PART 2: QUEEN OF AIR AND DARKNESS BY CASSANDRA CLARE | booktalk wtih XTINEMAY

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  • @saraht8010
    @saraht8010 6 лет назад +758

    Can we also talk about how Julian used Simon’s D&D character “Lord Montgomery” to fight a faerie 😅

    • @Elif-tf6ic
      @Elif-tf6ic 6 лет назад +21

      I "almost" felt sorry Ethna in that moment coz Emma was like Oh I'm gonna die and Jules pickes Ethna from over her and I am screaming that's JULEESSS!!
      I just love Simon(and his D&D figure) so much (he is my favorite TMI character)

    • @nomdeplume1358
      @nomdeplume1358 6 лет назад +7

      😂I actually loved that moment

    • @reddaisy7152
      @reddaisy7152 5 лет назад +1

      Yes this was the best!!!

    • @herondale_7477
      @herondale_7477 4 года назад +3

      When simon gives the figurine to Jules, izzy is like, "oh my." And I CAN'T!
      BAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!! I am CACKLING!🤣

  • @diptisolanki6529
    @diptisolanki6529 6 лет назад +398

    Okayy but how can you not talk about all the Uber jokes??!! They were gold!!!!

  • @mcarts4722
    @mcarts4722 6 лет назад +427

    wHAT IF.. CHRISTINA'S ANCESTORS HELPED THE FAIRY HEIR WHEN THE KING WANTED TO KILL HER AND SO THERE WAS RELATIONSHIP FORMED O

    • @polandbananasBOOKS
      @polandbananasBOOKS  6 лет назад +42

      Omg omg omg this is a great theory

    • @mcarts4722
      @mcarts4722 6 лет назад +4

      Ahhhhh @@polandbananasBOOKS thank you so much!!

  • @aileenbergin3998
    @aileenbergin3998 6 лет назад +368

    I KNOWWWWWWW SIZZY WAS BARELY THERE! But!!!!! I have a theory!
    Isabelle:
    1.) doesn’t fight
    2.) wants s’mores with KETCHUP
    3.) has total BABY FEVER over Rafe and Max
    soooooOoOoOoOo
    i think Izzy is PREGNANT!😱
    But seriously there was NOT enough SIZZY....

    • @elizabethiman7442
      @elizabethiman7442 6 лет назад +2

      I totally assumed Izzy was in the battlefield since she was in the camp

    • @alyssagoss9757
      @alyssagoss9757 6 лет назад +30

      Love your theory but let's be honest here. Not even being pregnant could stop Izzy from fighting if she really wanted to. And I love that Simon's D&D character was called Lord Montgomery. Izzy's reaction to that was hilarious!

    • @yadrielcolon2032
      @yadrielcolon2032 6 лет назад +7

      Omfg stop im screaming SIZZY baby!!!

    • @fromlangkawi
      @fromlangkawi 6 лет назад +3

      But bruh she did fight. She was there fighting goblins with her whip.

    • @patax144
      @patax144 6 лет назад +15

      Agreed we were promised Sizzy in the book and we got barely anything, I was expecting the book to end on their wedding not Malec's, I'm happy they got married but I hate how they overshadowed Simon and Izzy

  • @gingergrube4893
    @gingergrube4893 6 лет назад +296

    As you were quoting Alec’s proposal, I was sobbing it out loud with you because by the Angel, I am still not over that beautiful scene.
    And in the books, when Kit said, “I love you, Ty, I love you,” I cried so hard.
    Basically, QoAaD was like... the third book in an actual 6 book series

    • @MilagrosRBravo
      @MilagrosRBravo 6 лет назад +6

      Yeah! I understand you so much, I cry too when Kit told Ty "I love you". And I said oh my dear baby 😢😢

    • @reddaisy7152
      @reddaisy7152 5 лет назад +4

      When kit said “I love you” I was at school and I stopped functioning for a solid two minutes I couldn’t do anything all I could do was silently scream and try not to fall out of my chair

    • @arielinwonderland2509
      @arielinwonderland2509 5 лет назад +3

      I got SO MAD while reading that part in my version of the book!
      I'm italian and we have 2 translations for "I love you"
      1 is "Ti amo" = I'm in love with you
      2 is "Ti voglio bene" = I love you like a friend/like family
      AND THEY CHOSE THE 2 ONE

    • @tatianavolarikova8975
      @tatianavolarikova8975 5 лет назад +1

      Me too. I'm slovak and in my language is
      milujem ťa = I'm in love with you
      mám ťa rád/rada = I love you like family or friends
      They also pick the second one😭😭😭

    • @arielinwonderland2509
      @arielinwonderland2509 5 лет назад +1

      @@tatianavolarikova8975 WHY DO TRANSLATORS DO THAT

  • @lasttoparty7570
    @lasttoparty7570 6 лет назад +138

    I need The Last Hours to explain why Cortana is a mix of the Elder Wand, the Sorting Hat and the Sword of Gryffindor, and I need Cassie Clare to explain it to me very slowly. After Emma cut through the thorns at the Unseelie Tower, I seriously expected Dumbledore to show up in the background to say 'Help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.'

    • @sjmk600
      @sjmk600 3 года назад +4

      reading this back after finishing chain of iron

    • @lasttoparty7570
      @lasttoparty7570 3 года назад

      Just finished Chain of Iron now.

  • @fannygisslabo5429
    @fannygisslabo5429 6 лет назад +407

    I was so convinced that Kit and Ty were gonna end up happy at the end of this book GUESS WHO WAS SO FREAKING WRONG😫😫😫

    • @jazzesfridge3597
      @jazzesfridge3597 6 лет назад +4

      Demigodcampbooks same😭😭😭 I was so depressed

    • @ssll5552
      @ssll5552 6 лет назад +4

      I thought it was obvious

    • @TheBookGoddess333
      @TheBookGoddess333 6 лет назад +2

      oh my god same.. if there’s another sequel series maybe then

    • @fannygisslabo5429
      @fannygisslabo5429 6 лет назад +10

      ti Well......The Wicked Powers is literally gonna be about them..??? Hahahah

    • @rainliketheweather4086
      @rainliketheweather4086 6 лет назад

      My thoughts exactly.

