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Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what's normal when you're a demon-slaying Shadowhunter, your mother is in a magically induced coma, and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? If Clary left the world of the Shadowhunters... read more
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Cast of Characters/Important People
- Jace: ShadowHunter. Feelings For Clary.
- Clary: ShadowHunter. Creates Runes. Feelings For Jace
- Magnus Bane: High Warlock of Brooklyn. Has feelings for Alec.
- Luke Garroway: Friend to Clary and Jace. Feelings for Jocelyn.
- Isabelle: Max's and Alec's Sister. ShadowHunter. Only Sister, Middle Child
- Alec: Max's And Isabelle's Older Brother
- Jocelyn: ShadowHunter. Clary's mother.
- Valentine: Jace and Clary's father. Evil ShadowHunter
- Max: Alec's And Isabelle's little Brother
- Simon: Clary's best friend. Feelings for Clary.
Memorable Quotes
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“I prefer to think that I'm a liar in a way that's uniquely my own.”
Jace -
“Enormous?" said Jace. "Did you just call me fat?”
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“That's what I like about you people," said Simon. "You always make me feel so welcome.”
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“Well, I'm not kissing the mundane," said Jace. "I'd rather stay down here and rot.”
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“The kiss that will free the girl is the kiss that she most desires.”
Queen of the Seelie Court -
“I can only assume, that mortal emotions amuse you because you have none of your own.”
Jace -
“With Jace, you don't really get to choose your insulting nickname.”
Clary -
“Jace reminds me of an old boyfriend. Some guys look at you like they want sex. Jace looks at you like you've already had sex, it was great, and now you're just friends-even though you want more. Drives girls crazy. You know what I mean?”
Maia -
“I'd say it's been nice meeting you all, but, in fact, it hasn't. It's been quite awkward, and frankly, the next time I see a single one of you will be far too soon.”
Magnus Bane -
“No, I'm just a very naughty boy. I do all sorts of bad things. I kick kittens. I make rude gestures at nuns.”
Jace -
“If I made a joke about just dropping in would you write me off as a cliché?”
Jace -
“Other crack teams get bat boomerangs and wall-crawling powers; we get the Aquatruck.”
Clary -
“My jacket," said Jace in a rage, and stabbed down at the thing as it rose, piercing its back. It shrieked and disappeared. "I loved that jacket.”
Jace -
“"I get the feeling," Alec said, and smiled, "she hasn't forgiven me for betraying you, as she sees it." "Good girl," said Jace with appreciation. "I didn't betray you, idiot." "It's the thought that counts."”
Alec + Jace -
“A sexy, sexy warlock”
Isabelle -
“A low chuckle broke the tension. "All right, all right, you've tortured him enough. I'm here."”
Jace -
“Some things never change.”
Alec -
“"Drink my blood, idiot," he whispered. "Drink it."”
Jace -
“Then again it was Jace. He'd pick a fight with a Mack truck if the urge took him.”
Clary -
“I'll just have to change the entry in the demonology textbook from 'almost extinct' to 'not extinct enough for Alec. He prefers his monsters really,really extinct.'”
Jace -
“Are you still mad?”
Jace -
“"'We came to see Jace. Is he alright?' -Clary 'I don't know,' Magnus said. 'Does he normally just lie on the floor like that without moving?'"”
Clary and Magnus - Show all quotations from this book (warning: contains spoilers)
First Sentence
The formidable glass-and-steel structure rose from its position on Front Street like a glittering needle threading the sky.
Table of Contents
Prologue
Part 1: A Season in Hell
1: Valentine's Arrow
2: The Hunter's Moon
3: The Inquisitor
4: The Cuckoo in the Nest
5: Sins of the Fathers
6: City of Ashes
7: The Mortal Sword
Part 2: The Gates of Hell
8: The Seelie Court
9: And Death Shall have no Dominion
10: A Fine and Private Place
11: Smoke and Steel
12: The Hostility of Dreams
13: A Host of Rebal Angels
Part 3: Day of Wrath
14: Fearless
15: The Serpent's Tooth
16: A Stone of the Heart
17: East of Eden
18: Darkness Visible
19: Dies Irae
Epilogue
Series
This is book 2 in the The Mortal Instruments series.
Authors & Contributors
- Cassandra Clare (Author)
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