Cassandra Clare's Complete Collection (For NOW... Muahahaha!)

So, as many of you know, the last book in the Mortal Instruments, City of Heavenly Fire, was released on May 27th. And while it was the end of TMI, we'll be seeing more of the Shadowhunter series soon, with the release of Lady Midnight, the first of the Dark Artifices in 2015. Cassandra Clare has also said that there will be a series called the Last Hours, which is set in 1903 and deals with the generation after the Infernal Devices. The series takes it's name from Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, and the direct quote (which is straight from Cassie's website) is this:

You have been in every line I have ever read, since I first came here, the rough common boy whose poor heart you wounded even then. You have been in every prospect I have ever seen since — on the river, on the sails of the ships, on the marshes, in the clouds, in the light, in the darkness, in the wind, in the woods, in the sea, in the streets. You have been the embodiment of every graceful fancy that my mind has ever become acquainted with. The stones of which the strongest London buildings are made, are not more real, or more impossible to be displaced by your hands, than your presence and influence have been to me, there and everywhere, and will be. Estella, to the last hours of my life, you cannot choose but remain part of my character, part of the little good in me, part of the evil. — Great Expectations, Charles Dickens

The Last Hours series is to have three books, as with the Infernal Devices, called Chain of Thorns, Chain of Gold, and Chain of Iron, which is also a reference to Great Expectations.
("Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think how different its course would have been. Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.” — Great Expectations)

Cassie's website also says that the books will interconnect with The Dark Artifices trilogy as two separate trilogies that are also the stories of Blackthorns, Herondales, and Carstairs, much like TMI and The Infernal Devices interconnected despite taking place in different time periods and locations. The exact order of publication isn't decided yet. Lady Midnight will be the next Shadowhunter book coming out, though. And least ye forget, The Bane Chronicles, which is coming out November 11th in a complete collection. You can, however, buy the separate e-Books, but I'm waiting until they're released on paperback. There is The Shadowhunter's Codex as well. 

I, for one, am excited about the new books, though I am sad that The Mortal Instruments is over. Though, Cassie says that we might see some of the characters in the Dark Artifices, but they aren't main characters. Alas, either way, it's sure to be heart-stoppingly excellent.. 

Cassandra Clare's "The Mortal Instruments", "The Infernal Devices", and "The Shadowhunter's Codex" (though you can't see it very clearly) completed and proudly displayed on my bookshelf 

When A Book Is Made Into A Movie: Pet Peeves

So, we all love seeing our favorite books on the big screen, right? I know that as a child, some of the first movies that I remember watching are the Lord of the Rings trilogy (though it scared me at the time!) and the Harry Potter movies (the Fourth 1 also scared me!). It was after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (the book) was released that I started reading the series, and I was about 11 years old. I remember that it took me a while to read them the first time around, but I loved them. I cried during the 6th book when Dumbledore died, and I cried during the 7th book. Luckily, I still had a while to go before the last of the movies were released, so my "Potter days" were long from over, as I'd only just been introduced to the fabulous world of Harry Potter.
Now, this is not a Harry Potter post. I love the movies and the books, and I was so sad when it ended, but Hogwarts will always be there to welcome me home. (That's a direct quote from J.K Rowling). This post is about movie pet peeves. Now, we all have them, especially when said movie is based on a book. If you're like me, you read the book before the movie comes out. So, you know what they leave out and what they add in and what they don't.