  • @karmenmatas7140
    @karmenmatas7140 6 лет назад +102

    Emma and Julian survived because of Julians familias rune. Jem said that it happened before that one parabatai would become Nephilim they would survive because they had a parabatai witch connects him to the world so that he can come back. So possibly the familia rune did that to Julian and since he first collapsed Emma collapsed with him because of the parabatai bond.. that is just how i got it

  • @missy3gxl
    @missy3gxl 6 лет назад +256

    The conclusion of the Emma/Julian parabatai problem was also a bit of an issue I had with the book. I was just expecting a lot more consequence but it all just neatly worked out In their favour. Overall I did really enjoy the book. I really liked Dru and Kit in it so I’m looking forward to TWP. Also, I actually really liked the Thule part, but after awhile I started missing the other characters storylines. The worst thing is having to wait like 4 years to find out what happens with the characters in TWP.

    • @jazzesfridge3597
      @jazzesfridge3597 6 лет назад

      凯伦Karen I know I hate that sm it’s toooo farrrrrrrrrr

    • @emilylouis1214
      @emilylouis1214 6 лет назад +19

      Same!! Sounds like there’s literally no other instance of parabatai-love working out well, yet SOMEHOW CONVENIENTLY it works out for Julian and Emma.............

    • @pushedofftheedge4474
      @pushedofftheedge4474 6 лет назад +1

      I felt the same way about the parabatai problem.

    • @sparklight0964
      @sparklight0964 6 лет назад

      Emily Louis Go to Cassie’s tumblr she gets asked about the Jules and Emma parabati curse thing. She says Jules and Emma are an anomaly of sorts. They got extremely lucky that they both came back from being burning giant monsters. Parabati are still not allowed to fall in love and they would probably go crazy unlike Emma and Jules.

  • @lindseymiller7149
    @lindseymiller7149 6 лет назад +137

    I NEED YOU TO TALK MORE ABOUT KIT AND TY OMG LIKE KIT LOVES HIM AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

    • @jazzesfridge3597
      @jazzesfridge3597 6 лет назад +1

      Lindsey Miller YES YES

    • @anazawadzky1782
      @anazawadzky1782 6 лет назад +4

      But theeeen: Ty let Kit in seen 😂😂😂😂💔💔💔💔 I actually did a meme about that, and it was funny and heartbreaking at the same time 😅💔

    • @elizabethiman7442
      @elizabethiman7442 6 лет назад

      Anita Zawadzky Acosta best use of that expression 😂😂😂😂

  • @emelypleitez4396
    @emelypleitez4396 6 лет назад +109

    Clary does propose to Jace! In my copy of Queen of Air and Darkness there’s is an extra short story

    • @emilyfagan1860
      @emilyfagan1860 6 лет назад +8

      Emely Pleitez loved that. I love how they both planned to propose to each other

    • @Elif-tf6ic
      @Elif-tf6ic 6 лет назад

      Also Who would get love advise from Emma?! No offense but her love life choices had almost have them killed LOL...

  • @pushedofftheedge4474
    @pushedofftheedge4474 6 лет назад +203

    I don't think Ash is going to be evil.

    • @Gal206314494
      @Gal206314494 6 лет назад +11

      I second that!

    • @ashnakalra4921
      @ashnakalra4921 6 лет назад +51

      Yeah I feel like him and Dru are gonna have a thing

    • @phosphoros3050
      @phosphoros3050 6 лет назад +9

      Yeah, I'd say that Emma's vision after she returned from Thule where there were many horrible Demons who fell back in terror at Ash's approach gives a pretty good indication that he's in no way going to be bound in alignment with Hell.

    • @Elif-tf6ic
      @Elif-tf6ic 6 лет назад +6

      I stan Ash 100% he's gonna be amazing
      Can we talk more about the wings now?! :D :D
      (I mayhaps have a tumblr dedicated to him & TWP ;)

    • @kaylinpaiges
      @kaylinpaiges 6 лет назад

      Me neither

  • @anabookswiftie
    @anabookswiftie 6 лет назад +326

    *spoiler* Clary and Jace resolve the proposal situation in the bonus short story in the back of the first edition of qoaad in case you missed it
    Loved the review and I pretty much agree with everything you said other than the not liking Julian part😂

    • @hibaz5157
      @hibaz5157 6 лет назад

      Is there a name for that story? I was searching for it on Google but I couldn't find it

    • @anabookswiftie
      @anabookswiftie 6 лет назад +8

      @@hibaz5157 It's called A Love That Never Tires. Cassie said that it's currently only available in the first edition but after six months of the publication of qoaad she will release it as an ebook novella

    • @yusurkassem4174
      @yusurkassem4174 5 лет назад

      Yeah I was waiting for Christine’s reaction on that but apparently she hadn’t read it!

    • @fromsophiewithlovex
      @fromsophiewithlovex 5 лет назад +3

      Oh it’s only in the first edition? That means I have the first edition 😂 i was so confused

    • @allykat5899
      @allykat5899 5 лет назад

      I think she doesn't mind Julian she just finds him annoying in this book

  • @tulipswift
    @tulipswift 6 лет назад +208

    SIDEPLOT TO HATING OATMEAL LMAO
    IZZY AND SIMON 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻

  • @natascha701
    @natascha701 6 лет назад +150

    I agree with most of the things you're saying and you're hilarious but I'm also personally offended that you really don't like Julian (bc he's such a complex and interesting character) BUT IT'S FINE. WE STILL STAN. also i'm with you about the unnecessary oatmeal hate

  • @crazymango7068
    @crazymango7068 6 лет назад +83

    CHRISTINE DID YOU READ THE EXTRA SCENE AT THE END OF QOAAD THAT WAS CLARY PROPOSING?????

