Queen of Air and Darkness Review
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The good: 0:40
The bad: 21:09
The meh: 31:26
in CoHF, heavenly fire broke the bond between jace and sebastian because it was ultimately an evil bond. in QoAaD, the heavenly fire broke the parabatai bond between emma and julian because they were in love, which makes the bond ‘unholy’. i think heavenly fire completely eradicates anything evil/sinful, so that explains why em and jules’ parabatai runes got affected and not their other runes. jace’s parabatai rune wasn’t affected though, because his relationship with alec is platonic and therefore not unholy. i was confused at first too but it makes more sense when you reread jem’s explanation
Oh
I reasoned it as they turned into the nephilim due to the parabatai bond, so the transformation was sort of an overloading of the parabatai bond, which burned it up as a result.
I don’t think you can say that being in love with your parabatai is sinful/evil though - that’s only an association made by shadowhunter society
damnnnnn thats a very sound reason 👌🏻
Oh my god that makes so much sense
Imagine breaking EVERYONE'S parabatai bond. That would have been such a bold, *bold* move.
Also I’m pretty sure at one point Horace says “I want to make shadowhunters STRONG again”
I was like ...... Cassie ....... sis, just call him Trump and go
Exactly. I literally cringed at that moment
KIT AND TY BELONG TOGETHER AND NO ONE CAN CHANGE MY MIND
PREACH
IF THEY DONT HAPPEN IN THE WICKED POWERS I WILL RIOT
Be prepared to deal with the fact that CC is probably gonna throw them into an unnecessary love triangle or love tetrahedron or whatever else she can do...
Red_Queen_of_Shadow-Hunters And_Crows I disagree I believe they won’t but, we all know ash has a certain crush on dru and I saw another bOoKtUbEr suggest a love triangle of dru, ash and Jaime. The age gap between Jaime and dru is big but it’s not the worst. This is my theory
@@averystokes3068 😂😂Are you really putting it past Cassandra Clare to put Kit and Ty in a love triangle? I don't doubt she'd probably put Jaime, Dru and Ash in a love triangle, and Kit, Ty and some other character in a love triangle. I'm not saying she definitely will, but she might.
She just loves love triangles, it's kind of annoying really 😂
Honestly I was almost more into the Kit and Ty story than the main plot, just because the feeling Ty felt were so raw and real, and Kit is one of my favorite characters to read about, and I feel like he's very underused. The book is a 5 star, but the Emma/Julian stuff got a bit repetative after a while
Spoilers:
One of the most surprising thing about the book for me is how little everybody cares about *losing Alicante*. It's your home. It's your country and Alec and the rest of them are like "ok, Zara, take it, we won't want it anymore, see ya!". Then Alec and Magnus are getting married and everyone is happy... AND IDRIS? People, hello?
Paula Troncoso i think it says pretty early on in the mortal instruments that its mostly older shadowhunters and core members of the clave who live in alicante. Most of the able shadowhunters live in institutes around the world. I doubt any of Alec's generation of shadowhunters (and especially his close friends and family) see alicante as their actual home since they've lived their entire lives in new york/other institutes.
Honestly they’ve all been through hell and back quite literally, so I think they deserve a little happy ending for this book series. There’s another series she’s writing that kit and ty will be the main characters of, so maybe in that book it’ll be resolved or they’ll do something about it.
"Although... I did cry.... on page 2...." A MOOD.
"The good, the bad, and the meh." YAAAAS!! TDA is one of my favorite trilogy, and Cassie is my fave but yes, talk about EVERYTHING. I love your honesty :)
The fact that everything was resolved so conveniently was kind of disappointing, I wanted big drama
Also when Kit told Ty he loved him and we see the scene where Kit is embarrassed about being rejected and felt that Ty didn't care about him and chose to live w Tessa and Jem because of that was heartbreaking.
Malec was so strong in this book I loved it
tbh I think kit and ty were the only two characters done really well. I thought the rest were convenient or cringy, but I liked how we didn't get what we wanted from kit and ty. though we'll see how the next series goes
@@sk8tie Agreed! :)
I totally agree with the anti-climatic ending! It felt like Cassie was building up the curse so much and there was no happy ending in sight, but then everything turned out fine? Emma and Julian didn't have to deal with any repercussions from turning into literal giants and killing people, and they were totally let off the hook by the Clave.
