote For Jace in: Poll: YA love interests who leave you wishing you were 17 again
The last time I voted he was still losing :(
GO ! HERE ! <-- CLICK!!
Vote For Jace in: Poll: YA love interests who leave you wishing you were 17 again
The last time I voted he was still losing :(
GO ! HERE ! <-- CLICK!!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Alex Pettyfer talks about TMI
helloooo people :) so I'm going to post some videos of Alex talking about TMI ! isn't that exiting!?? I want him so badly for Jace *cross fingers* so here they are :
Alex is already Jace!!??
Earlier today the site IMDB put on the casting list Alex Pettyfer as Jace for the Mortal Instruments Movie. This is NOT CONFIRMED yet. Cassie shut down the rumors saying:
And she also posted this on her Blog :
It says:
' 25 January 2011 @ 05:59 pm
So there you have it nothing is official yet, (wish it was) I do really like Alex :3 haha well so we'll be waiting..
And she also posted this on her Blog :
It says:
' 25 January 2011 @ 05:59 pm
on the prevalance of rumors
*coughs delicately* Just posting to say that IMDB can be edited by anyone with an IMDB PRO account, and what's on there is not necessarily accurate. Please don't take anything seriously until there is an official announcement. That's all!
[Which reminds me of my favorite Penny Arcade cartoon:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2
In other news (since I've got you by the ear anyway) Jace is up for winning in the "YA love interests who leave you wishing you were 17 again" category and Clockwork Angel is up for Children's Book Club's’s 2011 Teen Choice Book of the Year. You can also vote for other hot (fictional) guys and other great books. But voting is good!
[Which reminds me of my favorite Penny Arcade cartoon:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2
In other news (since I've got you by the ear anyway) Jace is up for winning in the "YA love interests who leave you wishing you were 17 again" category and Clockwork Angel is up for Children's Book Club's’s 2011 Teen Choice Book of the Year. You can also vote for other hot (fictional) guys and other great books. But voting is good!
So there you have it nothing is official yet, (wish it was) I do really like Alex :3 haha well so we'll be waiting..
First pages of City of Fallen Angels
I was so exited by this!! I don't know if some of you have already watched the video but, here it is Cassie reading, what i think are a page and a half, if it's just two pages, but anyway it's the beggining of CoFA and hope you like it :)
Tegan's Videos
Well here are some of Tegan's videos (she plays Clary in CoFA book trailer) I'm posting this for the ones that want to know a bit more about her :)
Saundra Coller's Audition (video)
look what I found! it's a part of Saundra's audition for Isabelle Lightwood. I f you don't know who she is, she plays Isabelle in the City of Fallen Angels book trailer. Don't get confuse I said BOOK trailer, NOT movie. So here it is, I actually think she's pretty good.
Friday, January 21, 2011
The Characters
JACE WAYLANDFighting, hunting, and killing demons are the things Jace is good ad. Though the jagged scars and black runic Marks on his body are a badge of honor as far as he's concerned, he keeps a lot to himself. Like the fact that his parents were murdered by Valentine's servants in front of him when he was ten years old. There are a lot of things Jace doesn't talk about — until he meets Clary, a mundane girl who can see him, maybe better than he can see himself. The connection that binds them will force Jace to confront the black secrets of a past he never wanted to remember...
CLARY FRAY
Fifteen-year-old red-headed troublemaker, artist, and anime enthusiast. Her best (and only real) friend is a boy; her mother is a forgetful artist, and her playground is the streets and nightclubs of Manhattan. Until one night she sees a group of teenagers — who no one else can see — kill a boy. Who turns out to not really have been a boy at all...
Fifteen-year-old red-headed troublemaker, artist, and anime enthusiast. Her best (and only real) friend is a boy; her mother is a forgetful artist, and her playground is the streets and nightclubs of Manhattan. Until one night she sees a group of teenagers — who no one else can see — kill a boy. Who turns out to not really have been a boy at all...
Isabelle's brother and the eldest of the Lightwood children, Alec is a reluctant Shadowhunter who would rather read about demons than fight them. His fierce devotion to his adoptive brother, Jace, hides a secret Alec would die to protect.
The daughter of an ancient Shadowhunting family, Isabelle glitters like the silver-gold whip she uses to snare marauding demons. She's smart, she's deadly, she's beautiful, and she doesn't seem to like Clary much — a feeling that turns mutual once Isabelle takes a surprising interest in Simon..
Simon Lewis likes his life. He lives in a cool neighborhood in Brooklyn, plays drums in a band whose name changes every day, and hides a not-so-secret crush on his best friend. He's planning to tell her about it — some day. Some day comes all too quickly when Clary's mother disappears, sucking them both into the secret world of the Shadowhunters, plunging them into mortal danger, and, even more annoyingly, throwing them into the path of Jace, the blond Shadowhunter who seems to hold an irresistible fascination for Clary...
