i read chain of iron and i will never know peace 

“He’s like a depressed bisexual who like just reads Oscar Wilde constantly and drinks” What a way to summarize my entire personality 🙃

"he's being gaslit by a bracelet" is the b e s t way to describe james' situation omg i'm crying

Okay but can we APPRECIATE OUR BOY JAMES LITERALLY LEARNS FARSI FOR HER AND GIVES HER A NECKLACE AND IS BASICALLY IN LOVE WITH HER EVEN WITH THE FRICKIN GRACELET ON LIKE IF THIS ISNT LOVE IDK WHAT IS?!?!?!?! HERONDALES UGHH 😭😭😭😭

okay but the fact that james herondale is husband material ... while having a fake marriage with cordelia carstairs i - 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

Am I the only one who wants a book about Cordelia and James being domestic? I would literally pay for an entire book of them just being in love

Cassie clare’s cruelty knows no bounds

“i have never wanted to see will herondale less” WHAT A MOOD😭

taylor swift really did write champagne problems for james and cordelia i see

I'm literally only 13 minutes in and you said "I dont want this to end with cordelia being like 'I'm gonna be with mattew' while james realizes he's in love with cordeilia" and IM NOW IM SO EXCITED TO SEE YOUR REACTION AT THE END YOU'RE LITERALLY PHYCIC WHAT THE FVCK

“We have talked so much of travel, I wanted to give you the world.” That quote had me CRYING. 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲

*random side charactere exists* Lilith: so, actually...

“Not only is he a hell demon, he’s also a SEXIST hell demon.” ily so much 😂❤️

The FACT that NONE of my 5 ships ended in a good place by the end of the book 🥲🥲

Okay but when Will was questioning thomas with the mortal sword i was like there’s my TID Will😭

all i wanna know is WHAT THE NECKLACE’S SECRET IS AKDJSKDHKSJD

i can't even imagine the pain cassie's gonna put us through with chain of thorns i think it's gonna be clockwork princess all over again and i'm not ready i still haven't recovered from clockwork princess

her saying she's never wanted to see will herondale less in her whole life SENT ME CUZ GURL THAT WAS ME I SCREECHED WHEN HE POPPED OUT OF NOWHERE

So, about this whole "Matthew loves Cordelia 'storyline - while reading, I was going through Tumblr, I think, and stumbled upon a very interesting theory which I now accept as what must happen. Basically, it says that Matthew isn't REALLY in love with Cordelia but everything he feels for her is basically the manifestation of James' feelings for her that James couldn't feel cause stupid gracelet. So, basically, they were kind of manifested in Matthew's love for Cordelia through James and Matthew's parabatai bond and now, that the gracelet is broken and no more in control of James, Matthew will realize that he doesn't really love Cordelia. And let me just say - I will die if this doesn't happen. Because I feel like this 'two parabatai having feelings for the same person' plot was already used in the Infernal Devices and, tbh, don't want to see it again. Like - it was done perfectly in TID but that's enough. Also, this gives me hope that maybe Matthew doesn't die (?) and won't suffer because of James and Cordelia. Like it would make so much sense both story-wise and would be much better for him as a character. I just know that James and Cordelia are endgame and I don't want Matthew to suffer anymore, I want him to find happiness and I just don't see any other way for this to happen. (I really hope this was coherent

How are we supposed to wait ANOTHER YEAR until COT comes out? I'm not ready for this pain

*Spoilers* I felt horrible for Grace when Tatiana told her to _seduce_ (🤮) Jesse. But the way she went running to James still acting like she loved him made me lose every ounce of sympathy... However, am I still looking forward for Grace and Christopers scenes? Yes.

jem playing violin at the wedding made me cry and it was at that point that i knew this whole book would destroy me

If James X Cordelia isn't endgame, I too will simply evaporate.

petition to stop calling it "the bracelet", but instead, the "grace-let"

I've never read a Cassie Claire book in my life, why am I so invested in James and Cordelia

I have only read The Infernal Devices before this and I just cannot imagine reading The Last Hours without that context, like...imagine not tearing up every time Jem is mentioned!? But anyways, Matthew Fairchild deserves a happy ending so much, but just not with Cordelia. I hope we get more Ariadne/Anna and Thomas/Alastair content in the next book, because I love them.

I went through the 32 stages of grief reading chain of iron oh my god. Can I just say Alastair Carstairs is literally my favourite book character of al time now & thomastair melted my heart. Also yes I have been won over by jordelia I really did tear up over them.