I honestly woud prefer and ending where Emma and Julian were exiled, the tragedy would have been so romantic but i really hope that CC comes with something bigger for TWP beacuse this ending was not her best.
@@gonzalezgalerokatiamariana7167 It would hurt me, but I agree. I wish it was at least more heart-wrenching.
Personally, I would include the Mark-Cristina-Kieran threeway as one of my favorite things about the book. I loved the whole dynamic and chemistry between them.
I feel like, the simplest most basic answer to some of these issues is simply this: It's not actually the end of the story.
It's "common" knowledge that TDA is the lead in to TWP with Kit, Dru and Ty, and I feel as if the things with the Parabatai curse and the giant demons and all that mess (specifically the conversation with Jem/Emma/Julian) felt like a big... WinkWink NudgeNudge moment? Maybe it's just me and I'm completely wrong lol, however it feels as if this was setting up for big things to go down in the finale trilogy, hence the awkward and super unnatural endings to some things that CC may actually be planning to have come back up later.
Alexis Dunham that’s how I feel too
I think this is 100% true, but its also not an explanation. TWP is its own series, not a part of TDA. If Cassie can write TMI in 2 parts with both parts having satisfying endings, then she should be able to do it with two separate series. I get why she did it, I just don't think its justifiable
I definitely agree that this is Cassie’s weakest finale and one of her weakest books. I feel like I wouldn’t have liked is if I wasn’t so attached to the characters and the world.
I agree with you. I love the characters, but this book felt disconected and unnecessarily too long, too many POVs...
Paula Troncoso Diaz I agree too many POV
I agree the only thing I liked in the book was Kit and Ty’s relationship and Mark Kieran and Christina’s relationship
The thing is, I don't feel like this was meant to be a finale at all-there isn't even a real epilogue like Clockwork princess and COHF. I think it was more written as a build up to the wicked powers-cause there was some loose ends. Also I can't wait for the wicked powers( I looooooove kitty and Dru is GODDES)
Agree. The TDA is her weakest series so far in my opinion. I know it’s unpopular but TMI will always be number one for me.
I liked Julian a lot but I thought he was low-key boring in the last book. Also I still wanted the parabatai curse to be more dramatic or ...meaningful or.. idk I still don't even know what that was about. I still love all her books.
I also loved the polyamory aspect with M K and C.
I haven’t even read this series yet and yet I’m still here😂
Piper Grada Same
Sssaaammmmeee
I haven't even started reading the Mortal Instruments series yet, and yet I'm still here, too! 🤣 That being said, one of my reading goals for next year is going to be to read all of the books in the Shadowhunter Chronicles franchise that have been released so far. 😀
Writer6 that’s my goal too! I just tried reading City of Bones but couldn’t get into it at the time but that’s probably because I just got off the KOA emotional roller coaster😂
freaking same lmao
Just finished this tonight! All I can say is - I wish I was Cristina.
The Other Christine That Reads Tea sis, that whole relationship had me so happy
Sarah Barbee sammeee!!!
Loooool
I hate Cristina.
40 minutes with the kinggggggg i have been blessed. better go read the book and come back.
kit and ty's storyline will pick up in the wicked powers so i guess the livvy situation will be discussed and explored more in that trilogy
Okay, I have to ask. Is nobody gonna talk about the Shadowhunter that Julian killed (I can't remember his name for the life of me), that part of the reason why Emma even jump attacked him in the first place was because he was talking about how Dearborn was 'going to give him Dru to play with as a reward'. Is nobody going to talk about how creepy this guy was?
His name was Dane Larkspear
@@lotemylife3006 thank you😊
Thanks you!! Finally someone who talks about that issue, I just saw many booktubers being surprised and not agreeing to the fact that Julian killed him, and I was like "wtf" he basically wanted Dru (a thirteen year old girl) for himself to do things you shouldn't do to a girl that age (or any age whatsoever). I was freaking happy he died, he deserved it
40 minutes from my favorite young Booktuber. *Promptly shuts TV off. Edit: Your Goodreads link seems broken.