  • @emilyfagan1860
    @emilyfagan1860 6 лет назад +101

    I really wanted emma and Julian to wake up as mundanes and just be able to check in with the family here and there like the herondales in TID

  • @jasmineg5639
    @jasmineg5639 6 лет назад +106

    Honestly I love Julian bc he’s the most Slytherin good character I’ve ever seen and it’s pretty iconic but other then that I AGREE I WAS READY FOR AN END AND THIS WAS NOT IT

  • @Covenfan-lg4mx
    @Covenfan-lg4mx 6 лет назад +142

    I get why you didn’t like Julian but I loved him he almost took jace’s place as my favorite male lead he’s so sweet and loving but also a real badass not in a Golden charming warrior kind of way but in calculating Batman kind of way, also I really didn’t get why they called Annabel the queen of air and darkness

    • @nadyacthianty8230
      @nadyacthianty8230 6 лет назад +8

      Covenfan1234 my fav male lead is Will ❤️

    • @jazzesfridge3597
      @jazzesfridge3597 6 лет назад +4

      Yes Julian as batman😂👌🏽

    • @reziahangelicafamorcan4880
      @reziahangelicafamorcan4880 6 лет назад +7

      Covenfan1234 Same I love Political Julian 💋 HOT!

    • @addiittii
      @addiittii 5 лет назад +10

      Julian is my favorite character in the Shadowhunter Chronicles. Reason: because he is a political genius. I love a man who relies more on his wit and cunning than his muscles.

  • @idlebookworm
    @idlebookworm 6 лет назад +30

    It also really frustrates me how convenient the ending was for Julian and Emma. This was probably my least favorite Cassandra Clare book, just because I spent most of it feeling depressed, aggravated, or pissed off. The TMI crew was the highlight of this book for me.

  • @yamfam805
    @yamfam805 6 лет назад +108

    plz do crackpot theories for the last hour series!!! I rlly want to see your thoughts and predictions for the next series.

    • @esha2405
      @esha2405 6 лет назад +3

      Yam Fam oh my god yes

  • @signebrummerstedt9205
    @signebrummerstedt9205 6 лет назад +4

    I just loved Aline and Helen having to register the Downworlders. That scene was perfect!

  • @tiffanygarrison8974
    @tiffanygarrison8974 6 лет назад +30

    In Thule when everyone was making fun of Emma and Julian because their other versions wouldn’t stop making out made my day😂

  • @thissickbook8968
    @thissickbook8968 6 лет назад +20

    There’s a giant Kitty size hole in my heart
    They’re my favorites
    I just want them to be happy together

  • @brookeward1451
    @brookeward1451 6 лет назад +114

    Listen, I think Ash and Kit are going to become the next Jace and Sebastian good angel bad angel thing. Obviously with a different type of story but if you think about. Kit is now some magical fairy shadowhunter thing with a lot of power, and we know there's A LOT of weird shit going on with Ash. ASH HAS WINGS WTF DOES THAT MEAN? I don't know I'm so excited for Wicked Powers. I think there will be an interesting love triangle between Dru, Jaime, and Ash. I don't think Ash is going to be the big villan. Idk i know a half demon fairy baby kid should be evil but how we have seen him connect with dru and jace makes me think he could be saved. I have wayyyy too many thoughts.

    • @Elif-tf6ic
      @Elif-tf6ic 6 лет назад +17

      Ohh please stop I have big hopes(the good kind) about Ash I feel like he was written to give Clary her redemption arc for killing her own brother evil or not Jonathan was her brother &Ash will be her second chance with him.
      I am so looking for Dru&Ash&Jamie triangle thing Dru is so cool I feel so connected to her

    • @fromlangkawi
      @fromlangkawi 6 лет назад +9

      When Ash just suddenly spouted out wings and carried Jace away, I was like WTF. Like when the fuck did you get wings?! 😂 That part cracked me up so much

    • @isabella_segarra1479
      @isabella_segarra1479 6 лет назад +5

      and when he said "I can't leave Jace" that broke my heart

    • @Elif-tf6ic
      @Elif-tf6ic 6 лет назад +3

      @@isabella_segarra1479 I have this huge love in my heart for him because of that scene, he truly does care ppl he loves that's good. Also there is this dream of Emma from chapter 22 just after returning from Thule in her incoherent state;
      "Emma stood before the silver mirror. She saw herself reflected back: pale hair, runed skin, all familiar, but her eyes were the dull red of the moon in Thule. Then she was falling, falling through the water. She saw the great monsters of the deep, shark-finned and serpentine-toothed, and then she saw Ash rise up through the water with his black wings gleaming silver and gold, and the monsters fell back from him in fear. . . .
      I think he is gonna be GOOD :)
      Dreams Cassandra Clare writes always have meanings they are always prophetic(I also heard Clary saw Ash in one of her dreams in CoLS with a seemly older Jace beside him had black wings but taught he was Sebastian but I didn't had time to do read it again but it makes sense...)

    • @isabella_segarra1479
      @isabella_segarra1479 6 лет назад +4

      @@Elif-tf6ic Yes! I am hoping he (Ash) is good, but he obviously is going to be tempted towards evil. I just thought it was very symbolic of him to save thule Jace. It was sweet and made me love Jace even more because in Thule, Ash said that Jace was like a big brother to him.

  • @jo22k
    @jo22k 6 лет назад +36

    I hope we dont have that many POVs in TWP too, i just want it to revolve mostly on our main characters being KitTY, and Dru. Maybe Ash and Jaime too. I felt QOAAD had too many POVs i didnt care for. Since these are only trilogies we need focus on our main mains to connect the most with them, others already had their books.

  • @meghananaag7282
    @meghananaag7282 6 лет назад +34

    Did anyone else notice that "perfect" Diego's face is scarred forever and Cassie is indirectly teaching us a moral through that little snippet.

    • @elizabethiman7442
      @elizabethiman7442 6 лет назад +2

      Meghana Naag which is...? He was perfect Diego not only because of his looks. If that’s not what you meant then I’m curious.

