Clary,
Despite everything, I can’t bear the thought of this ring being lost forever, any more than I can bear the thought of leaving you forever. And though I have no choice about the one, at least I can choose about the other. I’m leaving you our family ring because you have as much right to it as I do.
I’m writing this watching the sun come up. You’re asleep, dreams moving behind your restless eyelids. I wish I knew what you were thinking. I wish I could slip into your head and see the world the way you do. I wish I could see myself the way you do. But maybe I don’t want to see that. Maybe it would make me feel even more than I already do that I’m perpetuating some kind of Great Lie on you, and I couldn’t stand that. -
Magnus Bane
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[I have my reasons for asking.]
agentpuferfish asked:
City of Lost Souls arrived in the mail this morning. I just finished the book. It was amazing, incredible and astonishing! All the [redacted] scenes were almost too much. Though I have to say you are one hell of a cruel and evil woman! I almost couldn’t finish the book after page 5**! That page broke me completely. It wasn’t because of the tears blurring my sight that I couldn’t almost continue, no, it was because of what happened. You broke me. DAMN YOU! But I still love your work anyway >___>
Well! First, of course, thank you so much. I’m glad you liked it.
Second, of course, we all know the book doesn’t actually come out until May 8. What is ironic here is that I don’t even have a copy so I can’t tell you what happens on page 5** — I’ve NO idea.
City of Lost Souls is embargoed, which means no copies are supposed to be released before the on sale date. But we have been through this before! — copies always leak ahead of time. Bookstores sign paperwork saying they won’t put the book out on the shelf before May 8, but — paperwork doesn’t always get read.
If you found a copy of the book and you bought it — you did nothing wrong! If I found a copy of a book I wanted I’d buy it, too. The release date is not your problem. I hope you love it and I hope you enjoy it and I thank you for telling me about it, from the bottom of my heart.
All I would say is that, for the sake of other readers, try to keep spoilers offline till the release date, or at least please be very careful with them. I’d suggest a tag — CoLS-spoilers — for anyone who wants to post spoilers for at least the next two weeks anyway, and that way people who want to be unspoilered can block it.
I look forward to getting a copy of the book so I can find out what happens on page 5** , meanwhile this is nothing to worry too much about.
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