To love is to destroy, to be loved is to be the one destroyed

Three books down for the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare. I was able to finish City of Bones, Ashes and Glass in a week, but I could have done it in days if only I'm on vacation. Anyway, buying the set was worth it. I love the series even though it reminded me somehow of Harry Potter only more mature in content, the series screams of the author-is-an-otaku of some sort and that there was a twist that I was actually expecting to happen - the only question is how. 

Why Harry Potter? It felt like HP to me, only instead of wizards, there were Shadowhunters; Mundanes instead of muggles; Valentine instead of Voldemort. Isn't Voldemort once a great wizard who had his own opinions for their world so he assembled a group of his own and tried to change and rule the wizarding world? Well, Valentine is not really that different. He was a great Shadowhunter who also had his own opinions and plans and therefore made his own group and tried to rule and change Idris.

I'm not saying being an otaku is bad, and that the author being an otaku is a bad thing. I'm actually also an otaku once and maybe until now, sometimes. It's just one of the things that I noticed in  the series which I think somehow influenced the author in writing it. And for the nth time, I'm saying that it was not a bad thing. The moment I was able to realize that Magnus likes Alec, the word yaoi suddenly popped in my head. And then I wasn't planning to react with the incestuous love between Jace and Clary, but after citing Angel Sanctuary (the one that Sebastian was reading which was actually Max's), my eyes narrowed.  

Angels in love; sibling angels in love; the incestuous relationship of Setsuna and Sara... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Anyway, no more comment about that. I somehow adore forbidden love. ~wink

And then there's the twist that I've been waiting ever since I realized that Jace is Clary's brother. It just felt wrong - them being brother and sister. I thought it would be cruel for the author to make the reader fall in love with Jace and Clary and then disappoint everyone in the end because they were not really meant for each other. I just couldn't imagine Jace falling in love with someone else so he would be able to move on. Or  maybe Jace dying in the end so Clary won't have any choice but to move on - sorry for the wild imagination. That's why I've been waiting for the twist. I was actually expecting that in the end, it would turn out that they're not really brother and sister. The only question is how.

And then after I learned about Stephen and Celine Herondale, after I learnd that Celine was 8 months pregnant when she died, somehow it crossed my mind that the baby might not have died. That there is a possibility that the baby was saved by someone. Then when Imogen died, and she whispered something to Jace, it gave me an idea that Imogen realized something about Jace's scar and his true identity. That was when it dawned to me that Jace could be the Herondale baby. And so, the only thing that I've been waiting is for Valentine to confirm it and how he did it. And I was  right!!! Yey, Jace and Clary forever!

After writing those things, it seemed like the series is too predictable. But overall, I still like it. I actually hope that there would be a movie. I hope it would be as dark and as gory as the  book portrays. And that Jace would really be hot. LoL. I would be looking forward for the action and special effects. ^^

As for the ending, it was just sad that Max died. I hope he did not. He's too young. Anyway, I really did not enjoy the ending that much because I thought that the series is not done yet. I mean, Clare meant the series to end with City of Glass. But I did  not know about that until now so I was expecting for a cliffhanger at the end while reading CoG because of CoFA. I never read about what CoFA would be about so I was expecting that their problems are not yet over. That Valentine would still be alive in the end despite the angel killing him and I have a very great feeling that Sebastian is also alive somewhere and is already making his own army of sorts. Anyway that's my own stupidity. 

Looking forward for  the next 3 books and also for Infernal Devices...