He deleted his GR
Why? I love to follow booktubers.
@@TheBibliophilePuzzler he said he was just on there one day and randomly clicked delete account lol I think he felt pressured to read more when he had it or smth
ReadingRapunzel Thanks for letting me know. I am rather curious to know how many books he’s read this year. So far I have read 280.
@@TheBibliophilePuzzler He's read like 15 to 20 books I think lol
Not to be morbid, but I wanted more ppl to die. Like, ik livvy did, but that was lord of shadows. And I felt like the finale needed more. Like, even when Annabel died I felt like it was sooo anticlimactic. Same with KoA, I felt like not enough main characters died. I wanted more from the ending of QoAaD
Same. I expected the book to be way more tragic, and I guess that was one of the many things that let me down. I was really disappointed
i agree. i thought the ending was very underwhelming, and also super drawn out. the ending of this one was super weak.
wait what is "KoA" I'm stupid
@@kristinmarkussen9016 I think it's referring to 'kingdom of ash', the last book in the 'throne of glass' series.
@Mayfia oooh okay thanks, i was trying to think of a cassandra clare book haha
I actually really loved how the book picked up exactly where lord of shadows left off and I thought it was a really strong move on cassie's part. I think seeing the direct aftermath served to plunge you headfirst into the story and sustain the really emotional and raw atmosphere that the last book ended with. Personally I feel like skipping ahead in time at all would have glazed over the emotional impact, and the fact that cassie didn't do that at all made Livvy's death and the aftermath much more real and powerful.
I actually loved that Cassie went into detail about the characters grief.Just saying people are sad is easy but to actually show it is better
I couldn't stop laughing when you were figuring out how to say Thule 😂😂😂
Okay, but when Michael Wayland appeared as a ghost at the funeral and went to support Maryse and say goodbye to his parabatai was beautiful. Especially when Kit just knew who he was, just from the way that Michael looked at Robert. That was one of the highlights of the book, it just gave Robert and Michael a really nice ending :)
ALRIGHT KIDS, listen, because here's how I interpreted this parabatai curse resolve-thing: Emma and Jules became angels, right? If you look it up, the biblical Nephilim is often interpreted as "fallen angels", and I would have no doubt that that was what Cassie was trying to get across, you know? Maybe not fallen angels, but angels of some kind. Literally everyone on that battlefield was like "o shit they angels" when that Mess happened, right? Okayokayokay so, angels are filled with the heavenly fire, and so that was what burned throughout Ems and Jules. And what other character has also been filled with God Flames in the past?? Jace "I'm A Pervert, Just Last Week I Asked Clary To Buy Me-" Herondale. Soooo Cassie tends to write in a specific formula, and I noticed something when it came to heavenly fire. When it's used, there's normally something that it destroys. Mostly an "unholy" spell/bond, since the fire is heavenly, right? It was said by the Queen that the parabatai curse was "evil in nature" or whatever the fuck, and obviously the bond between Jace and Seb was a Whole Ass Sin. So it would make sense that the curse on Em and Jules would be broken after being drowned in holy fire. But what takes the fire out of them? The love of another (example, Clary for Jace and the Blackthorn family for Em/Jules). Since everyone in the past was terrified of two parabatai's falling in love and becoming giants, no one probably thought "dang we should, like, be loving o whatever" and just let them burn and/or die. And because angels run on heavenly fire, it makes a lot of sense that once it was taken out of them, Em/Jules would go back to being humans. And without their parabatai bond.
idk, just how I thought it went, I could be like, 1000000% INCORRECT on this lol.
this is also what I thought!! also sebastian was killed with heavenly fire burning all the bad in him,,, and since he was mainly bad, the bitch died.... so since the bond is flawed bc Jonathan Shadowhunter made it the fire just tweeted out of emma and julian
im thinking jace and alec's parabatai bond lived through bc only one entity was mildly stabbed with heavenly fire.
Wow I think you're definitely correct! I was so confused as to why only the parabatai rune got burnt off and all the other permanent runes were still there so this definitely makes sense since it was considered to be "evil in nature". I just wish Cassie had explained it a bit more
Emma Dennin legit don’t care if you’re not accurate because whatever you said just made sense to me! I thank you
I have nothing to add to this comment other than HI EMMA
@@maddywritesbooks HI!