My biggest pet peeves are:

• When they make a really good book into a movie, and the movie is really cheesy and silly and all around bad. (For example, Beautiful Creatures. Yes, the cast, in my mind, was perfect. But it was the complete opposite of the book! I loved the book, but the movie kind of made it look bad.)
• Focusing too much on the romance. Okay, I'm a female. I do like romance. Do I want romance in every flipping scene? No. Do I want them to say "Oh, I love you," after they've known each other for only a few days? Absolutely not. Because that's not realistic. I hate the insta-love thing. I can handle it in a book, especially if it's well written, but I hate it on the big screen. It's just cheesy. 
• When things aren't properly explained. Alright, I've not seen too much of this, as book-made-movies are usually okay at trying to explain it, especially when not everyone's read the books, but I'd like to know the hows and the whys. Like, they could've explained the Horcruxes and Dumbledore and Ariana alot more in the movies, but they didn't. They could've shown a bit more of Neville's parents. They could've told us about Voldemort's mother. People who'd read the books knew that, but the non-readers didn't. They were probably confused. 

Now, I could go on and on. But it's getting late, and my eyes are starting to hurt from looking at my computer screen. So, I should be off to bed. Just a friendly reminder, The Fault in Our Stars will be in theatres June 6! So lets wear orange and bring along some Kleenex. :( 

City of Heavenly Fire!! (& Info about The Dark Artifices)

So this post really doesn't need an explanation. For all you Shadowhunters out there, you've all been waiting as long as I have for today (May 27th).
At last, after months and months of suffering, re-reads, and snippets that broke our fangirl hearts, City of Heavenly Fire has finally been released!
I was so excited when I woke up this morning and realized that today, TODAY, I could finally get my hands on the book that I had been waiting since last year (when City of Lost Souls came out and I read it in like three days) for.
I just about cried when my Mom gave it to me. And proceeded to stare at it with wonder for the rest of the car ride, barely able to hold back from starting it. Several hours later, as I write this, the book sits next to me on my bed. I'm already 399 pages in, and let me tell you- it's been one heck of a ride so far. Epic. I will not spoil anything as of yet, though, and my full review will come later, but I just wanted to post today and celebrate the release of the book. Some of you lucky people got the book delivered a day early, but every moment of waiting so far has been entirely worth it for me.

Alas, the last epic book in the series that began with City of Bones, has finally been released. It is with a great sadness that I read my book, knowing that it will be a while before we hear of the badass Shadowhunters again. For fear not, dear Shadowhunters, there will be more! Cassandra Clare plans to write several "Shadowhunter" chronicles, and the next series, which will take place in Los Angeles five years after the events of City of Heavenly Fire, has been named.

The Dark Artifices. 

It will be released in 2015, starting with "Lady Midnight". Here is a summary of "Lady Midnight".

Los Angeles, 2012. 
It's been five years since the events of the Mortal Instruments when Nephilim stood poised on the brink of oblivion and Shadowhunter Emma Carstairs lost her parents. After the blood and violence she witnessed as a child, Emma has dedicated her life to the eradication of demons and being the best, fastest and deadliest Shadowhunter since Jace Lightwood. Raised in the Los Angeles Institute, Emma is paired as a parabati with her best friend, Julian. As Emma hunts those who caused the death of her parents, the trail they're following leads back to those they've always been taught to trust. At the same time, Emma is falling in love with Julian-- her closest friend, and because he is her parabati, the one person in the world she's forbidden by Shadowhunter Law to love. Set against the glittering backdrop of present day Los Angeles, Emma must learn to trust her head and her heart as she investigates a demonic plot that stretches from the warlock-run nightclubs of the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica. 

Okay. So, that sounds pretty epic. 'Course we've got about a year to wait, probably longer seeing as how Clare likes to torture us. But, in the meantime, we can be tortured by the amazingness that is City of Heavenly Fire, and (hopefully) the City of Ashes movie, starring Jamie Campbell Bower as Jace and Lily Collins as Clary.

My Copy of City of Heavenly Fire.

Review of City of Heavenly Fire will come soon. Probably in a week or two, once I re-read it and fully grasp everything that happened in this 733 page book of epicness. Yes, I realize the word "epic" was used several times in this post. Sorry. I can't help it. I always use "epic" when describing a Cassandra Clare novel.. Anyway, in the meantime, feel free to sound off in the comments your thoughts about this book, and what you think of the Dark Artifices. :)