➰ Shadowhunters retold by someone who's never watched or read it (feat. Emmmabooks)

In this video, Emma (the Number 1 Shadowhunters fan) shows me (an imbecile) a series of photos and videos from the City of Bones movie. I summarize the plot using only the materials provided, then react to the actual story. The plot twist leaves me shaken to my core.
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BUSINESS INQUIRIES
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[@averyjeanne]

Cindy’s retelling is more accurate than the TV show.

[@withcindy]

ive never even watched the show but i felt this burn

[@CottonCookie]

OMG LMAOOO

[@st4rb0y333]

Avery Wilder IM SOBBING

[@libraryofautum7761]

It REALLY was more accurate. The show is painful to watch

[@emmmabooks]

HXCMMLIGXXSDGNLPGDSTN

[@andyyyk]

"i guess the brunette guy is gay"
cindy's gaydar is the type of gaydar i need in my life

[@withcindy]

just 1 look and i knew

[@andyyyk]

readwithcindy you're so talented

[@womananimalartist5676]

Ttrrr

[@womananimalartist5676]

@@andyyyk nwkw

[@sunflower2187]

@@withcindy that's iconic

[@maddog6041]

Either Cindy is very intuitive or shadow hunters is extremely predictable

[@withcindy]

or emma and i are GREAT partners

[@youcanshutup3575]

Lol its predictable cyz ive never read it or watched it and i could tell what was gonna happen lol

[@katemarkham440]

both?

[@ninasfelicillow3228]

yes

[@PikachuBolt10029]

Both with mixed of those two working very well together.

[@enmanueltoribio4959]

MY THEORY:
Cindy was Cassandra's ghostwriter and the things she got "Wrong" in this are actually thing she wrote but Cassandra changes. But Cindy got so mad because her version was Superior so she made this video.
I HAVE NO PROOFS BUT I ALSO HAVE NO DOUBTS.

[@withcindy]

i cannot confirm nor deny this

[@internetghost469]

Well damn
😂

[@tofutrash8903]

I know this is an old comment, but I’m stealing the phrase “I have no proofs but I also have no doubts”

[@eloisearthrell2832]

we do know Cindy can write.

[@staciedubz]

"I liked him better when I didn't hear him" me with every dude I've ever met.

[@withcindy]

SAME

[@internetghost469]

Stacie May FACTZ

[@bucephaluses]

the way emma stares off into the screen every time cindy gets something dead on......... i’m SCREAMING

[@withcindy]

her inner voice be like "how the FUCK......"

[@AuthorAKLim]

Wow what an iconic duo omg
The title of this video should be "Cindy exposing YA tropes for 45 minutes straight"

[@withcindy]

and i oop

[@amsardina11]

D-Did Cindy... write the Mortal Instruments series?

[@withcindy]

thats the REAL plot twist

[@emmmabooks]

Cindy I can’t stop laughing!!!!! You did so amazing it’s ridiculous!!!! You’re like psychic or something!!!!!!!!

[@withcindy]

you did an amazing job putting together the right pics/videos for context!! and summed up a 28403-book series REALLY succinctly lmao. thanks for the fun times 🤡

[@ABeeKnee]

this is a pretty good testament to how cookie cutter the mortal instruments was 😂

[@JackedThor-so]

@@ABeeKnee yeah, I tried rereading it recently and couldn't get through book 1 even 😫

[@ABeeKnee]

@@JackedThor-so I read up to book 5 my first go through and stopped. It would've been fine if it was a trilogy, but at some point who cares about Jace and Clary. I liked the prequel books but the ending was... lacking

[@LaFlor718]

I just found this channel and will be checking yours out ASAP, but I gotta know... where did you get that sweater?!? I need a dupe or something. And your nails are amazing too!

[@AK-ms6wx]

the content booktube never asked for but DESERVESS

[@withcindy]

it's not what booktube needs, but it's what you deserve

[@AK-ms6wx]

@@withcindy reason 12243255 why you are one of the best people on this platform

[@ohohnenyeoo2654]

readwithcindy i love you.

[@ashleyjoyes4425]

Yesss

[@emmapierce6659]

emma looking into the camera like the office every time cindy is correct

[@bellsduarte3707]

"I liked him better when I didn't hear him" me with every boy I ever had a crush on

[@withcindy]

me with every boy that exists

[@lovesbat]

It taking Cindy all of one minute and 30 seconds to make a six of crows reference is such a mood.