Speaking about Livvy, I think Cassie saved this plot for TWP. That might also be why in the end Kit and Ty were separeted, I feel like we will have to wait to see how this will turn out
Please correct me if I’m wrong but, I think the reason their parabatai runes got destroyed was because the fire they had when they were giants was heavenly fire. heavenly fire burns away things that are bad (especially bonds/ties I think) i.e in CoLS when it cut the tie between Jace and Sebastian. I think because being parabatai was a bad thing for Jules and Emma (as it stopped them from being together) it broke their parabatai tie, destroying their runes. Kinda like how it broke Jem’s silent brother tie, as he never really wanted to be a silent brother. Hope this helped but I’m not sure how correct it is lol
FINALLY, someone appreciates the Thule section! People either say it's cheesy, or they don't like it the atmosphere or that they didn't like the character stories inversed. I FREAKIN' LOVED IT!!!
Yayyyy I’ve been waiting for this! I definitely agree with you on this being the weakest CC finale thus far, though is really sad because this was her strongest series to date
Totally agree with you about the scene breaks. I really think Cassie shouldn't have included so many povs, it was starting to get emotionally confusing at points bc I couldn't stay with one plot line for more than 2 pages. But overall it was a good book! Also *whispers* Ash is not the first heir, that's Kit's ancestor, he's both a descentant of the lost Herondale and the first heir...
correct me if i’m wrong but didn’t kieran try to break up with mark and christina when he became king and they kinda broke up for a moment until christina asked adaon to give his cottage to them?
Yeah he did. He also said that he didn't know how Christina got to the tower, but she was also with Adaon, so maybe he just forgot about that character all together.
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Definitely agree about the constant section breaks jolting me out of the story. I think the reason the Thule section was so awesome was because there was no cutting to any of the other characters while Julian and Emma were there. We got to concentrate on them and this new world for a little while and *then* we cut to other characters once the Thule plot points were resolved.
I'm hella late BUT finally someone agrees with me about the Mark/Cristina/Kierian dynamic. I never liked Kierian and I thought making him lose his memory in LoS was a lazy attempt to redeem is character. Also Mark and Cristina had the best chemistry in my opinion, Kierian had toxic energy.
I was cringing so hard for most of that book. Emma and Julian’s relationship is the stupidest thing. They can’t keep their hands off each other, Emma won’t stop moaning and Julian is a creep.
Alec is not the Inquisitor, he's the Consul
Lotemy Life we’re all so proud like oh my gods he deserved thatttt
KIERARKTINA is weird to some people but I love them😂
@@user-cg3vw1rf4i I thought that relationship becoming canon was meh. And I do not classify myself as a closed-minded person. I would have had no problems with it if Kieran and Cristina's feelings had been more fluid throughout the series, because the way it read from the beginning I see she was curious about him, which somehow turned into desire in QOAAD but the notion of her loving him romantically on an equal level to Mark just didn't get across to me no matter how it was written in QOAAD. I could see that CC wanted us to understand that it was this great love between 3 people but I felt like Cristina's original thoughts about love shown in LM and what she showed between her and Kieran in LOS + QOAAD contradicted that. I could understand the complexity of the love and emotions shown in dialogue between Mark and Cristina and the ways in which their love had developed over the books. However, the Cristina/Kieran side of the threesome wasn't developed enough which is why it felt like to me that the pairing was bluetacted on.
It's not necessarily that all people who share my opinion of disliking Kierarktina all are closed-minded and whatnot, some like me aren't. I can't wait for Kitty in TWP. However, QOAAD is not CC's best book. It's written beautifully, however, it is full of plot holes and as the last book of a series it was not very conclusive. One of CC's plot holes was definitely Kierarktina, it was underdeveloped, whereas others weren't such as Marktina, Blackstairs or Kierark.
@@DelenaStberry No it wasn't underdeveloped. It was obvious that that was going to happen in Lord of Shadows. The dancing scene? Kieran's just general fascination with Cristina? Cristina stopping hating Kieran and beginning to admire him? The only reason you're surprised is because you weren't expecting it. It was set up perfectly.