This is small but I really loved that Risa would just pretend that she couldnt speak english and then had little nicknames for the merry thieves - matthew being "the one from the circus" really cracked me up

okay all your reactions are literally how i fucking reacted. this book broke me, i’m not even kidding. also can we please talk about how cordelias voice made james come back into his senses when he was feeling the hate? i’ve just read 215 pages so i stopped at that point so that i could read along with you.

"he's literally being gaslit by a bracelet"

i don't think you understand i have been WAITING for this video cause none of my friends UNDERSTAND

"something's gonna happen with grace and james and cordelia's gonna be hurt and turn to matthew" HOW DID YOU KNOW???????

I'm sure that one dislike is from Tatiana Blackthorn.

What got me was the fact that Lucie brought Jesse back without using a warlock. Yeah there’s going to be repercussions of that but I was like WHATTTT!!!!!!

To be honest, I think the ending could have been so much worse. Cordelia and Matthew are in Paris, yes, and that sucks, but I don't think Cordelia is going to fall in love with Matthew, because that would be so unrealistic and bad character development, given how much she loves James. It would only be a cheap "Tessa-Will-Jem" recycling, and I don't see how CC could do something coherent out of it. My predictions (and hopes) are that Matthew is going to enjoy his time with Cordelia, and realize that the reason he loves her, is because she's the only one that seems to really get how he feels, and therefore realize he's not really in love with her. Then maybe a big part of the story is going to take place in Paris, because James, Lucie and the others will be going to Paris. When they reunite, James is going to think that Cordelia is in love with Matthew (because at some point she told him that she had been in love with SOMEONE), so he's not going to tell her anything not to "force" her to stay with him because they're married. And then we will have our 2 dummies, in love with each other, but each of them thinking the other is in love with someone else. But that's UNTIL Cordelia gets hurt, or James gets hurt, and then they will admit their feelings to each other. I didn't mention the plot because honestly who gives a shit, but I thing they will manage something, they will succeed at breaking the oath Cordelia took and resurrect Jesse without everything going to shit and kill Belial for good. Also, Matthew is the big question. Maybe he's going to realize he's not in love with Cordelia and will fall in love with someone else (mundane), explaining why he's not on the family tree, or he's going to die to save James, or he will be happily married to another shadow hunter (and is just not mentioned in the family tree). I don't think he's going to die though, because of his drinking problem: CC is going to make him recover, and will address alcohol recovery as a life-long struggle, so she can't kill him right away. Anyway, I want him FAR FROM CORDELIA but I want him happy, and I think it's going to be a problem *cry*. I can't wait to come back here to see how wrong I was

this book is the kinda of book you’re dying to finish to know what happens at the end, but when you do finish you just don’t know what to do to yourself (i literally finished one week ago and i cried during your entire vlog)

I think we’ve all been waiting for this

This book destroyed me. The most frustrating reading experience ever. My only plot theory is that the reason behind the all “The Carstairs owe the Herondales” is because James and/or Lucy are going to solve the deal that Cordelia made with Lilith

James mentions something super briefly at the end that the globe necklace he gave her has some sort of power and he gave it to her two weeks into their marriage,,,,,,

"DON'T STAY HERE" girl i wish she'd stayed there

my family listening to me scream IT GETS WORSE at you from the other room 👁👄👁

Probably the most intense ending of a book I've ever seen Hannah has read.

"Daisy, my love" KILLED ME (mostly because I was pretending that he was talking to me, but still!!!!)

The last hours characters as bts songs because I love pain: James - filter Cordelia - heartbeat Grace - fake love Lucie - pied piper Matthew - save me Anna - my time Ariadne - serendipity Thomas - singularity Christopher - black swan Alastair - lie Jesse - awake

"not reading for the plot" literally a mood, i forgot there was one

jem became a silent brother last time but tessa was immortal i'm scared for matthew

me halfway through a spoiler filled video kinda realizing that I might actually enjoy reading this series 👁👄 👁

your emotions every time james and cordelia had a scene was literally me LOL

Unpopular opinion*** - I loved the ending. I want her to just chill with Mathew in Paris( as friends) away from all the James craziness. I think their friendship is a great dynamic and can't wait to read more of it.

Jem playing the violin during the wedding left me sobbing, 100% agree about "Enchanted" by Taylor Swift being the theme song for Lucie and Jessie. 😂, I hate love triangles

all i can think about is the angst thats gonna be in chian of thorns and i am not okay. The tension bettween Cordellia and James when they meet again and all the emotions and i am so scared and in pain. Magnus just needs to get them all in a room and make them explain EVERYTHING to eahother. why can't shadowhunters communicate like its so painful. Cassie chose violence.