[@withcindy]

when there's a will there's a way

[@womananimalartist5676]

Tt

[@scottmoore7809]

It's kind of sad how spot on she is throughout the video

[@withcindy]

I HAVE INTUITION

[@scottmoore7809]

@@withcindy THE BEST INTUITION

[@ninaheartsbooks2061]

"The dudes that are wearing Hot Topic clothes" really describes Shadowhunters but also me
Only I'm the exact opposite of intimidating

[@withcindy]

tag urself im the dude tied up in the chair

[@brightskysyl3913]

"she's hiding inside the fridge for this whole time because she got money"
gurl, i'd do the same.

[@withcindy]

tbh same, that looks like a cozy fridge

[@haggisa]

So Mark Zuckerberg’s safe room is just a giant, giant fridge...checks out.

[@sophiabartolomeo6899]

"Voldermort's cousin" for a Silent Brother, bruh im dying

[@withcindy]

are they not tho?

[@hazyhillsblue]

I'm not like others girls. My body is made of bees.

[@withcindy]

i'm not like other girls, i'm literally a lizard person

[@hershey4079]

I'm not like other girls. I'm a boy

[@mischa2643]

czcams.com/video/Pwah0ZJfQBw/video.html

[@isacestend3843]

Hazy Hills What’s between your legs?

[@mischa2643]

Joe Moran it’s clearly bees. you really need to work on your reading comprehension my pal😂

[@asparagusisreading]

Will you be doing more videos like this? ”Cindy Retells the Plot of __.” and ends up almost 100% accurate every time.

[@withcindy]

i would like to do one for twilight and harry potter since i have not read either of them!

[@asparagusisreading]

I’M HERE FOR IT

[@cjsextras]

readwithcindy DO IT!!!! That’d be amazing!!! If you ever run into her again, you could do the Twilight one with Zoe from readbyzoe cause she is obsessed with Twilight

[@Janessarose96]

readwithcindy yess please!!!!! That would be hilarious

[@kelseybisset88]

@@withcindy YES

[@frankundercoverdragon6288]

I hope this kind of video happens again years from now where Cindy does this with a newer Booktuber and it's about Six of Crows

[@withcindy]

THAT WOULD BE AMAZING

[@lowqualityk5816]

PETITION FOR THIS TO HAPPEN

[@kelseybisset88]

@@withcindy OMG. I am starting booktube, like, right now. Trying to get my first video recorded and uploaded. I've never read SoC, and I am DOWN for this.

[@kelseybisset88]

When SoC happens on Netflix and I'm a giant youtuber ...

[@JMV1616]

Six of crows isn’t that tropey and predictable

[@hannahgoose9843]

Even when Cindy is wrong she's technically right😄

[@withcindy]

haha thank you!! im proud

[@jedbasler620]

I love the interpretation of the shadowhunters being a pyramid scheme, what a legend you are.

[@withcindy]

the more recruits you get the more runes you get

[@j.oan.n.e]

The fact that someone who has never read the story or knows about the book, can depict the story relatively accurately shows the level of depth and intricacy of Cassandra Clare’s books

[@withcindy]

to be fair it WAS published in the early 2000s haha

[@j.oan.n.e]

readwithcindy eppp! I didn’t expect a reply but I’m so glad I found you! Youre so down to earth and unapologetically blunt it creates such a relaxed and easy going place for this channel! Would love to just listen to your more of your rants in the future!!!

[@diaryofareader6156]

See now I have to write a Cindy version fanfic of Shadowhunters. It's happening. It's already in motion. There's no stopping it

[@withcindy]

DO IT

[@fernandawritesstories2701]

I'd pay for this 110%

[@user-ex8zt9qb1n]

diaryofareader please let us know when you’re done...

[@merry_christmas]

U dunnit?

[@thethmooteresa]

Any updates on the story? :D will you write it on wattpad or quotev or any writing social media thing xD

[@erinalvena8404]

As someone who has only read City of Bones from the mortal instruments 5 years ago, I think you are 99.9% accurate

[@withcindy]

wow thank you for the A+ grade!!

[@andretthew]

This Shadowhunter fan, right here, has been waiting his entire life for this moment

[@withcindy]

you're in for a ride

[@gabbiepoppins]

this is a whole religious experience for everyone involved

[@withcindy]

amen

[@gabbiepoppins]

readwithcindy awomen

[@laylaabdul4027]

The fact that everything in the first two and a half minuets is basically perfectly described but in a memed up way is insane

[@rabidraviv]

cindy how did you ?!?! do thAT ?!?!?
your guesses just keep being ON POINT

[@withcindy]

it was a team effort!! emma was great at picking the right photos and video clips

[@TheLPSWarriors]

(nervous incest laughter) CINDY OMGG

[@withcindy]

HAHA HA.... HA.....