@@DelenaStberry Well, it's interesting, isn't it? For example, my favorite character from TDA (besides Kit and Emma)is Kieran, and in Lord of Shadows, I was very happy reading Cristina respecting him in ways that Mark did not (Kieran commited a mistake in LM, but for me, it was never that deep. At least not enough to say he was abusive or something like that). I understand their first kiss in QOOAD was a little bit rushed, but in all honesty, I was happy reading about them. Now, if we are talking about romance in CC books and books in general... well, I would say my favorite pairing off CC'S books is Blackstairs. I believed their love scenes because they truly know each other for real. Emma and Julian literally broke themselves and found their way back to each other. But her other otps like Clace or Wessa or whatever... they are forced in some sense for they just love each other so easily and fast.
Also, I didn't mean that people not liking Kierarktina is wrong or something like that. Like, you think they were undeveloped and that's valid. But I saw some comments that said they were weird or gross because they were three people loving each other which makes no sense in my opinion. I agree with you on Kitty though! They are going to love each other so much.
I accepted it haha but when I read about it, I can't just help think that while two are kissing and the other is just staring and it looks awkward for me
Linda I agree! I also thought that since the faeries are clearly supposed to be a metaphor for real-world racism, then Christina moving to LA just because she‘s interested in faerie culture, then watching two faerie boys make out when they don’t know she’s there, then somehow dating both of them (even tho her and Kieran had no chemistry??) was extremely fetishy and somehow no one’s mentioned it at all. Like I know Cassandra Clare’s books in general have been catering more and more to gay fetishizers, but to have that and a racial fetish all in one poorly written package? I hated it honestly, and I also don’t consider myself close-minded, even tho people treat everyone who dislikes this ship as if they are
cassie focusing sm on clace in qoaad & then giving them TDAs epilogue plus LM'S epilogue. like...couldn't they have at least ended they're own series? or maybe even an intro w kitty into TWP?... i used to love clace but their so over used & bland at this point. even the malec wedding could've been in TEC as much as i loved them it could've been done better in TEC. Tmi characters had an entire series, extra novellas, appreances in every book, all bigger than TDAs series yet...she focused on praising them throughout the entire book rather than focus current characters. then cassie used thule as an out to bring back evil jace & to revive the clace storyline going into yet ANOTHER new series, TWP.. like..? im not usually salty but im so salty that I'll still have to read them as mains in a whole ass new series skskak. its as if she was so stuck on tmi/clace characters that she didn't even properly develop TDA storylines and rushed them. kiertina was forced bc the lack of chemistry/development to readers, so it was like "ok youre dating cool ig?"
the parabatai curse definitely needed more explaining, repercussions and development and THAT bothered me as much as tmi/clace having such big roles. they deserved soo much better than being robbed of a proper conclusion to their story. so when i re-read qoaad i cant help but get annoyed by the unnecessary TMI povs/storylines when that all could've easily been the page time to help explain and add TDA parts. Tmi storylines bothered me more than all of thule bc at least in thule it gave julian a chance to grieve. although thule was mainly about bringing back clace too smh lol. im honestly dreading clace being a big part of TWP and im almost certain she'll give them a bigger role than blackstairs and kierarktina which is so laughable at this point. haline was also wasted being the only w/w relationship it was...weak. and the fact that there'll be 10 TLH shortstories & ANOTHER clace gotsm novella is just-like really? lmao she even gave diana & diego shorter povs than clace & malec when she could've made their storylines stronger. this all lowkey turns me off of TSC/her writing. TDA fans were so robbed im laughing and crying at the same time. the characters of TDA are amazing, the author & her co writers just didn't seem to appreciate them enough
I literally skipped the clace epilogue because I am so sick of them
This is so thorough?? Like I know nothing of this series but I will watch any review you post dude. Quality content.
