About this deal
His struggles and pain are so real and I adored all of his POV’s and all of his scenes and just him. i am nothing like you, thomas,” said alastair, “because you are one of the better people i have ever known.
he made such stupid decisions sometimes, like wearing the bracelet grace gave him to his wedding with cordelia, saying “thank god” when grace told him she’d broken off the engagement in the end - i mean, for fuck’s sake, you couldn’t have picked a better phrase?
She is very complex and morally grey and has so many layers and such a complexity that I can’t help but love. And I think Lucie might get her Shadowhunter marks stripped in the next book because isn’t necromancy very illegal? i did find her cute with christopher (another one of my softest boys with his analytical thoughts and scientific brain, my brain 🤝 his) though, so we’ll see what happens.
After Cordelia and James were having a nice chat and freaking Grace decided to come and ruin everything. Coredelia Carstairs, that selfless, lovely, tough, determined heroine was one of the best female characters created by Ms. James is in love with Grace Blackthorn, who's brother died years ago in a terrible accident, and Lucie is trying to raise him back from the dead.It is also obvious both of them care deeply for one another, but it's understandable how they've grown apart from each other, since both of them are consumed with their own problems and secrets. Marriage of convenience with cordilia Carstairs, as a way to repair her reputation when she lied for him.
but i also get why it happened - no matter how much i wanna yell at will about how he had the worst timing this one time.Each book it becomes more atmospheric and detailed and she truly knows how to craft an amazing tale. Cordelia and Lucie may not have been as close as they were in book 1 or as I was anticipating them to, but the friendship within the group is fantastic. Thomas Lightwood and Alastair Carstairs have undeniable romantic tension, but neither of them are willing to admit it.