[@barbaramfdias]

how are you so right about the whole plot..... THIS IS RIGGED

[@withcindy]

NO IM JUST THAT GOOD

[@peachbIossom]

hearing about the pseudo-incest plotline was the biggest "and I oop-" moment
biiiig yikes to that

[@kokochen5754]

HAHAHA I LIKE HOW CINDY IS LIKE "Simon who?" THE WHOLE TIME BECAUSE THAT WAS EVERYONE AT FIRST HAHA

[@withcindy]

who's simon

[@dqpfjggisjgIdksorp]

Video: 'They are endgame.'
Subtitles: 'They are anime.'

[@Ava-zn3qm]

69 likes nice

[@Kittenz624]

ok but how did she guess everything correctly MAKE IT MAKE SENSE

[@withcindy]

im just THAT good

[@kailiasage]

That moment I forgot that this movie existed and that Lily Collins was Clary and my Queen Lena Headey was her mom 🤯🤯

[@withcindy]

this video is a reminder that the OG movie existed before the show took over everything

[@zebrano284]

same! I totally forgot that Queen Cersei was Clarys Mom!

[@Wendy-uq3kr]

Her getting the story right makes me realize how much of a cliche it was😂😂

[@withcindy]

and i oop

[@imnotbushra]

“The brunette guy is gay”
Where can i buy this gaydar

[@205863729]

when cindy said that simon will later become a shadowhunter i was like girrrrl you're way ahead of all of us you just knew what's going to happen 10 books in lmao

[@JG-ld6cf]

"He wore a jacket but he forgot to wear a shirt." MEEEEE HAHAHA

[@jo.k.4210]

How DARE You Not Show MAGNUS BANE, the casual high warlock of Brooklyn.

[@clarity_art]

Queen Cindy being sassy and spot-on throughout this whole video is everything

[@withcindy]

this entire video was improvised based on seeing all of those pictures for the first time, i'm glad it was still entertaining lmao

[@agmacdonald]

I've never been more invested in a Cassandra Clare themed video. 😂😂😂

[@withcindy]

same

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

This is the collab I didn’t know I needed

[@withcindy]

this video would only be better if we wore shadowhunter clothes

[@josie8997]

This was amazing, but i feel shocked and betrayed that magnus, in all his pant-less flirting glory was excluded 😂 i was so looking forward to cindy's insight on him

[@withcindy]

to this day i still dont know what magnus looks like

[@josie8997]

@@withcindy that is honestly a tragedy and you should watch the movie just for his party alone, it's worth it, i swear.
(Watching it with emma would be a great collab)

[@everlark4ever]

two of the most iconic booktubers... we were not ready

[@withcindy]

im shook

[@iimaan8761]

No one:
Literally no one:
Cindy: She is sitting in the fridge because she has money.

[@azkabooks]

the tv show might not be faithful to the book, but they treated the characters better than their own author ever will and that's the tea lol

[@withcindy]

oh shit

[@pumpkin4275]

This comment is sad but true XD

[@h0lehearted]

okay go off ..

[@malorybazillion2799]

I will forever love the show more than anything else. I said what I said

[@yuriambre3253]

@@malorybazillion2799 same lmao the show is great

[@mmmcookies8814]

You guys should have watched the movie together and took a drink every time you were right 🤣

[@mad.for.madison]

Cindy calling Jace the nice guy and Alec the bad boy had me cackling

[@saujanyaroy4942]

If you have not read the Percy Jackson books yet and want to this kind of video again, I will gladly present myself as the tribute.
Oh... wait.
I mixed up the books.

[@withcindy]

im down!

[@aqua2949]

@@withcindy i beg you.

[@prettyspectrum6371]

Cindy: gets something right
Emma: haha.... * stares at the camera in disbelieve*
Cindy is in another level guys

[@evies.1018]

“Are you Matthias from Six of Crows?”
Me whenever I see a fanart of a blonde white guy

[@withcindy]

same tbh

[@evies.1018]

I either think of Matthias or Jacin lmao

[@hoehoehello5736]

"shes not like other girls, all the other girls, they just wanna party, and they act like teenagers, and get drunk, and shes not about that life, she's like man all I wanna do is just curl up, and read a book." The faze of IM NOT LIKE OTHER GIRLS! is that not that Divergent?