    • @meghananaag7282
      @meghananaag7282 6 лет назад +8

      @@elizabethiman7442 yeah, he was perfect also because he was a good person and a good shadowhunter. A "perfect"package of looks and values. But, I think the scar tells us that imperfections both outwardly and inwardly are okay to have,they're a part and parcel of our lives and that we should not take anything (not even our own well functioning bodies) for granted.

    • @prairieunderthesky
      @prairieunderthesky 6 лет назад +1

      Yes!!!

  • @laneyhoyt7744
    @laneyhoyt7744 6 лет назад +63

    that’s exactly what I thought about the black book. like how how did julian get pictures of the entire book???

  • @maryvampi150496
    @maryvampi150496 6 лет назад +44

    Parabatai arc was overhyped. I really hope ASH won't be the villain. Like, "another Morgenstern villain? Seriously?"

    • @Elif-tf6ic
      @Elif-tf6ic 6 лет назад +3

      Noo he won't
      He is my baby!!
      Other than that this is Emma' dream from chapter 22 of Qoaad;
      "Emma stood before the silver mirror. She saw herself reflected back: pale hair, runed skin, all familiar, but her eyes were the dull red of the moon in Thule. Then she was falling, falling through the water. She saw the great monsters of the deep, shark-finned and serpentine-toothed, and then she saw Ash rise up through the water with his black wings gleaming silver and gold, and the monsters fell back from him in fear. . . .
      How can he be evil?!
      Also everybody ships him to Dru(well Cassie only confirmed triangle part but still he is in) How can we see " Our heart" with somebody evil right?

    • @herondale_7477
      @herondale_7477 4 года назад +1

      No he's not gonna be evil. I am SURE that he'll end up with drusilla...

  • @galleryg998
    @galleryg998 6 лет назад +48

    I didn’t realise the whole Princess thing

    • @meganbaer282
      @meganbaer282 6 лет назад +4

      Same I just thought it was a nickname

    • @prairieunderthesky
      @prairieunderthesky 6 лет назад +2

      It's actually a really good theory. I think it's meant to be very subtle.

    • @galleryg998
      @galleryg998 6 лет назад

      Hmm, I agree y’all

    • @anjalam9712
      @anjalam9712 5 лет назад

      What princess thing??

    • @montiny1094
      @montiny1094 5 лет назад +1

      Yeaaa but it wasn’t only Kieran who said that the temporary King Oban also questioned her heritage or identity when she killed him...

  • @curiousvillager9897
    @curiousvillager9897 6 лет назад +6

    Honestly my favourite Thule moment was getting to see Raphael again, honestly I've really missed his sassy self and being fake angry at Magnus for naming a kid after him

  • @elenigalanis3645
    @elenigalanis3645 6 лет назад +22

    I really loved the book but I agree with what you said in the first part, it really didn't feel like a final book and I'm not sure how to feel about that yet

  • @andreaw.5387
    @andreaw.5387 6 лет назад +69

    This is probably one of my least favorite books from Cassie. I enjoyed it bc she's a great writer but so much was unresolved for me. I felt like she took the easy way out with Julian. I thought she was really going to go there with dark Julian but she didn't. The parabatai storyline was so messy. I wanted to love Emma in this series I just feel like when her parents storyline got wrapped up everything she did was about Julian. I really didn't like Mark/Cristina/Kiernan storyline I feel like it was way too rushed for K to have so much love for Cristina and vice versa. I loved Dru so much she's such an underrated character. Can't wait to see her interact with Ash more. I really did like the ending of the book. I was so surprised with that! Can't wait for the next books.

    • @gleyg3149
      @gleyg3149 5 лет назад

      I sorta agree with you. I do feel like the story was rushed. But I understand the author has a large workload. She had a lot of other series she is writing about the shadowhunter world.

  • @MollyEmelia
    @MollyEmelia 6 лет назад +9

    I think at the end of the book it said that any shadowhunters could turn into the giant angles to kill the giant demons. But only the parabati who were in love didn’t die. That it gave them the power to live.
    Also this book was not as dark as I wanted it to be at all. I totally agree.

  • @tulipswift
    @tulipswift 6 лет назад +48

    CCHRISTINE this video gave me the feeling of when I found your channel after cohf booktalk and I feel so excited about twp and you’ve made me laugh like 100 times this video is awesome !! I ALSO THOUGHT THULE WAS LIKE BREAKING DAWN 2 LOL qoaad wasn’t one of my favorite Shadowhunter books because of a lot of reasons but I still got to enjoy it because your reviews are incredible that’s the TEA

    • @merces0700
      @merces0700 6 лет назад

      Yes!!! Definitely!! I felt like I was watching my first videos of Christine reacting to shadowhunters books! So awesome, super nostalgic 🥰

  • @khadygaga
    @khadygaga 6 лет назад +7

    Omg I really didn't just assume that Ash would be a big bad in the wicked power I love that kid

  • @toriholmes1923
    @toriholmes1923 6 лет назад +13

    Jace and clary got engaged in the epilogue which is a sequel to the story were clary plans izzy and simons engament/wedding

    • @gleyg3149
      @gleyg3149 5 лет назад

      I hope the next book has them having kids. Jace is the last hope for the Herondale line.

  • @shreyasen4536
    @shreyasen4536 6 лет назад +47

    Jaime said that only Rosales blood can use the Eternidad but in LOS Dru was teleported to the unseelie lands and that's where she met Ash!!!
    WTH?!
    Does anyone secretly ship Dru, Ash and Jaime's love triangle??
    P.S. ASH RECOGNISED DRU FROM JULIAN'S PAINTING!!

    • @elizabethiman7442
      @elizabethiman7442 6 лет назад

      Shreya Sen Dru never held the Eternidad, it was a knife he left her.

    • @shreyasen4536
      @shreyasen4536 6 лет назад +1

      Elizabeth Iman Drusilla Blackthorn met Ash, imprisoned in the Unseelie lands when she was accidentally sent through some sort of 'Portal' -which was the eternidad while rummaging through Jaime Rosales stuff. Pg.560 LOS

    • @elizabethiman7442
      @elizabethiman7442 6 лет назад

      Shreya Sen Book doesn’t say it was the Eternidad (just went through the page)... when does Jaime give it to Cristina?