I read chain of iron when it came out and till this day I still feel like this book is nothing but a dream. I can’t get over the ending, I love James so much and I was so mad when Math and Cordelia left even though they both are my favorite characters In TLH. Like what the hell? They literally left him without letting him explain and math and James are parabati. Matthew’s confession broke me. Poor Jamie deserves the world after all the pain he’s been through. Cassie barely allowed us to enjoy thomastair before breaking them up. Lucie amd Jesse are the cutest. Let’s also talk about Christopher and Grace because honestly I always liked Grace’s character and I believe that kit is the cutest. I am truly emotionally dead after this book, I no longer believe in love without pain. But thank you, Hannah I adore your Channel and you. And I am happy that you are currently happier than before. ❤️❤️

Only seen the first thirty seconds but, yes, I agree. pain.

legit rewatching this cause chain of thorns comes out this month…..can’t believe it’s been sooo long 😭😭😭

Am I correct to assume that Hannah would cry less cutting onions than reading Chain of Iron?

If anybody thinks she is being dramatic you should have seen me reading clockwork Princess, losing my mind shouting and crying at a family function with everyone staring at me like I was mad and still to this day ask me why I was crying so much and my mom literally refusing to buy me more Cassandra Clare books because I was mourning the book for weeks and thought that they would make me depressed when the fact is that her books were the only things that stopped me from being actually depressed. You don't get it. These books saved my life. Literally.

i can’t remember the exact line but the bit where it went “the hardest thing james herondale had to do in his life was nothing at all” when he doesn’t go after them on the train broke me

The Thomastairs prison scene got me the most - I cried whilst explaining it to my mum 2 days later. Like I just couldn't handle all the emotions

As someone who has never read a single Cassandra Claire book I have to say this video sent me on an emotional roller coaster

My copy hasn't arrived yet and I'm in eternal pain over it but commenting because you deserve appreciation ❤️

The way Hannah literally predicted the ending 😭❤️

This book made me feel like my heart was pulled out of my body, torn to shreds, then put in a blender. I loved it.

I almost threw the book across the room at Tatiana's suggestion to grace. The once thing people always bring up about Cassie is the whole incest thing. To be fair the mortal instruments title was a incest fanfic lol.

enchanted, sparks fly and haunted were all written for luciejesse... i absolutely love it 🤍

the part where you explained to your sister is exactly what i did to my brother as soon as i finished the book

Oh James and Cordelia scenes and thomastair were like love. Matthew's confession to cordelia literally just broke me oh I cried so bad.

I literally started bawling my eyes out on page 82 when Jem is playing the violin at their wedding. Like Cassie did not have the RIGHT to make me cry that much 82 pages into this book 😩😭😭

I would've watched the 6 hours HAHA. I literally had to FORCE myself to read the last 20 pages of this book because I was in ~so much pain!~

Your reaction to the last hours will be my reaction to the wicked powers.

Tatiana wanted James to retrieve the bracelet cuz Tatiana thinks it will make James feel like he's hero or somethng and that James would feel like he's helping Grace...so basically to spark some sort of a heroism.

The end of this book made me so mad, I couldn't even read the final few pages without taking several hours long break to fume in silence. I ship herondaisy so much and this whole love triangle situation made me want to scream omg I hate it. P.S. this vlog was such a mood I loved it so much lol

honestly this book didn’t put me in a reading slump, it put me in a freaking DEPRESSION. Literally its been a week since i finished it and i still think about it 24/7 and cry about it daily

does anyone keep count of how many "no" Hannah delivers through out this vlog? I need it for science.

I can't even begin to articulate my emotions over CoI. Like watching you read the last chapter, was literally like watching me react all over again, and all it did was stir up the emotions that i had safely compartmentalized and was ready to ignore until Chain of Thorns comes out!! "I've never wanted to see Will Herondale less in my entire life" -Hannah Azerang is a quote that will live in my head for the next year honestly. Just watching you scream/cry throughout this book was so relatable! I've been reading Cassies books since 2009 and I feel the exact same way you do because these books have also defined and shaped my life as a reader and just as an adult human in general!!

alternate title Hannah crying her heart out at any and every page in chain of iron lol I feel you

It's been days since I read it and I still haven't recovered.I know Jordelia's most likely to be endgame but I kinda like Cordelia with Matthew too.And after all he's been through,I don't want Matthew to suffer anymore.Chain of thorns is going to be devastating.😭❤

"Matthew I love you, but please don't be a car guy" AHHHH ME AF

It's so fun watching this having just finished Chain of Iron and knowing that all of your predictions are spot on LOL

THIS BOOK BROKE ME - can i please hibernate for a year??