Magnus is the High Warlock of Brooklyn. He's three hundred years old, lives in a loft in Williamsburg, and likes to throw parties. Lots and lots of parties. He also likes to wear sequins, rainbow-colored leather pants, and cover himself with glitter. Lots and lots of glitter. Magnus seems like an unlikely savior, but when Clary finds his signature written inside her mind, she realizes he may hold the key to the mystery of her mother's whereabouts.
Luke is a jeans-and-flannel kind of guy, a friendly bookstore owner who, Clary's mother Jocelyn has always told her, is one of her oldest friends. Sometimes Clary wishes Luke was her dad — at least until Jocelyn goes missing and Luke mysteriously refuses to help Clary find her, when Clary starts to wonder exactly what she really does know about this "old friend of the family"...
Once one of Valentine's foot soldiers, a curse put on him by the Nephilim keeps Hodge trapped in the Lightwoods' home. Having tutored Alec and Isabelle since they were children, Hodge is like a member of the family — but Clary can't help but wondering what secrets about the past, including Jace's parents, he's trying to conceal.
VALENTINE MORGENSTERN
Fifteen years ago, Valentine led a band of rebel Shadowhunters against an army of Downworlders and nearly destroyed everything it had taken the Nephilim a thousand years to build. When his army was defeated, he slaughtered his family and took his own life — or did he?
Infernal Devices
Tessa: Tessa has spent the first sixteen years of her life being overprotected by her aunt after the death of her parents in a carriage accident. She lives almost all her life in books, dreaming of having the kind of adventures the heroines she reads about do—until she is forced to travel from New York to London when her brother Nathaniel goes missing and only a pair of mysterious—and sinister—women called the Darke Sisters seem to know where he might have gone. The Shadowhunters of the London Institute may be Tessa's only hope of finding Nate, but their mysterious world of demons and Downworlders holds many dangers for her—especially when she realizes she might be more a part of it than she'd thought.
Jem: Brought up in the Institute in Shanghai, Jem's parents were killed by a demon who allowed Jem to live—but with a terrible price to be paid. Frail and silver-haired, Jem seems an unlikely demon-killer, but his skills and swift intelligence make him a formidable foe. He finds a kindred spirit in Tessa as both of them feel they are torn between two worlds, neither belonging completely to one or to the other. As Jem's affection for her grows, will Will have to hurt the only person in his life he's ever seemed to care about?
Jessamine: Jessamine's parents, like Will's were Shadowhunters who left the Clave. Their deaths in a fire orphaned her, leaving her to be brought up in the Institute by Charlotte and Henry. Jessamine hates everything about being a Shadowhunter, from the training to the danger to the existence of demons, which she seems "smelly and disgusting." Armed with a razor-edged parasol and an equally sharp tongue, Jessamine can be dangerous if she wants to be—to herself as much as to the supernatural creatures she's sometimes forced to encounter.
Charlotte: Twenty-two year-old Charlotte runs the entire Institute with a capable hand. Kind and loving, she does her best to care for the orphaned Shadowhunters who live under her roof while hiding her loneliness from the absent-minded husband she loves. It seems as if there's nothing Charlotte can't manage—until Tessa's search for her missing brother begins to uncover a web of corruption and deceit in London's Downworld that threatens to tear London's Conclave of Shadowhunters apart.
Henry: Absent-minded and brilliant, Henry spends his waking hours in the crypt of the Institute, inventing fabulous machines and weapons out of cogs cams and gears. Unfortunately just as many of Henry's inventions don't work as the ones that do, and Henry is as likely to set himself on fire as he is to invent something new and amazing. When Tessa finds herself followed by a silent band of assasins who turn out to be automata—human beings made from clockwork parts—it is Henry who must decipher how they work in order to find the demonic mechanical genius at the heart of the most evil plan London's supernatural world has ever seen.
Source: TMI official page and ID official page
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Re: Will like Jace
Sure, there are deliberate similarities. After all, they are blood relatives, and I like to think all the Herondales have a similar snarky humor. However, there are also a lot of differences. Jace is close with his adoptive family. He's quite able to love the Lightwoods, accept love from them, and show affection. Will pushes literally everyone away but Jem. He is not able to form family ties and treats everyone with the same coldness. He is in fact cruel, which Jace is not. Will lies constantly about what he's doing and is clearly hiding something huge. Jace "never lies" according to Izzy, and is not hiding anything. Jace yearns for his dead father, Will flatly refuses to see his very much alive parents. When Jace falls in love with Clary he is perfectly willing to pursue it until outside forces intervene. Whatever Will feels for Tessa, he is obviously not willing to even start to pursue it and in fact burns it to the ground. Will's whole life is self-sabotage; Jace's isn't. Will may in fact actually be crazy; I don't recall anyone theorizing that about Jace.
Will has built his entire life around the fact that he has a secret. Jace's entire life is built around something completely different. When the absolute core defining fact about a character is different, stuff like "both are hot and sarcastic" is to me, stuff that links them, rather than making them "the same." I mean, it's like saying Jem and Jace are the same because they are both blond, witty, and play a musical instrument. ;)