    • @shreyasen4536
      @shreyasen4536 6 лет назад

      Elizabeth Iman well.. its not specified that it was the eternidad but she was teleported to the faerie land by touching some weird thing in Jaime's bag... Just a theory
      N Jaime gave it to christina when she mark n kieran decided to go to the faerie lands to help Emma n julian.

    • @shreyasen4536
      @shreyasen4536 6 лет назад

      N it can't be something other than the eternidad either cuz teleportation to the faerie lands can only be done by using the eternidad excluding the path n all(n it was also inside Jamie's bag)
      But the myth regarding the fact that only Rosales blood can use the eternidad is most probably false cuz Jaime gave Christina an odd look n plus there is definitely something going on btwn the Rosales family n the faeries..

  • @wizarddemigod5269
    @wizarddemigod5269 6 лет назад +1

    I SO cried when the Blackthorns approached Giant Emma and Julian and talked to them. Especially little Tavvy, saying he's so tired and wants Julian to pick him up and carry him. 😭

  • @ValeriaSalinas-pp7xf
    @ValeriaSalinas-pp7xf 6 лет назад +5

    I also realized how much I love Clary and Jace, I mean, I knew I loved them but every time they appeared in the book I was just so happy with the biggest smile on my face. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH I CAN'T
    I really think that the end of the wicked powers will be Clace's wedding, as it is a tradition now to end the series with a wedding lol THEY BETTER END ALIVE OR I'LL DIE
    Oh btw that Clace bonus story at the end made me cry a river :)

  • @laurenw4726
    @laurenw4726 6 лет назад +6

    In the back of my copy, their was a bonus short story about Jace and Clary right after Magnus and Alec's wedding and
    *SPOILER*
    Clary makes a portal back to the NY Institute Greenhouse (where they had their first kiss all that time ago) and proposes to Jace with a sword.

  • @juliepham3896
    @juliepham3896 6 лет назад +47

    I feel like the previous two books were leading up to this big finale involving the Seelie and Unseelie Courts, the Black Book, and Ash. There was so much buildup for this, and I thought QOOAD would be like a game of tug a war with the Black Book. I also thought that somewhere along the way, something with the First Heir and Auraline would come to fruition as well. I was sadly disappointed in this book, because all of a sudden the Big Bad of the series changed to the Cohort, and the other plot lines were either pushed aside or lazily solved in the middle. I wanted more people to die as well. I wanted there to be stakes. I wanted Cassie to let Livvy stay dead. I feel like the parabatai bond being severed by turning into giants was lazy too. Like you said, there were no consequences. The bond was supposed to be this terribly evil thing, and it was resolved in a couple of pages and everything was happy again. And Annabel did not deserve the cover or the title, she wasn’t even the main villain of the series!

    • @patax144
      @patax144 6 лет назад +4

      I think Cassie had so many ideas for this story that she just decided to cram everything and left a lot of holes and too many happy endings, something changed in the middle of writing the book because I remember she said Simon and Izzy were going to be as present in this book as Magnus and Alec were in the second one, but they barely appeared, and she talked about killing characters but no, everyone survived, while I enjoyed the book I was really disappointed on how it had too many story lines and not a real plot the cohort thing could have been put aside to finish the storyline with the unseelie King and ash and the blight, then bring it back in TWP or something

    • @juliepham3896
      @juliepham3896 6 лет назад

      Maria Ximena Otalora Cordoba yes!! Exactly!! She made the Unseelie King this really bad villain in LOS only to have him speedily killed in the middle of QOOAD!

    • @patax144
      @patax144 6 лет назад +1

      Julie P as I said I think somewhere down the road she lost focus on what she wanted to do with this book and what she was building up to from LoS and added a bunch of fanservice in there

    • @prairieunderthesky
      @prairieunderthesky 6 лет назад

      Your comment accurately explains everything I think about this book. There was so much buildup! We all knew the Cohorts were crazy, but everything was leading us to believe in completely different big villains. It was so underwhelming. This series could have honestly been the best if only Cassie did not loose her touch. I felt like she kind of lost in from LoS. But QOAAD was on another level of scattered. So much left unsolved. Even if she was paving the way for TWP, I feel like she still failed bigtime in wrapping up TDA itself. I've never been so disappointed in her. Huhu.
      P.S. I love Cristine but honestly you did not talk about Emma and Julian's moments. I feel like you hate Julian so much that it's a little unreasonable already. But again, I see where you're coming from.

  • @StarsAndEmbers
    @StarsAndEmbers 6 лет назад +9

    I love Dru! I hope we get a whole heap of her in TWP.
    Wait, was the bonus short story not in your edition? In mine there was a short story with Jace and Clary!

  • @olgap2710
    @olgap2710 5 лет назад

    Watching Christin's videos after reading Cassandra Clare is a tradition after all these years! Can't wait for the next one!

  • @kinziecarr5388
    @kinziecarr5388 6 лет назад +31

    i kept waiting for kit & ty to kiss (biggest disappointment of the series?)

  • @nhilinhnguyen4191
    @nhilinhnguyen4191 5 лет назад +5

    I fucking loved Kieran in this book. So many golden lines form this one :))))

  • @MidnightreaderYT
    @MidnightreaderYT 6 лет назад +9

    So many theories for the Wicked Powers! And though Dru and Jamie would make a cute couple I kind of ship her with Ash after he keeps the picture Julian drew of her. I feel like it will be a love triangle at least because pretty much every relationship in Cassandra Clare's books is a love triangle. Except for Mark, Cristina, and Kieran who are in a polygamous relationship. By the way, there is a bonus story in the back of the book (at least in my copy) called 'A love that never tires' where Clary proposes to Jace.