[@withcindy]

whoops i described the wrong book

[@trinhsformerz]

cindy and emma .... a collab i never knew i needed
when you guessed that alec is gay i was shook because you’re absolutely right lol

[@withcindy]

im so proud of myself for that lmao

[@marrriam]

THE MOST AMBITIOUS BOOKTUBE CROSSOVER EVENT

[@withcindy]

ENDGAME WHO???

[@fictionalives]

petition for cindy to rewrite the mortal instruments

[@withcindy]

As the club lights pulsed across the dance floor, Clary glanced at the shadows flitting in the corner of the storage closet. Frowning, she asked, "Yo, what the fuck is what shadow?"

[@kahvikamu]

*"My logical brain knows this is problematic. My young adult brain is like this is probably some shipping bullshit."*

[@withcindy]

YUP

[@nikki9808]

i felt so spiritually connected to emma bc every time you got something scarily right we both gave the same look to the screen
i've only read the first two books so far but i love that we have the same feelings on jace and simon, especially since yours was from screenshots basically :')

[@withcindy]

jace seems like a GOOD DUDE!! im so glad theyre not actually related lmao

[@ttpdsecretary]

The fact that Cindy talked about Tales From the Shadowhunter Academy events is SO IMPRESSIVE

[@mischa2643]

The phrase “nervous incest laughter” is _not_ a set of words I ever thought I’d hear😂😂🤦🏻‍♀️

[@h2olady8]

I like your version but when you went off on Simon I was like "he's friggin Harry Potter!! You can't hate Harry Potter when he shows up in other books!!"

[@lararibeiro9257]

“that hot blonde guy who look like mathias from soc” jace herondale would be ultraged

[@jazzyhk1809]

if the fbi saw this video they would recruit Cindy so quick with all her perceptiveness.

[@rosathais]

"She's chilling in the fridge cause she has money"

[@pinkbalm975]

“It’s like..this society of demon hunters...”
Literally what Shadowhunters are. 😂

[@scoobydoo2605]

Determining my wealth by how nice my fridge is would be me 😂😂

[@withcindy]

same tbh

[@lightquest2]

Emma + Cindy = Comedic gold

[@lightquest2]

readwithcindy period!!😂🙌🏾

[@eileennicolejoelenefina827]

Fact: Cindy still haunted by Six Of Crows 😏

[@withcindy]

not a problem at all for me

[@TinyNDangerous]

TWO OF MY FAVS YES!! At first I thought you were retelling what Emma told you, but you were just spot on guessing. Seems like somebody has some secret psychic talent...a special chosen one....

[@withcindy]

i am the chosen one, now i just gotta wait to be in a love triangle

[@TinyNDangerous]

@@withcindy of course, you can't save the world without angst.

[@swiftlyreading2314]

oh my god this was so fun and it was crazy how right you were for a lot of it!! I love y’all so much omg

[@withcindy]

thank you!! im so proud that i got a lot of it right lol

[@fawzanwajahat8934]

“After this video Emma never got sponsored by Disney Book Group again”
Justice for Emma ✊😔

[@OracleNightwhisper]

Can we appreciate for a moment the fact that Cindy wrote a much better book.

[@RetrievingBooks]

Didn’t even need to read the book to realize Simon sucks for the first two books

[@withcindy]

TRUTH

[@whatspoppin11326]

Bruh I’ve read all 38 Cassandra Clare Shadowhunter books but I still have no idea what’s going on in the movie, lmao this is impressive

[@haleynicole6829]

i would love to see you do this with different book series like percy jackson or something

[@withcindy]

i havent watched percy jackson so i am def down for that!

[@rosaliedow3508]

@@withcindy omgggg please do this with adashofash! Her favorite book series is Percy Jackson, just like TMI is Emma's!!!

[@RF-mc8cx]

THE MOVIE SUCKED. CONDEMN IT TO TARTARUS.

[@xiomysbooktales6279]

OMG just the opening has me laughing out loud! 😂 "She sees this hot blond guy that looks like Matthias." 🤣🤣 I can't the tattoos and shadows! 😄 Cindy's reactions when she got certain moments correct was like F*** yeah! 😊

[@withcindy]

i get WAY too excited

[@stefaniemollinedo577]

If her retelling of the mortal instruments city of bones was a book I would read it.

