CHAIN OF GOLD BY CASSANDRA CLARE | booktalk wtih XTINEMAY | PART 1
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I love how this is 10% actual review and 90% Grace Blackthorn hate
Which is completely deserved after what she does to James towards the end of the book
Mixed on her. She’s not great at all but think she really does love James. Hence her taking her bracelet back. Think Tatianna was kind of making her do some of the stuff she did too
I HATE her😤😤
That bracelet... Oh gosh James, THROW IT AWAY!!!
EllaH YESS I was screaming at the book to make James take it off!!
Christopher and Thomas Lightwood invented fire message.
When James said, “Daisy, angel” I PUT THE BOOK DOWN AND SCREAMED
I know right ahhhhhh
page?
Page 480, don’t worry I got you guys
Samy EN You’re an angel sent from heaven. tysm
I haven’t read this book yet, but I just put my phone down and went “No..not again. I can’t fall in love with another Herondale...(+ Julian.).” HeLp I can’t go through this again 😭
Another connection to TDA is the Blackthorn locket with Jesse's last breath, is the same locket Livvy has!
EmbraceWithin OMG WHAT!!! I NEVER REALIZED!! Now Ty has it🥺
YO
EmbraceWithin ....OH. That’s awesome
the WHAT- 🤯🤯🤯
Woah!
I just kept waiting for Magnus to see the damn bracelet every 10 seconds im like MAGNUS LOOK LOOK AT THE BRACELET
Not gonna lie, I love Jesse and Lucie. Honestly one of my favorite pairing of the book. I really did have to question why i was shipping someone with a ghost, and then I was like "It's Cassie. She can get me to ship anything."
I still can't believe that the Blackthorns in TDA that i love with my whole heart, are related to the awful Grace and Tatiana
I mean Grace not really as she's not a real blackthorn luckily lol
I mean hopefully they're more related to Lucie and Jesse the only characters in this book that really matter to me😂😂
VioletOwlz I find it weird that they could get married because Jesse and Lucie are second cousins! 😬
@@jacklemm1518 it would be gross, but with the time period they're in and the fact they're in high society, and that the shadowhunter lines are small and everyone is technically related to each other in some way, something like that happened a lot probably. Agreed that it is gross though
Dylan 13 they’re not second cousins lmao
The reason Tatiana Blackthorn always wears the same dress is because she is based off Miss Havisham from Great Expectations who, after her fiancé died, wore her wedding dress for the rest of her life.
Isabel Wood literally the SECOND James mentions Grace I immediately knew they were Havisham-ing him, it was so obvious
woah i never realized that but you're totally right. Grace as estella and Tatiana as havisham makes total sense
I know this was two years ago but I just read this and I also noticed that. Plus the house being a wreck and the clocks stopping at the same time also are based off Great Expectations.
ok but did the merry thieves give anyone else marauder vibes??? lol xd
that’s all i was thinking in all of their scenes
Lol yea
Like, james is james😛 and Matthew is sirius(duh) , Thomas is obviously remus and Christopher...well, he's not Peter...Peter sucks and I love Christopher
@@mallikasrinivas4299 Christopher feels like Remus because he’s all curious and inventor-y and he’s a baby Henry
Asmodeous was MAGNUS FATHER, that's where you heard abput him
Maria Chirica was coming to comment this
@@amaranta8650 So does that mean what I think it means?!?!?!?! IF SO EXCITINGGGGGG
Maria Chirica lol I was coming down here to comment that 😂
Was he really his father in the books or was that on the show Shadowhunters? Sometimes I get them confused haha!
@@crystalmartin8317 he was really his father. i haven't seen the show so i wouldn't know anyway.
it's such a fun time when you've read every single shadowhunter book (including companion series/novels) and you can just let yourself go and consume another piece of this universe without the worries of getting spoiled, love that for me
yessss it’s so fun
Same
I love getting lost in this world. I wish I was actually there sometimes, wish there was some way to actually jump into these books because I love them so much
The reason why no one is telling James about what Grace is saying or doing is because whatever spell or magic Grace is using is making it so they don’t think about anything bad she’s doing. Like when she kissed Matthew, Matthew wanted to say that she made him do it, but he wasn’t able to. Then he thought to himself how ludicrous it would be to accuse her of something that he had voluntarily done. So whatever magic Grace is using is making it so Matthew believes he wanted to kiss her. Her magic seems to push the kiss to the back of his mind though, because after that he never seemed to think about it again since he didn’t seem to be more troubled than usual around James, and was only warning him about Grace because he disliked her previously and believes that she did break James’s heart.
Allison Graves exactly
Allison Graves I thought it was so weird that Matthew never thought of the kiss again/ the kiss was never brought up after the first time. It felt like such a useless point but it will probably come back in the next book
We all should have faith in Magnus, he ALWAYS👏🏼saves👏🏼the👏🏼day.
Yes
SHE THE LITERAL REPRESENTATION OF ME READING THE BOOK, MY REACTIONS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME
I think the spell that Ty Blackthorn wanted to use in The Dark Artifices to bring back Livvy is the spell that will be used to bring back Jesse Blackthorn.