30:43 magnus does tell ty that livvy's ghost would be forever tie to him, we dont really know the reason why but im pretty sure cassie said that we will learn more about the repercussions of the necromancy in the wicked powers
I think this was the weakest of her endings (ie. just a rehashed city of heavenly fire) HOWEVER i would die for tiberius blackthorn
I totally agree about the ending being pretty anticlimactic. I guess it didn’t bother me all that much because the Emma/Julian stuff was always my least favourite part of the series tbh, I never really cared that much about what happened with their relationship. Like I love them and I love their relationships with everyone else, but I wasnt really all that bothered about how their story resolved as long as everyone else was happy tbh 🤷🏼♀️
I have to disagree about Kieran mark and Christina though. I thought their relationship was really well developed because throughout the entire series there were little character moments where their bond grows and I honestly didn’t really think it would happen and it made me so happy that the three of them ended up together. I can’t really think of any other example where I’ve seen a properly explored and healthy poly relationship and it made my heart very very happy to read about.
Like that one part, I can’t remember the quote and I can’t find it but basically they were talking about how Christina helps the two of them connect better emotionally and helps Kieran understand marks human side, and Mark helps Christina relate to Kieran because she struggled a bit with that earlier on, and basically all three of them work so well as a unit because they all bring out something in the other two that made them all better. I honestly cried reading that part because I just loved it so much and love those three so much.
Is it just me or Annabel didn’t deserve the cover
I am so glad that I am not alone in the QOAAD feeling. Loved the review!
I feel like I really like qoaad, but Los is still my favourite in the series. Tbh this might be my least favourite of Cassie’s series (which may be an unpopular opinion), just because I wasn’t as invested in the characters and the romances. The only characters I really loved were the younger ones, who weren’t really even mains since they’re getting their own trilogy. And also Mark, but I feel his personal growth was greatly overshadowed by his romance plot unfortunately. I still loved this series and it definitely has many positives though. Tbh I was hoping that either Julian or Emma would die or get stripped of their marks, but I know that Cassie’s endings are pretty happy usually.
I agree about the ending part. I still loved the book and gave it 5 stars but I was waiting for an epic ending or some huge fall out because of the parabatai bond, but everything was resolved too easily.
I read this book and I absolutely agree with you especially on the writing and characters. She writes her characters very well and they are very memorable
The three-way dating thing is from a handful of people who don't like love triangles and say "why not just be poly" but most people don't enjoy that dynamic so it comes off as a disappointing cop-out. It's not backed up by what readers buy and enjoy, just some people trying to pretend they're woke somehow online by justifying polygamy. Authors really need discernment when deciding whether to listen to reader input or not.
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It's not a love triangle it's a Polyamorous relationship and I thought it was really well done and beautiful. I agree with you about the bond thing though it could've been a lot more exciting.
When you said Kit and Ty. . . I thought you said kitten-tie. Like a tiny tie a cat would wear. My mind's a little too whimsical today. Sounded like it though.
I haven't read any of these books. Obviously. Still enjoyed your review. Keep up the good work!
I honestly enjoyed your review more than the book 😂
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WAS HORACE BLONDE?
WHAT?
I READ ALL THE BOOKS IMAGINING HIM WITH BROWN HAIR AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING HE BLONDE?
Valeria Nicole Perez I KNOW RIGHT LIKE WHAT LE FUCK
Same
FINALLY SOMEONE WHO APPRICIATES AND LOVES JULIAN AS MUCH AS I DO
Cristina and Kieran (idk if I’m spelling that right) had a very insta-love relationship in Lord if Shadows, and he actually did break up w them. The cottage was Cristina’s idea bc that’s where she went to get Kieran’s brothers help (I don’t know his name) to free Emma and Julian and people.
I love these videos because they always seem to come out when I’m in a reading slump and your in-depth review throws me right out of my slump and into a new book! Love the video!!!
I LOVED THE THRUPPLE THAT WAS MARK KEIREN AND CHRISTINA
the biggest meh are: the cover, the title of the book and the title of the series. they had nothing to do with the story!!!
The Dark Artifices is the title of the series. We find out in this book that The Dark Artifices is another name for The Black Volume of the Dead. The Black Volume of the Dead is the driving force behind this entire series. Every single antagonist either owned it, or was fighting over it. Ty's subplot in this book was also massively tied up with The Dark Artifices.
The Queen of Air and Darkness is Annabel. Annabel instigated the events of this book, and killing her was Julian and Emma's driving motivation. So much so that Horace uses an illusion to bring her back to freak them out. She is also on the cover of the book.
