I still cry when I think about it. My abridged version-SPOILERS!!! It was customary at the death of a shadowhunter for the friends and family to gather around the bedside and tell stories. Some would find it odd, the sight of an old man being cradled by a woman young enough to be his granddaughter, but for those present, it was just Will and Tessa. They all told stories, of the green mountains and deep blue lakes of Wales, of demon pox and songs passed down. Then when everyone else had left, Will and Tessa lay together in the dark and told stories only they knew. Of the girl who hit a boy on the head with a pitcher, and how he fell in love with her in that moment, of holy water and blood. Afterward, Jem took out his violin and began to play. He played two boys training together and then playing cards. Two young men running through the streets of London, then stopping up against a building to catch their breath and laugh. The memories came on and on. Then, with his hand in Jem's and his head on Tessa's shoulder, his eyes slid closed and he died. After that she fled. She had endured the death of her husband. She could not survive the death of her children. There were times when Tessa was horrified to realize she had forgotten the exact blue of Will's eyes. She found Magnus in New York and stayed with him. Some nights she would wake up screaming for Will and Magnus would come to her side. "The first one's always the hardest", he would tell her. This is my own little imagination-every Christmas since his passing, Tessa thinks back to Sophie's Ascension ceremony and remembers how the snow began to fall and make patterns on the floor. Will leans over and says in her ear, "Merry Christmas, Tessa."
Just rewatched the City of bones movie and there was this scene of Jace being so jealous of Clary and Simon. I compared him to Will and I was like: this Herondale didn't learn how to share
Christine: if I'm about to spoil you I'll let you know by putting the book cover for the one that I'll be spoiling Also Chistine: J A C E H E R O N D A L E
I love the Dark Artifices a bit more that Infernal Devices but Will was the best Herondale I loved Jace but Will, Jem and Tessa best Trio and love triangle by far. I wonder if Christine’s opinion will change after reading Queen of Air and Darkness along with the epilogues and extra story at the end. But I just started reading so I can’t spoil you I’m on page 280~ something.
I feel like it's going to be epic as well because don't forget that Jem still loved Tessa. So we'll have a book where Tessa and Will are getting married and live their life and Jem 😢
honestly i feel like there are so many villains in the dark artifices and i don’t know who’s the main threat lol i knew the infernal devices would win lol i love that trilogy so much!!!
I agree, like I love TDA but it's less concise than TID, which is my favourite. It's harder to keep track of everything that's happened in TDA because the books are sprawling and there are so many plotlines to follow.
TMI vs. TID vs. TDA Aka *the girl who fell in love with her brother* vs. *the parabatai who fell in love with the same girl* vs. *the parabatai who fell in love with each other* I know there is so much more to those series than that, I love The Shadowhunter Chronicles.
i feel bad for TMI 😂 i still love that series so freaking much and i kinda love clary even though she can be pretty maddening, maybe it’s because i’m a gryffindor 🤷🏼♀️
Tytti Leinonen I’m kinda surprised she didn’t choose Sebastian as the best villain 😂 yes yes Sebastian was a freaking awful character and he deserved absolutely ZERO redemption for his actions because he’s just that evil, but imo that is exactly what made him the best villain out of all of CCs series 😶😂😂
I LOVED LOVED LOVED THIS VIDEO I AM SO EXCITED FOR QUEEN OF AIR AND DARKNESS!!! CHRISTINE YOU HAVE TO READ GHOSTS OF THE SHADOW MARKET, LIKE YOU HAVE TO, I BELIEVE ITS AS MANDOTORY AS TALES OF THE SHADOWHUNTER ACADEMY WERE FOR LADY MIDNIGHT YOU MUST READ THEM THEY ARE AMAZING
I think I disagree only with the Clockwork Army, because to me, the Dark Army was the best. Dark Shadowhunters? Talk about a real threat. Actually, TID isn't my favorite series, but I can't argue with these results...
For me my favorite shadowhunter series in order are: TDA TDI TMI But who knows what will happen after Queen of Air and Darkness comes out I have a good feeling about it.
