“People often admire physical strength, but I believe it's the simple things one does after a tragedy that defines them. There is no greater show of “People often admire physical strength, but I believe it's the simple things one does after a tragedy that defines them. There is no greater show of power than continuing to live when you'd like nothing more than to lie down and let the world fade.”
“Magic is science. It’s simply a fancier term for showing people the impossible is attainable.”
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ilove the setting of this book So mucH aaah
The setting of this book is basically the titanic with lots of rich people on a boat meats caraval. I am litterally obsessed with the setting and the moonlight caraval and all the vibes. I also highly loved the plot. Again a phenomonal murder mystery plot in my opinion that kept me on my toes the entire time fidning everyone sus and i never expected the killer to be who the killer was so plot twistst also great I again loved my dear sarcastic charming cinnamon roll with the biggerst heart ever ; Thomas Cresswell he is too good for this world and i love him so much. His charracter i just cheff kiss.
However this book is so far in term of the romance my least favorite in the series witch sucks because ehm i freaking loved the romance in book one and two and the constant banter between Audrey and Thomas and just those two together but i feel the author kinda started messing arround with them in this book. Slight spoiler ; there is a love triangle present in this book all of the sudden thrown in like hey hello there i am krizzie a trope you hate hi hello !!! I am personally almost never a fan of love triangles i just dont vibe with them and i was just screaming the entire time during this one because Audrey did things so incredible shitty like what are you doing. The way she constantly lied to Thomas was not okay for me and had me very annoyed during the book. Like if she was honest with him then i would mind the love triangle a bit less maybe because these situations can happen but with the way she acted mhm.
I did love mephistopheles and the mystery of him and i was constantly having sympathy with him , trying to unraffel him , also being highly annoyed by him , finding him sus and then being convinced he didnt do it like that guy played with me emotions lots. He definitly reminds me of legendary from Caraval and was a very intesting charracter. I did like his dynamic with Audrey , i am still team Cressworth all the way because they fit perfectly together but i did also like the dynamic between these two and the tension they had. However the way Audrey handled the situations about not being 100 % sure about Thomas witch can happen like all relationships can have that at one point or more points in the relationship and where she also feels things for someone else aka Mephistopheles but the way she handled the whole situations was just so annoying to me and scream worthy and i still think it is unneccersarry to bring in this love triangle i would prefer that there was a friendship between the two instead of romance love triangle vibes. I just dont like when charracters lie and i feel like Audtey treated my dear Thomas like shit and i didnt like that. I also didnt like the way Audrey handlded the situation with Liza. I always loved and still love about Audrey that she is all for woman rights and for people in general needing to have freedom but she decided in this book what was best for Liza and this went against her charracter so much so i was like ehm?? I just definitly liked her charracter less in this book.
Like i am just always 50/50 on love triangles and just never know if to hate or to like. like i just dont know ok. I didnt hate this one but i also didnt love it and it did turn me intoo an annoyed potatoe.
Anyway i also loved all the other Carival members we got to meet and they where a great add to the story in my opinion. I also love Liza
Summarry - Good points ; - The magical titanic meets caraval setting. - the murder mystery plot - the plottwistst - intresting new charracters - Thomas bby. meh points - love triangle
blegh points - some points of Aurdrey her charracter in this book. + i missed the banter between Audrey and Thomas as it felt for me it was much less pressence in this instalment.
this review was basically a mess of me still now knowing what exactly to think of the love triangle but yes thanks for reading. I am very curious where the next book will go and what i will think of Thomas and Audrey their relationship and how that will go HMMM. also protect bby thomas at all cost....more
'The world is neither kind nor is it cruel. It simply exists. We have the ability to view it however we choose.” - Very wise words by Thomas Cresswe 'The world is neither kind nor is it cruel. It simply exists. We have the ability to view it however we choose.” - Very wise words by Thomas Cresswell aaaand a new favorite quote.
“Catch me if I fall, all right?” A smile curved his lips in a most delightful manner. “I’ve already fallen hard, Wadsworth. Perhaps you should have warned me sooner.” - JUST LOOK AT THIS BABE aka Thomas Cresswell owner of Audrey her heart but also krizies.
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This sequel of Stalking Jack the ripper, Hunting prince Dracula Takes place right after Audrey and Thomas solved the jack the ripper case in london in book two. After the events in book one Audrey her father starts approving the intrestst Audrey has and gives her the possibility to go to the most famous forensic medical school in Romania. So this book takes place in a school setting witch is a trope i always very much love and it takes place in Romania. I myself am not romania so i cant say if the knowledge about Romania we are given in the book is correct but i enjoyed it and its vibes very much and truly felt like i was there. Kerri Maniscalco just has a way with truly transporting you to the athmosphere of the book and the setting so far i had that with all the other books i have read by her witch is the best feeling because you just feel like you are there with Audrey and Thomas. However while they are there trying to study in '' peace '' murders are happening in the school and Audrey and Thomas again want to find out who is doing the murders. There is also a lot of mytology in this book witch i personally really enjoyed as the people in this fantasy Romania believe in mytology such as vampires and secret societies etc. a lot + the murders seem like a vampire commited them HMMM.... Meanwhile Audrey is still half pretending to not totally be in love with our Thomas and Thomas is still trying to win her over and they have lots of cute moments and are just amazing.