[@dianasmoonyreads167]

22:55 cindy describing parem 😂😂

[@withcindy]

LOL I REALIZED THAT UPON EDITING THIS VIDEO

[@flora5558]

Now Cindy should read all of the shadowhunter books. Currently, there is 19 books and at least 5 more in the future, and I have read them all.

[@bobajones1190]

I never been this early Idk what to Say. In the like first a couple minutes the things that you got right and wrong suprise me. I'm dying every ten seconds.
Also
"Emma never got sponsored by Disney Book group Again" made me Die.

[@withcindy]

i got like the weirdest little details correct and the most obvious shit wrong lmao

[@ClockworkDevices]

I was SO excited about this vid and it honestly went above and beyond!! i would loooooove to see you guys collab again!!

[@withcindy]

thank you! its hard to tell if a video will be entertaining or not when it's completely improvised but im glad it turned out funny

[@Lunaliiii]

"He seems like a tough intimidating guy, but I think deep down he really cares for the people, he chooses to care about. Even though he's intimidating, he's fiercely loyal."
You tell me she hasn't read the books? That's just Alec in two sentences.

[@ElaineAlwaysMS]

Honestly, she did really well for not knowing anything about the actual story

[@natalyaleyden9949]

I've never thought of you guys collabing but oh my god this is amazing...

[@withcindy]

the collab you never knew you needed

[@ginay24]

I DONT BELIEVE YOUVE NEVER READ THIS HOW DID U TELL IT MORE ACCURATELY THAN ANY OF THE SCREEN REMAKES WTFFFFFFFFFF
middle school me is quaking

[@katekursive1370]

WHWHWHWAI DID WE SKIP MAGNUS ENTIRELY, AGAIN???

[@olivia_vermast]

He wore a jacket but he forgot to wear a shirt😂

[@withcindy]

everybody makes mistakes

[@chevs8542]

i feel the need to point out that the shadowhunters series was originally harry potter fanfic. (jace is draco and clary is ginny) HSHSHSHA

[@withcindy]

i haven't read harry potter either, so i should do another video where i retell the story lol

[@arlessanda]

@@withcindy read harry potter fanfic plots and try to guess the actual book plots

[@evies.1018]

Alessandra Campos
Cindy should read My Immortal!!!

[@SecretConceit]

readwithcindy Please retell Harry Potter!

[@arlessanda]

@@evies.1018 yES

[@proudbooklion2094]

We literally have a course at a Swedish University (it's online so distance) called Harry Potter and His Worlds.... so I mean it's time for a Shadowhunters one and there is no better than Emma to teach it!

[@withcindy]

they better hit up emma then!!

[@saujanyaroy4942]

You both look so freaking adorable while talking about shadowhunter verse, it just shows how much you both love reading books and gushing over them. It just made my day.

[@withcindy]

aww thank you!!

[@drunkonbooks10]

me crying when she's calling Alec Clary's love interest.

[@zuzanacarstairs9532]

this is my new favorite video. From the moment Cindy compared Jace to Matthias, I was fucking dying. AND THEN ENDING WITH THE POKEMON BROTHER MY BROTHER SONG FREAKING KILLED ME.

[@withcindy]

i always gotta make sure the outro songs are relevant

[@internetghost469]

Cindy: I think that dude’s gay
Alec: *dates Magnus and there’s a whole kissing scene and everything (in the show)*
Me: holy hell, how the fuck did she know-

[@Ketutar]

That's amazing! :-D
I love this, Cindy, you got so close just by photos! WOW!

[@loadendiaper]

This is one of my favorite videos of you and Emma. Queens United. I am watching this the second time this week because I’m quarantined.

[@JackedThor-so]

You know your writing is kinda shit when someone can guess 50% of your book with startling accuracy!
I read these books, hated them, and so seeing this made me so happy!

[@hannahlynn6013]

Okay this is hands down my new favorite video on booktube

[@withcindy]

that is an honor!! thank you!

[@DebbieChristina]

I loved this collab! I love how spot on you were on most points and your version could totally be a book.

[@withcindy]

my version would be a TERRIBLE book

[@leelynnbrady9598]

Okay first bringing back the Pokemon the First Movie memories with "Brother my Brother" just got me crying lol.
Two, Cindy you did such a great job with guessing what was happening in the screencaps! Honestly I never have to watch the movie now because you just made it even more entertaining