Makes sense, the hardest ingredient was something from another realm....not so difficult for James
i just freaking gasp
SPOILERS:
Read a theory that suggests Lucy’s power is necromancy... so it may be possible she could bring Jesse back to life without the dark magic?
Also Grace Blackbitch better have good redemption arc otherwise I’m gonna be so mad!
As for her powers, Cassie wrote on her tumblr that they work on everyone expect James, hence the bracelet, and they also work in a way that makes the people who they are used on think, they came up with the ideas. So for instance, Matthew though he came up with the idea to kiss Grace.
Oh and Asmodeus is Magnus’ dad
Also love your dress! It’s gorgeous!
11:09 PollandbananasBOOKS Asmodeus is actually Magnus Bane's father.
lol i don't know why i convinced myself it was Azazel. I knew it was one with an A XD
polandbananasBOOKS he summons Azazel in City of lost souls and Azazels just like “why not ask your dad?” And magnus is like “let’s not talk about him”
*SPOILER*
Even though I know James is under a spell of some sorts I hated the way he made Cordelia feel throughout the book. One phrase that stayed with me throughout the book was when Cordelia’s brother told her that Matthew will never love her more than a drink and that James will always love Grace more. This breaker my heart while reading the book and I found it to be a ver true depiction of what it was like to read her feelings ❤️
the bracelet makes james a simp smh 😔
catherine stock he really is the king of simp nation
Cassie clarified the thing with the bracelet and Grace's powers on her tumblr! Go check her answers to the spoilery questions!
But basically Grace's power is not only to compel people to do stuff/like her but also to not be aware of said power. According to Cassie Matthew doesn't think Grace forced him to kiss her, he thinks he did it himself, hence him thinking so badly of himself in that scene. The same thing goes for the bracelet, Grace actually needs the bracelet to control James, her powers alone aren't enough (she mentions this like twice in the book) because of James' demon blood; so yeah to control James specifically she needs to channel her power through the bracelet and like with Matthew the power makes it so that James isn't really aware of the bracelet. Cassie compares it to the 'one true ring' in LOTR, that while the ring wants to go back to its master this bracelet wants to not be noticed, so basically James and others are compelled to ignore the presence of the bracelet. Hope that helped!
"Magnus is gonna save the day in all sorts of fronts"
same
Tatiana wearing the same clothes all the time is a connection to Great Expectations! Miss Havisham wears her wedding dress all the time because she’s so traumatized by her husband leaving, just like Tatiana’s traumatized by her husband’s death
Chain of Gold more like BREAKING BALL OF HEARTS
I never realized how messed up the blackthorns were hahahahha. It all started with Tatiana
This is one of the few times I was particularly impressed by the main character in The Shadowhunter chronicles. I used to hate Clary. Tessa and Emma were great but they didn't leave the same impression on me that Cordelia did....
this was hands down my favorite CC book ever!!! jordelia just wow 🤩
Cordelia and James better end up together. I hate how we can't trust the family tree
maria cristina nascimento monteiro FRR
Does Tessa and Magnus considered to be cousins? Because their demon fathers are princes of hell?
That makes it so much more awkward in TRSOM when Alec thought Tessa was Magnus's ex
Nah, cause the Princes of Hell aren't related
Can we just talk about Barbara being dead YEARS before the family tree claims her to be
This is my biggest point of proof that the family tree really cannot be looked at to figure out what will happen
I think that Grace asked James to leave Shadowhunterdom because she knew that he would say no, and give her the bracelet back. In the epilogue, Belial gets mad that Tatiana didn’t “prepare” James for there meeting. He says that James wasn’t even wearing the bracelet, and Tatiana replys by saying it’s not possible because she just recently saw him with the bracelet on, because Grace forced it on him again. I also think that the bracelet is the curse that would have weakened James to the will of Belial, but no matter how much I FRICKIN HATE Grace, she definitely saved James by forcing him to remove her bracelet.
The family tree is not accurate according to Cassie so I wouldnt base any theories in that.
Maybe she was trying to confuse people? Or maybe she is telling the truth..
@@zainabkhan9892 There are a lot of dates that don't make sense so I don't think it's true 😂😂
@@fremzzplum5083 ohhh. I actually dont have it so i was just making a guess lol I've never seen it. 🙂
I thought something sentimental was coming when you said 'If I was Grace, I would try to make the house pretty, little by little' and choked on my coffee when you proceeded with 'because ew'
Thank you, I needed this! I have been SO mad throughout the book about Grace and James. But Alastair had a really strong character development towards the end, which really surprised me (& made me happy). I just love the whole set of characters in this book (except Grace and Tatiana obviously).