I personally think that Queen of Air and Darkness is referring to The Seelie Queen because she is so sinister and dark in this series (and in the others but to a lesser extent)
@@jennareadsalot9153 no. It was said in the book that the people of Thule called Annabel the Queen of Air and Darkness. I can see at the time why it could've been the Seelie Queen as well tho. She definitely got more pages than the girl who's literally on the cover and named after two books in the series did
Omg YASSSS I just love your channel so freaking much! I actually look forward to Tuesdays!!!!!! I'm watching this video instead of studying for mid-terms 😂 no regrets
Kieran and Cristina have like one scene Together and then they loved each other ???????¿??
100% AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID! Glad I'm not alone in these same thoughts. I still really enjoyed it! But it wasn't my fave.
Lol. I'm with you on the Keiran thing and the being WAY too long thing. There were just parts that didn't need to be as drawn out as they were. I think this might be the first CC finale that I haven't put down thinking, "That was a perfect book". I liked it, but the dragging things out thing really hurt my rating.
I know a bad thing
KIT FLIPPING LEFT TY
Florence Gregory i’m four months late but...that shit made me so mad
**brushes hair out of face**
i am fucking disapointed in kit like WHAT THE FUCK?
I always thought Cortana would cut the parabatai bond (because they mention a lot that ot can cut through anything) and I was really dissapointed it wasn't that??? I don't know why but...
Yeah
you should collab with another booktuber and switch genres for a day/week! no talking about your fave books and you can only read books in their fave genre! just an idea :^)
I hope her next series will follow Kit because he was kinda underused and there is still a lot of unanswered questions around him. It felt as if that was what she was hinting at, with the whole first heir sub-plot that left more questions than answers
A 40 minute Caleb video?! YES PLEASE. I'M READY
I believe this is the worst final book Cassandra has written. The ending was way too predictable and generic for me. It didnt need to be a 900-paged book.
idk if this is gonna make sense, bur I think I would've liked it more if this was two separate books. I could've had one book until they escaped Thule and then the second book with the actual "war" part with the nephilim. A few of the things should've been explained more and the scenes felt shortened
I wholeheartedly agree with you about Mark, Kieran, and Christina. I just felt like it was very forced...yikes. I also didn’t like this third book as much as Cassie Clare’s other finales !! but hey it was still GOLDENNN
I dnf't Lady Midnight Blut i also watched Hannahs Review of Ooad and now i am here and its really fun! Caleb, you are really cool!
1:29 *book falls over*
3:00 book is safe good job
My friend and I were hoping that Clary would help with the parabatai bond. We both thought it would be super cool if she was able to make a rune for Julian and Emma that would counteract the curse or create a new parabatai rune for Emma and Julian, without the repercussions because of their love. I also think the bond breaking was a cop out and stupid.
Coming in hot after finishing QoAaD. I have no friends that read, so here I am. Thanks for coming through.
I was waiting for Kit to kiss Ty, but. Guess we gotta wait many angsty years until The Wicked Powers.
Thank you for putting it back up!!!
I finished the book last night, so some info is still fresh in my mind. “It is said the only thing that can break the Parabatai bond is death, or having one of the people turn into a vampire, or that stripping your marks and becoming a mundane.” (Page 595) So when Emma got stabbed by Zara, I thought oh shit, she’s going to die and then the bond will break and then somehow she’ll come back. But I guess she never died, it was the heavenly fire that burned the marks off and broke the bond. As for Livvy, I believe Magnus told Ty that her ghost is tied to him. So she is stuck. I also was sad when we didn’t get closure with Ty and Kit, hopefully a novella will come out or potentially another series to explore that. 😭 There’s so much that can be explored with Kit living with Tessa and Jem and the new baby. Also Ty wanting to attend the Scholomance, and the possibility that something bad could happen to him because he did the spell, and dark magic is hardly forgiving. This book was a five stars for sure! I love this series and I love these characters! I want to see more of them (the Blackthorns and co.) Hopefully we’ll see them pop up again, just like we’ve seen Clace and co and Jem and Tessa pop up in this series. I’m going to miss the Blackthorns, Emma, Christina, Mark, and Kiernan. 😍😍
loved this review! i think this book’s downfall is it’s length. the book was so long and so much of it could’ve been cut out (like the first 200 pages could’ve been condensed) and a lot of the book fell flat?? some of the plot points just weren’t doing it for me and they sometimes felt predictable. anyways i gave this book a 3.75/5. i still definitely enjoyed it tho
I had the exact conversation about how the bond breaks with someone who hasn’t read the books loool
I've been hoping for you to do this! Thank you, Caleb! :)
I was also really disappointed with the ending... cop out
Just finished this tonight and promptly started watching this video
Mmkay so I also felt that there were certain things, particularly with Kit/Ty/Livvy and such that weren't wrapped up well, which is basically because there's going to be the sequel trilogy The Wicked Powers which is going to centre around the younger Blackthorns (also whatever the heck was going on with Ash in the Epilogue I guess??), which is not good, but explains why things didn't get addressed?