  • @karolpotters
    @karolpotters 6 лет назад +38

    i feel like the whole heavenly fire thing with emma and julian could've gone bad if the blackthorns weren't there. i think cristina says that emma looks like she can't take it any longer (bc it's heavenly fire, it's like super strong) and all that and then the blackthorns show up and sort of like, bring them back to themselves??? at least that's what i understood from that, you know? like, when they start telling julian and emma stuff, the last human part of them in that true nephlim form starts taking over again and going back to shadowhunter regular form (and then tavvy being v cute of course does it all)... i feel like, if they weren't there to sort of knock some sense (or love) back into jules and emma, they would've burned and died like those parabatai who became true nephlim so long ago in history.
    it did make sense to me because that was the way i interpreted it. it was love that started the "curse", it was love that stopped it.
    ____
    about eternidad: IT IS A LIE!!!!! DRU USED IT IN LORD OF SHADOWS!!!! of course, she didn't know what it was so she didn't use it properly BUT she used it and saw ash (and helped the poor kid develop a crush on her)
    ____
    about the vial nene gives them, it brought julian back from the spell magnus performed on him, so i think that explains why his parabatai rune was glowing. maybe emma with a sight of her julian being back ended up igniting her rune as well?? idk
    ____
    AND OH i like the theory of it being ash's blood in the vial fake eidolon demon!annabel was wearing so it could go around seraph blades and shit!!!!
    ____
    about ash: i wasn't disappointed but also i was expecting something else about him?? like, i dont want him to be a little sebastian (i just giggled cause it reminded me of parks and rec lmao ok back to it), because i think there is a part of him that is good and what sebastian could've been if valentine wasn't such a fuck up father. what we saw in qoaad was a little... i dont know?????? because he decided to stay back in thule (ALSO HE HAD BLACK WINGS) (remember those dreams clary had about a black-winged angel back in idk city of glass maybe?) to be with thule!jace and all, and he seemed like an okay kid from what we saw in the unseelie court? and also clary was very soft about him because it was her family, but the boy wanted to be with his mother and to get away from the unseelie king and shit but? i was expecting more, i think.
    ____
    I AM 500% WORRIED ABOUT CLARY STILL, I THOUGHT THIS BOOK WAS GONNA BE THE END OF WORRY FOR ME ABOUT CLARY BUT NO, THULE!JACE HAD TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LEAVE CLARY ALONE CASSIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am really ready for the last stories from ghosts of the shadow market because TEA
    ____
    ok SPOILERS if you haven't read the clace short story from after the end of qoaad: what if thule!jace shows up at jace and clary's wedding

    • @Elif-tf6ic
      @Elif-tf6ic 6 лет назад +4

      I do think Thule Jace will be Ash' true test about hero/anti-hero character if Thule Jace ever decides to hurt Clary Ash would stop him coz Ash cared about Clary when Emma talked about her It will mean something in the future
      Hopefully we will have some answers about Thule Jace in Forever Fallen which will be out in 6 months (much better than 4 years)
      100% agreed to everything you said

  • @nicolerodriguez8332
    @nicolerodriguez8332 6 лет назад +1

    Totally agree with the whole Sizzy thing! I missed them so much, I don't get why they were never in the book properly!
    Also when we find out Ash is Sebastian's kid I screamed that you were right Christine! Your theories are always so on point!

  • @Gabrielathebook
    @Gabrielathebook 6 лет назад +1

    I’ve been reading all day so I could finish and finally watch this. Also there’s a short story at the end of QoAaD that resolves the jace/clary proposal shenanigans which was so sweet

  • @kkmmrew
    @kkmmrew 5 лет назад

    My favourite part about finishing a cassie clare book is coming to watch your book talks. i smile the whole way through

  • @charlottelupin692
    @charlottelupin692 6 лет назад +10

    literally my first thought while reading the oatmeal parts was ‚what does christine think about this?!‘

  • @iLiviesimone
    @iLiviesimone 6 лет назад +12

    This felt so nostalgic- like it made me really miss TMI because like you I loved seeing Jace and Clary (almost more than any of the main characters lol), and also likewise for your videos! While watching this I was reminded of your booktalks and theory videos from way back in the day with like CoFA and CoLS and ahh time is scary because look at how far we are now 😭
    Keep up the great work- it's nice to watch someone else just go all out with their thoughts and I'm sure it takes so much time to edit so many thoughts into a video hahaha

  • @okelise
    @okelise 6 лет назад

    8:21 ALSO TO PROVE YOUR POINT DRU (most likely) USED THE ETERNIDAD TO GO TO FAERIE BY ACCIDENT WHERE SHE BRIEFLY MET ASH SO THAT MEANS NOT ONLY ROSALES CAN USE IT! I’M SO GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE I DIDN’T EVEN THINK OF THAT

  • @domreads6115
    @domreads6115 6 лет назад +1

    I am sooo happy there is someone else who had issues with QoAaD! So much of the stuff you said articulated the exact problems I had with it! It definitely felt like more of a means to an end rather than an end in itself. I’m way more excited for TWP!

  • @TheBookGoddess333
    @TheBookGoddess333 6 лет назад +3

    honestly at first i when TDA was announced i was like cc..why..but now i’m just even more invested in the universe

  • @PenguinsLovelyEC
    @PenguinsLovelyEC 6 лет назад +8

    Jace and Clary are engaged! Read the bonus story at the end of QoAAD!!!

  • @audreyraj5626
    @audreyraj5626 4 года назад +1

    There is a scene in LoS where Kieran tells Mark and Christina (I think it’s those three) that Julian, Magnus and some other people go to an Internet cafe, presumably to print Julian’s photos of the Black Book. Also it does seem highly unlikely Julian managed to photograph the entire book, but then again it is Julian.