Leandro Azevedo I wont spoil anything but in my humblest opinion- it doesn’t even compare in the slightest. It’s not meant to be sad, it ends on a cliffhanger but it’s honestly not all that. Clockwork princess epilogue is a billion times better and you probably won’t even shed a tear at QOAAD one (during the book yes, but the epilogue no)
@@megansimpson4825 no spoilers, but I am only on chapter 4 and now it is starting to get very interesting. The three chapters made me cry a lot. They were just pure beautiful and amazing. I know I will probably cry more 😂😂😂
I freaking love your response to the love triangle question. I get upset at the thought that any other could beat Jem - Will - Tessa. Such an amazing deep connection between all three of them... I hope more people read TID so they can have their idea of a love triangle shattered!
I agree so hard!! TID is everything but I adore TDA, Julian!! I’d be lying if I said I didn’t laugh at least 20 times at how accurately you expressed every thought I’ve ever had as part of the Shadowhunters fandom lol
My anwser with all this question 1. Favorite main character : EMMA CORDELIA CARSTAIRS ( MA BEST GIRL! 🎉) 2. Favorite Herondale : I do love Jace but I'M IN LOVE WITH HIS GREAT GREAT GREAT GRAMPS, WILLIAM OWEN HERONDALE 3. Favorite love triangle : HERONGRAYSTAIRS Y'ALL 4. Best villans : SEBASTIAN MORGENSTERN ( sorry cuz he's hot ) 5. Favorite siblings : BlACKTHORN SIBLINGS ( Mark/Helen/Julian/Livia/Ty/Dru/Tavvy 6. Favorite parabatai : TEAM HERONSTAIRS 7. Favorite main ship : JEMMA 4EVER!!! 8. Favorite army : THE CLOCKWORK ARMY 🕰 9. Favorite sidekick : CRISTINA MENDOZA ROSALES 🌹 10. Favorite settings : NEW YORK BABY!!! 🗽 11. Favorite boyfriend : JULIAN ATTICUS BLACKTHORN MA LOVE 💕 The winner is THE DARK ARTIFICES 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I love Emma Carstairs because because of her personality and sarcastic-ness. I love Tessa Gray for so many reasons I can’t even say them all. I love Clary Fairchild because she’s the kind of girl who would start a war in a unicorn T-shirt... sooooo
I love the Los Ángeles institute surrounded by the ocean and desert. Instead of being surrounded by a city like the London or New York Institute. But I do get the feels especially when we went to London during Lord of Shadows feels
silverforgold I feel so bad that it only got one win 😓😓😂 I mean, like, I do have to agree that Will is the better Herondale IMO but SEBASTIAN IS THE BEST VILLAIN BY FAR AND HIS DARK ARMY IS WAY BETTER THAN THE INFERNAL ARMY! Yeah yeah Sebastian and his dark army were awful and deserved ZERO redemption because they were that evil but that is totally what made them the best villains. Like Fade and Annabel are really good villains too but with the way TDA has finished I almost feel as if Fade and Annabel were never meant to be seen as the huge villains of the story. Yes they were central parts of the bad points of TDA but the way Queen ends makes Fade and Annabel seem pretty much irrelevant. Plus I’m ngl but COHF is the best last book against Princess (not counting Queen because that is definitely even better than COHF) because the whole book is just full of action and there’s honestly not a single boring part of that book whereas with Princess I feel like the second half of the book is where it gets good because the epilogue is so heart breaking and it really does have an amazing ending, but whenever I read it I do usually find myself skipping loads of sections just to get to the part where Will finds Tessa in the cave and reading from there to the end. So I do think that TMI deserves way more appreciation IMO 😂😂
Plus TMI is the very first proper book series I read from when I was 11 and I’m 17 now (I never liked reading much before reading TMI) and it was the series that made me LOVE reading so much- legit not a single day has gone by since then where I’m not reading something- so I feel a certain loyalty towards the TMI books and the characters in them 😂😂
1) Tessa 2) this hurts to choose but i think Will 3) obviously Jem Will and Tessa. 4) ok obviously the best villain is Sebastian 5) I think the Dark Army took this one 6) Lady Midnight 7) its between Isabelle or Cristina and I'm not going to choose so its a point for both 8) Los Angeles Institute 9) Clockwork Princess 10) ooo this was kinda hard but I think I THINK it might be City of Lost Souls although Clockwork Prince and Lord of Shadows were pretty much tied with City of Lost Souls. 11) I think forbme its Clockwork Princess bc it's really the only book that gave me some closure. AND THE WINNER IS.... THE INFERNAL DEVICES! but I have to say i love every single book shes written and each series has a special place in my heart
There's literally NOBODY who makes me as excited to read as Christine. This makes me wanna read these books all over again, I still havent read Cassandra's last series and I'm DYING, I'M IN PAIN. I'M GONNA GO BUY THEM ASAP TY CHRISTINE 😭💕
So I really need to say that. The infernal devices was really good. It's still one of my favourite books and I still adore team wessa. Sorry Jem (not sorry). Then I read the mortal instruments because the infernal devices was just perfect. And I just couldn't finish the mortal instruments because I didn't like it. Now, I'm gonna read lady midnight and I'm super excited. I hope it's better that tmi. But you're voting looks good. I mean your number one is TID. So that's good to know
I clicked this video hoping my favorites would win but then remember it’s Christine and she loves TID and was not surprised whatsoever by any of her choices.