Also I found it rlly interesting that you like the Thule section bc it was my least favourite bit. Hmmmmm.
I started reading this book a couple nights ago, last night I sat from 7pm till 4AM finishing it. It was absolutely addictive I think I was hallucinating by the time I finished.
okay i'll be real i've never read a single book from this series but caleb is honestly the funniest booktuber around like? i'm just excited to have a 40 minute video from him i just don't care whether or not i have any idea about what he's talking about
I feel like as a finale this is Cassandra Clare’s weakest. Clockwork Princess was wrapped up nicely and even though Emma and Julian were introduced in CoHF the questions we had were still resolved. But in this one I felt like rather than giving a satisfying ending Clare decided to set up stuff for the Wicked Powers with there being turmoil between Kit and Ty and Livvy’s ghost not really being explained. I like that we get more series within this world, but I wish she’d concentrate on wrapping up the series she’s already started instead of dropping plot points and problems in a finale where things are supposed to be resolved.
ahhh i’m still in the middle of reading QOAaD but i’m watching this as soon as i finish
40 MINUTES I'M DOWN FOR IT *wrapping myself up in my blanket with my tea and my cat*
(also I could listen to you read the dictionnary and enjoy it)
I found the multiple POVs really interesting
I clap when ever Captian America shows up in anything
You make alot of good points that I didn't really think about until you actually pointed it out. And it's fine if you skim through the details everyone watching your videos has most likely finished or is finishing the book. We already know the details. Wonderful video.
I swear to god, I enjoyed this impromptu review because YOU'RE LIKE THE ONLY BOOKTUBER WHO ACTUALLY GETS WHY JULIAN DID WHAT HE DID , the moment you were pro-Julian I screamed I LOVE you
Take a shot everytime he says 'cop-out' 😂
40 minutes 👏👌 guess who's skipping work tmrw 😂😂😂
Thank you for another awesome review video, Caleb! I know you mentioned being busy until the new year, so it was exciting to see an message about a video from you.
That point about jace having heavenly fire in him and not breaking his Parabatai bind is excellent! I never even thought about that, wow
I really enjoyed your review and feel the same as you do for the intro and the jumping around so much. I really hate that she is making these books so connected! I really wish that she would let Jace be happy cause the ending of this book obviously means that will not happen and what Kit/Ty are supposed to fix crap in the next trilogy. I think I want to be done!!😭
this book should have been split into two, the finale of the 3rd book being jemma coming back from thule
I agree that the ending with the "true nephilim" was pretty rocky. It would've been a good full-circle moment if somewhere either earlier in TDA or mentioned in one of the previous series, that true Nephilim existed. But still, it's never explained how it relates to the parabatai bond, or how it works in the history with Jonathan Shadowhunter and all that...
One thing that really took me out of the story were Kit and Ty's scenes. They seemed very choppy, and I felt like reading them was ultimately useless because I knew they weren't going to be able to bring Livvy back. I love them as characters, and I understand their motivations for what they did, and I know it's probably all a setup for TWP. And I loved the scene at the end by the lake where Kit tries to stop Ty from completing the spell. But their story seemed like it dragged out too much, and a lot of their scenes were the same thing over and over again.
Ultimately, I enjoyed the book and I also gave it 5 stars because the book gave me lots of feelings, but it wasn't perfect by any means. Sorry for the rambling comment!