  • @creative-goose
    @creative-goose 6 лет назад +1

    It has become a tradition of mine to watch your videos right after I read any of Cassie's books. I think I look forward to it as much as I do to reading the book. Thank you for making these videos! 😊❤

  • @MDev1997
    @MDev1997 3 года назад +1

    I love how you said that Jace gets better with age because I said to my boyfriend after finishing the book (despite him not knowing anything about Cassie's books except the random comments I've spewed at him over the years), "Jace just keeps getting better as he ages. He ages like a fine wine" and my boyfriend spit his drink out and couldn't stop laughing at that

  • @montiny1094
    @montiny1094 5 лет назад +2

    Going back to the beginning about Christina and the whole princess thing, when she killed Oban didn’t he also say “who are you?” as he died??? Because WHO is she?

  • @arwaelsebaey1053
    @arwaelsebaey1053 5 лет назад

    I agree that every scene with jace is just pure gold , i miss him so much and I really forgot how funny he is ugh

  • @alyssagoss9757
    @alyssagoss9757 6 лет назад +1

    In the epilogue, Jace and Clary plan to propose to each other at the same time, Clary just does it first. She gives him a blade that basically says, will you marry me in Latin and it's in the greenhouse where they shared their first kiss and as they start to make out which leads to the start of something else, the midnight flower blooms just like it did on Clary's sixteenth birthday and it even references that moment. It was the most perfect proposal Cassie could've done for them.

  • @lindseytoda5228
    @lindseytoda5228 5 лет назад +1

    Christine if u look at the end of the first editions of Qoaad, there’s a special short story featuring Clary & Jace which involves *SPOILER ALERT* their engagement

  • @Havatselete
    @Havatselete 4 года назад +1

    I think there were no bad consequences to Emma and Julian burning from heavenly fire become it came FROM their parabatai bond. It also makes sense that the parabatai bond disappeared because it was emptied of all its energy, like a battery. Jace, on the other hand: 1) got heavenly fire from outside, from the sword. It was too much because it added up to the Nephilim energy/fire already running in his blood... 2) His parabatai bond survived because it was not the source of the heavenly fire, thus it was not emptied of its energy.
    But that's just my interpretation, I may be wrong.

  • @madelyn810
    @madelyn810 6 лет назад +26

    Theory: the repercussions of Ty’s spell are why the seraph blade didn’t work on the Annabel demon...

    • @elizabethiman7442
      @elizabethiman7442 6 лет назад

      Madelyn Bradlea Demon was able to go inside LA institute before Ty did the spell though

    • @ananyakukrety3720
      @ananyakukrety3720 6 лет назад +12

      I think because of Ty’s spell, dark jace and Ash were able to come back from Thule

    • @Elif-tf6ic
      @Elif-tf6ic 6 лет назад +1

      @@ananyakukrety3720 it was my first taught too but more I think about it could be a magic from the black volume too, we certainly don't know what Ash is capable of...
      (But he probably has the book being Annabel's son-alike)
      Nope I was kinda wrong with this
      That demon was wearing a red vial similar to the ones Nene gave Emma and Julian
      And Unseelie king also wore Ash' blood around his neck
      I am telling you that vial had Ash' blood in that protected eidolon demon (could be Sebastian's too but I don't think so. Sebastian was probably taking small bits from an unaware Ash at nights to protect his higher ranking officers-being strong demons-)

  • @madisongeorgia4692
    @madisongeorgia4692 6 лет назад +12

    I’m honestly so excited to see what happens between Dru, Jaime and Ash in TWP tho 😋😋😂😂😆😆😆

  • @briony-zaralettington8906
    @briony-zaralettington8906 6 лет назад

    Did anyone else notice how in the Chapter right before they went to the parlay in the morning, each storyline had a moment where ‘I love you I love you I love you.’ was used? Felt really powerful and like it was building up to a bigger tragedy than what happened.

  • @Sad.Purple.unicorn
    @Sad.Purple.unicorn 5 лет назад +1

    I LOVE LOVE LOVE THE CANON POLYMORY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MARK KIER AND CRISTINA IT GIVES ME LIFE

  • @matthew-be3vi
    @matthew-be3vi 6 лет назад +5

    *SPOILERS*
    there's actually a bonus story in the first edition of QOAAD where Jace and Clary resolve their problems, Clary proposed to Jace and it was the cutest thing ever bcs they did it in the Green house where they first kissed I CAN'T

  • @alexiameyer4584
    @alexiameyer4584 5 лет назад

    Christine, Clary does propose to Jace. It was an additional story in QOAAD called A Love That Never Tires. She buys him a new sword that reads: visne me in matrimonium ducere, which means will you marry me. Luke helped her with the translation.

  • @cheolsbabypanda
    @cheolsbabypanda 6 лет назад +2

    2:21 IM LAUGHIFN DCIDKSK THATS LITERALLY IZZY AND SIMON IN THE BOOK THEY'RE JUST THERE TO WAVE
    also your reaction to Thule is everything. a huge mood

  • @lilaclona
    @lilaclona 4 года назад

    The "Malec" wedding at the end hit me right in the feels too

  • @rozusperelko
    @rozusperelko 6 лет назад +12

    lmao I love Jonathan aka Sebastian Morgerstern, the best villian ever

    • @anprofile2620
      @anprofile2620 6 лет назад +1

      OMG me too !!! Finally someone else!😂😢😍❤

    • @bloodclips
      @bloodclips 6 лет назад +1

      Soooo true

    • @nohahashem6692
      @nohahashem6692 5 лет назад +2

      I THOUGHT I WAS ALONE IN THIS!!! I WAS SO EXCITED WHEN WE SAW HIM AGAIN IN THULE CAUSE I MISSED HIM SO MUCHH

    • @herondale_7477
      @herondale_7477 4 года назад

      Me too!!!!! I agree with everything Christine says except for this and that she hates Jules. LIKE, GIRL. JULIAN BLACKTHORN IS PRECIOUS. Anyone here agree with me???

