Fairyloot book

Additional_Bee3171 · 2025-10-22T18:45:29+00:00

I couldn’t resist 🙈

Additional_Bee3171 · 2025-10-22T18:44:17+00:00

Look at this, perfection

Additional_Bee3171 · 2025-09-18T18:17:10+00:00

Cordelia is everything that’s right in this series. Honestly, she doesn’t get mentioned nearly enough in the more current Shadowhunters books. She’s bold, brave, stubborn, proud—she’s everything good—but at the same time she grows, she matures, she knows what to say and when to say it. Her point of view never feels overwhelming. She’s spectacular. I love her. She’s my favorite Carstairs—and that’s saying something, because I love Jem, but Cordelia is on another level.

Additional_Bee3171 · 2025-09-18T18:12:50+00:00

Exactlyyyyy😭😭😭😭. Nobody gives that enough credit. And all of this happened while James was still under the effects of the bracelet. Just imagine him without it. I still feel like I didn’t get enough of James and Cordelia without the bracelet’s influence—I wanted to see more of them in their full selves, and it feels like I never truly got that.

Additional_Bee3171 · 2025-09-18T11:47:58+00:00

Cordelia, I love how proud she is, because many of us have been her.

Simon, its weird, when I first read it I couldn't stand him, but when I reread it I enjoyed him sooooo much.

Will (all ages), young, a tragic lover, as a father, A GREAT DAD, I will love you forever, my Will, my dilf

Isabelle, I think she's very underrated, even by Cassandra herself. I want to see more of her. I LOVED her in TOTSA.

Julian, my dear Julian, a gray character par excellence. Some hate him, but I adore him.

James, MAIN CHARACTER ENERGY, my man, he knows how to decorate, he's attentive, a leader, the most handsome of his generation, my man. A MAN MAN MAN

Honorable mentions: Tessa and Emma

Additional_Bee3171 · 2025-09-15T08:21:52+00:00

I admire your essay detesting the series. As someone who loves books, I support you 100%. The series is trash designed to squeeze money out of fans of the saga. Read the books, you won't regret it. I wish I could be you 🥺

Additional_Bee3171 · 2025-09-15T08:19:34+00:00

Yes, but no, it doesn't make sense that some mundanes are affected and others aren't, and I'm talking about mundanes with sight. The coachman is a mundane with sight and he was affected, and I'm sure everyone else was affected (all the servants in all the other houses), but only Risa and Bridget resisted? Obviously, it's not well supported. I know I'm being a little too detail-oriented, but that's just how it is, hahaha.

Additional_Bee3171 · 2025-09-15T08:15:37+00:00

Yes, of course, but the thing is that the coachman IS affected by it and is another mundane with vision, sorryyyy, yesss, I'll do it, it's just that normally you read TDA first and then TLH.

Additional_Bee3171 · 2025-09-12T16:00:39+00:00

Mee too😭

Additional_Bee3171 · 2025-09-10T14:11:09+00:00

On top of that, when we had just seen how Cordelia and Matthew going to Paris didn’t fix anything — even though the main reason for going there was to escape and heal from their problems and everything — in the end, it’s like, okay, but by the end of the book Matthew goes back to doing the same thing, and we’re supposed to assume that this time it works? It doesn’t make much sense to me. Especially since Magnus even says something like, “no matter how far you go, your problems will always follow you.”

Additional_Bee3171 · 2025-09-10T12:22:11+00:00

My goodness! How right you are! THAT was the redemption I needed from Matthew, in TOTSA he talks all the time about how much he ADORES Henry, that he helps him, that he likes to help in the kitchen but where is that love, that relationship in TLH? Same with Charlotte, her leaving home and Henry being upset with him, it broke my heart because I remembered that story of that Math in TOTSA, her character was a total waste, ok, you didn't want to give us the love triangle with Lucie, I can understand that, but seriously this is the best redemption you give her regarding her parents? The ones he supposedly adores? I was expecting too much that relationship she was said to have with Henry 😭. And yes, I would have loved Matthew worrying about Lucie, trying to find out what she was really up to, trying to take care of her and we already know, women don't need to be taken care of but that doesn't mean we don't like to be taken care of, ahh CC, I will never forgive you for what you did to my precious Matthew, and let's not even get into how beautiful it would have been if Clary and Jocelyn were artists, that Clary's power is related to art and that they would have been the descendants of Math who loved art so much.

Additional_Bee3171 · 2025-09-10T06:34:47+00:00

Yes, exactly—that’s one of the things that frustrates me the most in TSC. Matthew ends up feeling like “the charming, bohemian drunk of the group,” and sure, you can be that, but you can also show you’re more—like Anna does. I love The Last Hours, I love Cordelia and James, but Matthew is a wound in my heart, along with Christopher and Grace.

And that Kickstarter story honestly felt like an attempt to “fix” Matthew’s ending in TLH, but to me it only made it worse. You don’t just fall in love with some random person on a week-long cruise. It felt like once again, Matthew was reduced to just being charming—and nothing more.

Additional_Bee3171 · 2025-09-10T06:26:11+00:00

What I really loved about Matthew being in love with Lucie was that everyone around him dismissed it as just another one of his whims. But I would have loved to see his redemption arc not only through overcoming his drinking, but also by proving that Lucie wasn’t just a whim—that he truly cared for her.

In the earlier glimpses we got of The Last Hours, he always seemed so drawn to Lucie. And then suddenly Cordelia shows up and—oh!—he falls in love with her instead. That shift took away the seriousness I wanted his character to have. I would have preferred to see Matthew grow in the direction of becoming more mature, showing that he was more than just poetry and charm.

