They get back home and Hodge rants and rails.  In typical YA fashion, the text treats this as if Hodge is about as relevant as the “WAHWAH” noise that adults make in Charlie Brown.  Nope, sorry, not buying what you’re selling book.  Hodge has every right to yell at you for being total dumbasses, and…

Raph calls the werewolves “Los Niños de la Luna.”  Man, can you imagine shouting that as a warning to someone?  Instead of just going “Shit, lob hombre!” you take the time to spout off a whole mouthful?  I swear to god, this book does not care about context or realism, just about how pretty a…

Life sometimes likes to remind me that I am not actually in control.  Life is sort of an asshat like that.  With any luck, I’ll get back to regular posting. 🙂 In the meantime: More bad book! Clary and Jace go to a church to pick up ‘weapons.’  Because, you know, God is real and…

Clary expresses surprise at the idea that her mother deliberately tried to hide the world of fairies and hunters from her.  Again, I’m not shocked, because I thought we all knew this from the start.  What part of everything we know about Jocelyn is supposed to make this contrary?  Is in the idea that no…

So, apparently the sensor devices that these kids have includes GPS and a map.  It’s basically an iPhone with a “Find the Demon” app.  And these guys have regular phones.  Why did they just use one of those to get directions to the party? Along the way, Clary BSs her way through some angst about…