So we have again a very good murder mystery i again did not guess who did it but that might be because i am litterally a dumb potatoe with murder mysteries. Has again the romance i loved frokm book one and the lots of banter but also very much depht. Like for real Cressworth now owns my heart < 3 definitly one of my favorite romances. The vibes of the book are again great and i lovethe mytology. I love Audrey Rose she is a queen. She can be stubborn but she is very brave , passionate , funny and just a queen that knows what she wants. i stan.
Overall i loved this sequel and feel like if you loved the first book you will definitly also love this one. excited to jump intoo the next one ! ALSO I HEARD IT HAS CARIVAL SETTING another one of my fav settings like YAS ...more
“People were made up of all sorts of different bits, Dru thought. Funny bits and romantic bits and selfish bits and brave bits. Sometimes you saw onl “People were made up of all sorts of different bits, Dru thought. Funny bits and romantic bits and selfish bits and brave bits. Sometimes you saw only a few of them. Maybe it was when you saw them all that you realised you knew someone really well.”
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This triology is definitly from now on my favorite Cassandra Clare work. I need the wicked powers right now and i need to make sure my bbys are okay because i am not okay. I loved this final instalment of the Dark Artifices triology. It had everything i wanted. It kept me hooked from the first to last page. The last 50 pages was basically just me sobbing at every scene because i knew it would endand all these charracters and this family has become so dear to me. This is a triology i will always re-read and has made it to my all time favs.
Like this triology deserves just as much hype as TID has.
Reasons to read this triology asap - Lots of diversity and different reps ; transgender , lgtbq + , poly , mental health. - Forbidden romance with lots of chemistry and tension and anxiety - The importance of family as main subject of the book and they are ADORABLE. - Shadow hunter drama because we all love it - a plot that keeps you at the edge of your seat that explores the shadow hunter world even more. - banter - AnxIetY - amazing charracters.
Like all these charracters deserve the world and Cassandra Clare is just the best at making you care about charracters and their dynamics together and that is the key for me for loving a book , caring about the charracters because that makes the plot 10 times more intresting aswell because you care what happends. Plot wise i do think this triology is the best series of Cassandra Clare aswell. I also love all the TMI charracters their appearance in this triology and how every shadow hunter book just connects and all the mentions. But above all this triology is a story about love and about family and how love and family are the most important things out there and i love that. the stakes are high constantly and cassie just gives me anxiety troughout the whole book and i am scared 24/7 so yes.
small spoiler I also highly love what Cassandra Clare did with the relationship between Mark , Christina and bby Kierran like no jelousy and a poly rep. i love how she explored the connection the three of them have together and i just love it. cassie is a queen of reps and the queen at making love triangles actually GOOD. i mean tid , this one they dont even feel like love triangles.
Jules and Emma own my heart. The whole Blackthorn family owns my heart , Kit and Ty do , mark christina and kierran do , queen diana and gwyn do like they all do ok. cassie is queen of charracters and dynamics.
THIS SCENE HAD ME SOBBING OK?! SPOILER SCENE !!!! “You think you can’t survive without Livvy, but you can. We will go through it together.” Kit’s face was cold; he realized he was crying. “I love you, Ty. I love you.” - THE MOMENT MY HEART BROKE INTO 1000 thousand pieces. ...more
NO NO NO NO NO NOOOO. this ending cant be happening , i wont accept this. Cassandra Clare you are a MONSTER.
This book is the perfect sequel to Lady NO NO NO NO NO NOOOO. this ending cant be happening , i wont accept this. Cassandra Clare you are a MONSTER.
This book is the perfect sequel to Lady Midnight. Its again filled with the heartwarming family dynamic of the Blackthorns and amazing charracter dynamics between all the charracters we follow in the triology , anxiety and emotions because ofc its Cassie Clare , romance again full of anxiety that makes me scream , amazingly worked out charracters and an action paced plot. This triology for sure has the best plots of Cassandra her shadowhunter books in my opinion. These charracters now mean the world to me and i love them all also Diana is a true queen and her rep is A + also protect ty at all cost bye. I love the way Cassie keeps adding reps in her books because its so important that we have all different sorts of charracters and reps to relate to and to be informed about.
favorite quotes Fiction is truth, even if it is not a fact. If you believe only in facts and forget stories, your brain will live, but your heart will die.”
“Everyone is afraid of something. We fear things because we value them. We fear losing people because we love them. We fear dying because we value being alive. Don't wish you didn't fear anything. All that would mean is that you didn't feel anything.”
“We get used to living one way, even if it's a bad way or a hard one. When that's gone, there's a hole to fill. It's in our nature to try to fill it with anxieties and fears. It can take time to fill it with good things instead.”
“He remembered something about darkness, about pressure and weighted blankets and silence. Though he had no idea how he was going to get hold of any of those things up on top of a building.
"Tell me," Kit said. Tell me what you need.
"Put your arms around me," said Ty. His hands were pale blue blurs in the air, as if Kit were looking at a time-lapsed photo. "Hold on to me."
He was still rocking. After a moment, Kit put his arms around Ty, not knowing what else to do.” - MY HEART.
“Because when this universe was born, when it blasted into existence in fire and glory, everything that would ever exist was created. Our souls are made of that fire and glory, of the atoms of it, the fragments of stars. Everyone’s are, but I believe ours, yours and mine, are made from the dust of the same star. That’s why we’ve always been drawn to each other like magnets, all our lives. All the pieces of us belong together.” - they break my heart every page....more
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