I so ship Thomas and Alastair!! And the James/Cordelia kissing scenes are literally hotter than half the sex scenes I've ever read. So frustrating- just get together already and put me out of my misery!!! *Ughhhh* I loved this book.

I can not put into words how much these reading vlogs mean to me 😭😭 like none of my friends have read Chain of Gold or Chain of Iron and I neeeeed to hear more opinions about it and ahhh 💗💗💗 I have never been in such pain

What am I doing here? I just read City of Bones XD

You repeatedly hitting yourself in the face with the book is a fucking mood and a half 😂

when you said that you only care about james and cordelia, I really felt that. the plot is the extras and they are the main event.

Hey Hannah! Just finished reading "Chain of Thorns" and eagerly waiting for a reading vlog of the same😭💘

What I love is how both Emma and Cordelia were always described as smelling of rose water. It's the Carstairs signature scent.

omg i relate to all of these reactions SO HARD. i honestly wasn't rooting for james/cordelia at first (i'm definitely rooting for fairstairs even though i know it won't happen, i love matthew too much), but i'd be happy with them together. they had so many cute moments together that i have no choice but to stan. also THANK YOU for talking about jesse and lucie, they were one of my favorite parts of the book and my vlog was just me screaming over them and matthew 😂this book was PAINFUL i need chain of thorns yesterday 😭

This book emotionally TORTURED me. I thought Clockwork Prince wrecked me but this book, in my opinion, grabbed my soul and tore it to shreds.

OK soo technically it's a terrible ending but it's actually great because they literally just need to talk !! Appart from Lucie's whole situation, we can almost be certain that they're gonna be fine because Cordelia wouldn't lead Matthew on and make him believe she loves him back, so we just need to wait and it's all going to be good (i'm trying to convince myself lol)

bookmarking 20:50 because i love wqtching her explain the plot to her sister

I just read it and its so sad at the end. Mathew and Cordelia go to Paris just after Grace's spell on James and finally realises. But no matter what I LOVE THIS BOOK. And I LOVED when Jem played the violin at James's wedding.

the only booktuber you’ll catch me watching hour long reading vlogs for. I loved this!!

I did have some issues with coi tbh. The thing that distressed me the most was how everyone keeps ignoring matthew’s addiction. There are several points in the story when characters (especially, lucie!) acknowledge his problems but dont do anything about it. I dont think they’re even trying and i feel like they keep excusing their ignorance with “you cant help those who dont wanna be help” which is not enough of a reason for inaction. And another unrealistic thing about this is that cordelia is the one who tries to help him instead of the people who’ve known and loved matthew his whole life. Math has known cordelia for like 4 months right? And why aren’t his childhood friends the ones who try for him? Another thing is that i HATED all these secrets that they keep from each other bc it causes the miscommunication which is the plot device that I absolutely hate. Cordelia and Lucie barely had any scenes together and the ones they did have were really underwhelming in my opinion🥺 i can say exactly the same about math and jamie. Lack of jem was absolutely sickening. Lack of will and tessa was a crime. And will is the hottest dilf ever and im sure u all agree.

The way I CLICKED this video I was literally mid convo and said stfu I htg 😭😭😭

I read most of this book on a plane, and the guy sitting next to me kept casting me very concerned looks😂

I’ve been waiting for this upload!!!💜

I havent read a single cassie book I just came to leave a comment 😭❤️

All I have to say is that chain of thorns better have fucking 1000 pages, so many things were left undone and I thought at least one couple will be happy but noooooo cassie just wants to torture us (I still love her tho) and cordelia better not lead Matthew on and Matthew better not try something while knowing that SHE'S IN LOVE WITH HIS FUCKING BEST FRIEND. And I feel like Matthew doesn't have legit feelings for cordelia BECAUSE Anna said something abt him and hopeless love sooo idk. And Lucie idk wat to say abt her I'm worried and alot of people are saying she and Jessie are going to be evils I mean that would be fun but I don't want to see the pain of everyone else if this were to happen but um yeahhh...... Love the vlog btw I've been waiting for this vid for Days!!! I mean after reading it I needed to see what other people think about it and I read it the day after it came out and not alot of reviews anyway love you thank youuuu for thiss❤❤❤❤ And right now I'm literally re reading tda Why grace why just why

Did I revisit this vlog for the express reason of recapping Chain of Iron to prepare to read Chain of Thorns? You bet I did! The emotional turmoil!

been waiting for you to post this and im so excited right now

i was waiting for this video for so long! i was gonna do homework but imma watch this video ily hannah 💙