I stopped reading Queen of Air and Darkness for this, so you know I love you 💜 (again, thank you Amazon Mexico for somehow screwing up and sending it early, literally best early Christmas gift ever)
I completely agree!! The Infernal Devices totally trumps the rest. Granted I haven't read all of the Dark Artifices. But I cried SO much in Clockwork Princess. I'm so jelly of Tessa. Lol Bitch got everything she wanted!
god i've been watching you for so long and reading cassie's books for so long that watching a book tag video by you on her books is just nostalgia ten fold it makes me so happy to see this also uncontestedly, tid is the best cassie series to me. tda hasn't topped it yet. maybe it will with the final book or maybe i need to reread the other two, but right now my heart lies with babies in the victorian london institute!
This took me back to my 12 year old self, debating every single thing about these series, who were my favorites, and I honestly loved it! Great video Christine, and I just want to say your book looks great on your shelf 😉
I loved watching this so much! I absolutely love it when a new Cassie Clare book comes out because then you come up with Shadowhunter content and tHATS WHAT I LIVE FOR!
i literally couldn't stop crying when i read clockwork princess! i read it in one night. and i was crying SO much i could barely see the words ugh what an epic finale.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO CHRISTINE ❤ A BLESS, AS USUAL..It's so motivational to finally make me read "Lord of Shadows"...I really need to catch up on the series XD
i just love it when you rave about TID everytime bc literally everything u say, I CAN RELATE AND I AGREE 100%. TID IS HANDS DOWN THE BEST TRILOGY OF ALL TIME!!!
My tag answers 1. Emma 2. Will (he’s too perfect) 3. Will, Jem, and Tessa I just think their triangle was perfect and ended perfectly no other love triangle can be as good as them 4. Sebastian because I love to hate him but then his last moments in the book when he went back to Clary’s brother WOW I cry 5. Honestly don’t care about the Army 6. Best first book would be a tie between Clockwork Angel and Lady Midnight 7. Isabelle 8. Infernal Devices for me I LOVE the old timey London 9. Ok tie between City and Heavenly Fire and Clockwork princess because I cried hysterically during both 10. Lord of Shadows for me it was fantastic 11. Clockwork Princess
personally, tmi will always hold that place in my heart but yesw JEM AND WILL AND TESS MY FELLOW BRITS YES also, please please please do this again when tec and tlh and twp are out with every series it will be AMAZING
All in all I agree on everything except the villain category. For that one I think Sebastian takes the cake. I love that even though he is so absolutely evil he is so complex because who he is was not his fault. Oh and forgot but also the main girl, actually Tessa is my favorite!
My opinions: (I've finished TDA)(I'm answering before I hear your answer) 1. TID 2. TID 3. TID(Truly the best love triangle) 4. TDA 5. TID 6. TDA 7. TDA 8. TID 9. TDA(I've read it at this point) 10. TDA 11. TID TID is my 2nd favorite book series ever and my favorite trilogy as well! I LOVE it. It's my favorite Shadowhunters series as well!!!!
Favorite video of all time! I have watched it well over 20 times and can say every single word with her, I don’t know why I love this video so much but it is absolutely fabulous just like Christine❤️❤️❤️