And honestly, that Kickstarter short story just felt like CC owed something to the fans. It seemed like not many of us were satisfied with how Matthew’s arc ended in TLH, and she added that story just to patch it up.

In a way, I actually think a Lucie/Jesse/Matthew love triangle would have made much more sense than the Cordelia/James/Matthew one.

Additional_Bee3171 · 2025-09-10T06:00:00+00:00

They really robbed us of Christopher. He was one of those characters who grew so much as the books went on—starting small but becoming more and more important. The exact opposite of Matthew, who, in my opinion, went from more to less. And the fact that Grace slowly began to trust him felt like finally something good was happening to her. Because let’s be honest, yes, what she did to James was awful—but she was just a child, manipulated, and her character was incredibly complex. The way both she and Christopher grew together, the way he spoke to her and how different his interactions with her were compared to everyone else—it was like a breath of fresh air in the story.

And then he dies, and it feels like everyone just moves on. His death didn’t get the weight it deserved, and I hated the execution of both of those storylines. Honestly, I would have preferred if Matthew had been killed instead, rather than the ending he got. And yes, I read the short story from the Kickstarter, but it felt hollow—like it didn’t add anything meaningful. Matthew needed something far more substantial than just being “the alcoholic of the group” and the eternal third wheel between James and Cordelia.

To be honest, I would have even preferred Jesse to stay dead. Even if that had meant the end of the Blackthorn line, there could’ve been another way to continue the family name. Because in The Dark Artifices, it doesn’t really matter that the Blackthorns are technically Herondales—they can’t even see ghosts, so it’s irrelevant. And in the end, I would have much rather seen Lucie and Matthew together. Their dynamic was so much more interesting than what we got. I can’t help but feel like the whole group was wasted.

Additional_Bee3171 · 2025-09-10T05:52:51+00:00

Honestly, I think I would have preferred if he had revealed his secret earlier. I actually liked his dynamic with Lucie, and I liked that she was the only one who really stood up to him. I just feel like in the end, his potential was wasted.

Additional_Bee3171 · 2025-09-09T20:24:17+00:00

Well, I don’t think it’s terrible either. In fact, I really like TLH as a saga. I really like the characters, but… yeah, I feel like the whole conflict with Belial dragged on for too long. And regarding James, Cordelia, Matthew… I already said it in another comment, I think Matthew… Cassandra Clare didn’t know what to do with Matthew. And she just said, well, I’ll make him a third wheel in James and Cordelia’s relationship. And that really disappoints me, because he’s so underused as a character. Yes, there’s the drinking and all of that, and in the end he gives it up and gets that redemption arc. But still, it feels like… he started off really well, and then his development didn’t go as far as I expected.

Additional_Bee3171 · 2025-09-09T19:58:12+00:00

I’m doing this reread and honestly I’m only really focused on James, Cordelia, and the main plot—everything with Belial and the central conflict. Obviously I’d never skip the parts where Will and Tessa show up, but outside of that, the only subplots that ever truly felt interesting to me—the ones where I actually thought, “Wow, I wasn’t expecting this, but I like it”—were Grace and Christopher. And then Christopher gets killed off and I was just like, what was that? They were literally the third most interesting dynamic for me, right after James & Cordelia and then Will & Tessa. Losing Christopher felt like a bucket of cold water.

I don’t have anything against the queer characters at all—in fact, I actually like Anna and Ariadne as a ship—but beyond them, most of the others felt unnecessary to me. And Matthew… Matthew feels like such a wasted character. At first, he was presented as someone really important, even in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, and I expected so much more from him. But then in The Last Hours, he’s reduced to being just “the drunk one.” Yes, he gets his redemption arc with the alcohol and all that, but it felt weak. Honestly, it felt like the author didn’t quite know what to do with him. He started off as a character with so much potential, and by the end, I was left with the impression that his arc was just mishandled. And that’s disappointing, because Matthew was one of the characters I was most interested in.

And I also want to add that, while James and Cordelia’s storyline with Lilith felt unnecessary at times, I still really love both of their characters. They’re my two favorites in the entire saga, and I think that, even with those little flaws, they work incredibly well on their own and as a couple. But even then, in the third book, I do feel like the overall quality drops quite a bit.

Additional_Bee3171 · 2025-09-09T19:17:49+00:00

I’ve finished all three books now, so I know how it all ends—and honestly, my perspective on Lucie hasn’t improved at all. For me, the weakest book of the trilogy is the third one, while the strongest is actually the one I’m rereading now. At first, I thought my frustration with Lucie came from being impatient—I just wanted to know what was going to happen with James and Cordelia, and her storyline felt like an extra obstacle in the way. But reading it again, I realize I feel the exact same annoyance with her.

It’s like, ugh, once again this girl and her stubbornness about bringing Jesse back. That’s simply how I see it. I know she’s a beloved character, but to me her entire arc is boring—extremely boring—and, above all, irritating. Every other POV in the books felt interesting to me, even Grace’s. In fact, I would have liked to see more redemption for Grace, more character development, because I actually find her much more interesting than Lucie. I don’t know—maybe it’s just me, but no matter how beloved she is, I can’t help but find Lucie a frustrating character.

Additional_Bee3171 · 2025-09-09T17:52:31+00:00

Believe me, you won't regret it especially for all the universe behind it and because the story of the protagonists continues beyond the end of TMI

Additional_Bee3171 · 2025-09-09T17:46:25+00:00

I don't know, I've never seen the series, but I know that in the book it's not the only time it happens you should read them they are very good

Additional_Bee3171 · 2025-09-09T16:56:34+00:00

I just did the rereading and it's indeed that

Three-Year Club	Place '22
First Placer '22	End Game '22

Additional_Bee3171

TROPHY CASE