⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️5/5 Stars
"Freely we serve
Because we freely love, as in our will
To love or not; in this we stand or fall."
PERFECT!!!
Everything I wanted and more.
"The world isn’t divided into the special and the ordinary. Everyone has the potential to be extraordinary. As long as you have a soul and free will, you can be anything, do anything, choose anything."
There have been some memorable quotes throughout the book, but these are the ones I've narrowed it down to. I realise there are a lot, I still have more I'm not using, but I just had to use these in particular. Also some of the quotes won't belong where I've put them, as they aren't spoken by that person, but they work anyway. So don't be dismayed.
So it's been a long time coming this one. So long in fact that when reading it, I couldn't remember half of what was going on. I kept putting it off because have you seen the size of this thing?!? Just lifting it up was struggle enough.
Now I had expectations for the final instalment. Things that had be told, or I'd have been disappointed. I'm not. In fact the opposite. I was finally given what I wanted!
I've split the characters into sections, just to make it easier to write.
Jocelyn & Luke:
"Sometimes you must lose everything to gain it again."
It's about time. Mind you leaving it until the very end was pure genius. Leave it on a high and all that. Beautiful.
I'm assuming you all know what I'm talking about, so I shall say no more. Don't want to spoil it for those who aren't in the know.
Magnus & Alec:
"You couldn't make someone love you with a rune, and you couldn't assuage grief with it either. So much magic, and nothing to mend a broken heart."
Now I'm not for or against gays, but these two are just too cute. They go back and forth, changing their minds one minute, the next they're making out. It's heartbreaking. Can't they just work things out and be done with it? Answer is Yes. Yes they can. But it gets rocky at the end. I'd get some tissues ready.
"There are memories that time does not erase... Forever does not make loss forgettable, only bearable."
Isabelle & Simon:
"There are things our souls want, and mine wants you."
Most unlikely couple I think you'd agree. It's a love hate relationship with these two. You don't know where either of them stand with one another. It's brought up so many times that they need to have the DTR (define their relationship) talk.
Eventually they do. It's all good.....mostly.
"You weaseled your way into my life, Simon Lewis, and I don’t know how or why or even when but it happened, and I kind of hate it but I can’t change it."
Sebastian/Jonathan:
"His eyes shone when he looked at her, green as spring grass."
Lets face it, he was evil from the beginning. With no sign of changing his ways, it was expected from him. I'm mean sure, I'd hoped he would see the error of his ways and ask for forgiveness, but then he wouldn't be the perfect villain. So his ending was, I think, just right.
"I've never felt so... light."
Jace & Clary:
"There are a hundred trillion cells in the human body. And every single one of the cells of my body loves you. We shed cells, and grow new ones, and my new cells love you more than the old ones, which is why I love you more every day than I did the day before. It's science."
Are they brother and sister? Aren't they? Back and forth. It's dizzying. I'm glad we don't have to go through all that malarkey again. Let's get to the good stuff!
Flirting wasn't enough. Making Out wasn't enough. Sex was finally on the table. And about time too. Nothing was getting in the way this time. Favourite couple for sure.
"I loved you recklessly from the moment I knew you. I never cared about the consequences. I told myself I did, I told myself you wanted me to, and so I tried, but I never did. I wanted you more than I wanted to be good. I wanted you more than I wanted anything, ever."
I hate when a series comes to end. Everything must come to an end at some point. This was the perfect ending! I actually cried happy tears.
"We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss."
Here are some more quotes that I thought were worth mentioning.
"I think sometimes we are reckless with our hearts the way we are with our lives. When we give them away, we give every piece. And if we do not get what we so desperately need, how do we live?"
"There will always be those who want to tell you who you are based on your name or the blood in your veins. Do not let other people decide who you are. Decide for yourself."
"Heroes aren’t always the ones who win, they’re the ones who lose, sometimes. But they keep fighting, they keep coming back. They don’t give up. That’s what makes them heroes."
Review by Katie Ellis