  • @bennyboii13
    @bennyboii13 6 лет назад

    I'm not sure if you know about it, but Waterstones released an exclusive copy of QOAAD. It has a bonus chapter in the back...a little scene between Jace and Clary. I definitely recommend finding and reading it

  • @ellamolly9625
    @ellamolly9625 6 лет назад +1

    the love of their family is what brought them back from being true nephilim, also Alec is the consul so there was no consequence

  • @lily-lg3tl
    @lily-lg3tl 6 лет назад

    There’s a short story at the end of the first edition where they propose to each other and it’s everything 😍😍🥰

  • @asecretcourtofcrowsandcloc4084
    @asecretcourtofcrowsandcloc4084 6 лет назад

    I also think that perhaps the vile of blood which made the demons immune to the shadow Hunter magic was ashes from the king and I had also believed the theory that Sebastian in the queen would have a child although for some reason I did not connect that to who drew had seen until much later on

  • @mayakhodabakchian8388
    @mayakhodabakchian8388 6 лет назад +5

    I totally agree with your ending!! It was so anticlimactic

  • @trcap51916
    @trcap51916 6 лет назад +1

    Thule Christina slayed as much as normal Christina and the way Emma was still like my best friend is a badass killed mee

  • @kidronramirez52
    @kidronramirez52 5 лет назад +1

    @polandbananasbooks. Sorry for late comment on this video but if you didn't know it, Cassie Clare said that all the things that weren't explained in Queen of Air and Darkness WILL BE RESOLVED IN THE WICKED POWERS SERIES...

  • @abiwall2186
    @abiwall2186 6 лет назад

    This review is so helpful because it validates ALL THE FEELINGS I’VE BEEN HAVING ABOUT THIS NOT BEING THE END AT ALL and the no consequences thing was bothering me too!!!

  • @katiebrown2998
    @katiebrown2998 6 лет назад +5

    Am I the only one who thinks Ash is going to be ultimately good? I’m so excited!

  • @embemrose
    @embemrose 6 лет назад +1

    Heavenly Fire/Nephilim theory: we're going to learn more about Julian's "powers" in Chain of Gold because Lucie marries Jesse. I think that Lucie got something from her mother and she passed it down and the reason Emma was able to withstand it is because Julien and Emma were Parabatai

  • @mayaatkins8051
    @mayaatkins8051 6 лет назад

    I’m pretty sure they were able to withstand the fire because of their family. I think Cassie wanted to show their family bonds and how strong the blackthorns and Emma all love each other.

  • @brendawalshmckay9762
    @brendawalshmckay9762 6 лет назад +3

    I kind of wanted more back story on Annabel and the Seelie queen as to why they are the way they are...

  • @aroobkhan7144
    @aroobkhan7144 6 лет назад +1

    Was anyone else crying when kit was reading Thule livvy’s letter to Ty because I was hysterical. And when Kit was trying to stop Ty from raising Livvy and he told him that he loved him.. damn the Tears there too.
    I feel as if the funniest moments in this book’s came from mark, Kieran and Kit does anyone else agree? 😂

  • @galleryg998
    @galleryg998 6 лет назад +5

    7:05 we got the airy fairy good times, but since this is Queen of Air and Darkness
    - where’s the darkness??

  • @cheyannekennedy3158
    @cheyannekennedy3158 6 лет назад +1

    Omg I didn’t even think about half of the theories you had!! Thanks!

  • @ThatOneGuyOverThere
    @ThatOneGuyOverThere 6 лет назад +16

    I want to see the Sizzy marriage anyone else?

    • @patax144
      @patax144 6 лет назад +1

      Shadowhunter 1 that should have been the end of this book!!!! Sorry Malec fans but you're getting an entire book series, and you already appeared throughout TDA the least we Sizzy fans could get was that marriage, Cassie teased the marriage back in Lady Midnight and I've been waiting to read it ever since

  • @eleniplevriti3304
    @eleniplevriti3304 5 лет назад +1

    Also the giants thing reminded me of Tessa in CP2

  • @arianadumbledore4838
    @arianadumbledore4838 6 лет назад

    When Ragnor came out looking smug AF in that shirt. Best. Character. Revival. Ever. Favorite part of the book hands down

  • @myriamdjama8801
    @myriamdjama8801 5 лет назад

    I loved the book but the ending wasn’t what I was expecting you were right when you said it didn’t feel like an ending but more of a set up for the wicked powers.Magnus and Alec getting married was on of my favourite part of the book I’ve been waiting for that to happen since tales from the shadowhunter academy (born to endless night) when Magnus said he wouldn’t marry Alec until they can get married in gold

  • @suazim1494
    @suazim1494 6 лет назад

    BRO the most emotional I got was when Alec proposed. I was happy crying so much. I'M SO HAPPY FOR MY MAGNUS BANE . He deserves everything

  • @fafamaia
    @fafamaia 5 лет назад

    The vial on the fake Anabelle is the same that was on the Unseelie King, the blood of Ash. Which gave them strengh, that's why it wasn't killed with the seraph blade.

  • @KaiInMotion
    @KaiInMotion 5 лет назад

    All I got from Jem's explanation in this book was "Solo Parabatai used to turn into giants but we lost that method and now only two can" so maybe we'll find the way a single pair can use the old method going forth? It would be amazing. We for sure are getting giant demons in the final series, it's gonna be amazing seeing the Titans fighting giant demons amid a big war scene.

  • @heaven9926
    @heaven9926 4 года назад

    clary does propose to jace at the end of queen of air and darkness when they go to greenhouse in the new york institute but it's only in the special waterstones editions of the book. it's on heavenlybibliophile's instagram highlights under qoaad if you want to read it :)

  • @Anonymous-jk5bj
    @Anonymous-jk5bj 6 лет назад +7

    It’s not a Christine review without a story about her historically crying in public 😂😂😂 love her xx

  • @shrutiv8806
    @shrutiv8806 6 лет назад

    Omg you need to read the short clary and Jace story on the back of QOAAD!!!!!! Its literally perfection and gives you all the feels and its just what you need to read right now omg

  • @TheBookGoddess333
    @TheBookGoddess333 6 лет назад +9

    if anyone complains about the wicked powers imma flip cos the lead characters are lgbtq+ boys!! one of which is autistic!! and a girl who embraces and exemplifies happiness in ur own skin no matter your size or curves!! twp is super important for representation