I just finished reading today and I too am SO mad 😭 he loved Cordelia when she took care of him when he has the fever !! but then after that he got Grace's bracelet and was under her spell for years 😩 I'm so upset that he's being tricked into thinking he doesn't love Cordelia- someone tell him to take that bloody bracelet off !!! 😭
@@pale_emo_princess OMG yes, I have been screaming "take that bracelet off!" so many times, it was so frustrating ... all the flashbacks & realising the truth about their childhood love was such a stab through the heart, I just want them to be happy :'(
Actually this is my favourite book from Cassie Clare apart from TiD . I think this book is so complex and truly shows the amazing writer that she is. I truly enjoyed this book so much and the nostalgia was on maximum level. First time Will was in a scene a burst in tears and seeing Will and Tessa together really warmed my heart.
I have been waiting for this for years! Christine, you look stunning. Cassie Clare need to slap you on the cover of Chain of Iron
Honestly this is my favorite first book in the shadowhunter world, and it seems like the last hours will be at the God tier with the internal devices, or maybe even above it
It’s one in the morning and I’m crying over James and Cordelias’ relationship
Actually Tatiana has been wearing that dress for even more, for around 25 years
The bloodstained pink dress back in Clockwork Princess?
Yeah CC uses Fuschia to describe that dress
AFTER I FINISHED THE BOOK YOUR VIDEO WAS THE THING I WAS WAITING FOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tatiana and grace are almost directly inspired by miss havisham and Estella in great expectations and everything in the book is connected to it
My favourite thing about you is how confidently you mispronounce things and make me want to then pronounce them that way 😂
"...use the google."
I have literally been waiting to hear your thoughts ever since I finished the book!! I loved it, glad you enjoyed it as well!
“SHE NEVER CHANGES HER CLOTHES” I’m actually dead😂
cordelia is actually 17 turning 18 in chain of gold. she’s born in the same year as thomas making her older than matthew and james by a year. the only 16 year olds are grace, lucie and christopher
That's only according to the family tree. In one of the Days Past flashbacks, Cordelia is 13 in 1900, so she was actually probably born in 1886 and is the same age as James and Matthew. The family tree is a year off, and it can't be trusted very much. Elias is alive, Sona is ten years younger than she should be and her name is even wrong - with the Carstairs there's so much inaccuracy.
@@lasttoparty7570 oh ok. but she's still 17 then since james is 17
@@lasttoparty7570 in the character cards cassie had made in 2020 leading up to chain of gold’s release they say she was born in 1885
SPOILERS FOR HEAVENLY FIRE, BUT FRIENDLY REMINDER TO CHRISTINE
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ASMODEUS IS MAGNUSS DAD OK
We knew that since TMI
i can't tell if 11:10 is sarcastic or not lol, how could we forget asmodeus, the father of the year
The end made me want to die, why did Cassie do this to us?????
I love how focused you are on The fact that Tatiana always wears the same clothes.
The marry me scene grossed me out, ultimatums are never a apart of a healthy relationship
omg the part where will was a total lame dad and embarresed luci YESSSSSSS
Eeeeeeeevery time we touch, the spell refreshes (and every time we kiss, i swear i could fly)
LOVE this! I love love LOVE your enthusiasm about books and the fact that you do these awesome book talks makes it even better. In my book talks, I personally love reading some engaging excerpts and giving a bit of info about who the characters are and how the plot caught my interest. Keep up the great work!
I loved this book! I espcially loved all the great expectations parallels Tatiana is so like Miss Havisham, when it comes to the condition of the house and Grace.
“You’ve been wearing the same dress for 15 years” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 im DYINGGGGG!
I watch your videos when I have no will to read, because you are so exited about the books that I get infected with excitement too😂 I immediately start reading after your videos🥺♥️
This was definitely a good read! Now I'm waiting for that Crescent City review :D
Cassie said on tumblr that the bracelet has more "abilities" that those we know, it doesn't only control the people where it's put on, it also makes all the others turn a blind eye to it... like they maybe can feel there's something wrong (like cordelia and matthew did) but they just can't relate it to the bracelet.
I keep associating Cordelia, James and Grace with the song Heather by Conan Gray. Like when the song goes "But I watch your eyes, as she Walks by" I think of when James left Layla for grace on the dance floor I really want someone to edit this 😭😭😭
I am so happy this video came out today. I have been really sad and at home and this just brightened my whole day. 🙂
Finally! Finally! I've been waiting for this for two weeks! Thank you!
haven’t read a single one of these books but I love this rant
I genuinely look forward to finishing a book just so I can watch a polandbananasbooks review
No but seriously with the bracelet I was SO aggravated at the end bc James was like "no Cordelia imma take this marriage seriously for as long as we're together I'll be faithful" YET HE KEEPS WEARING HER BRACELET?!
Matthew and Cordelia are end game! Calling it now. 1) Dancing together in the beginning and end of the book which James notices both times. 2) Issues with Cordelias dad will either make Cordelia hold Matthew to a higher standard or it will be something they bond over. 3) Their relationship is blooming, slowly but surely.
GOD! I HAVE BEEN WAITING THIS VIDEO SINCE LAS WED.
You bring me joy in these dark times ❤️
MEEEE TOOOOO! i felt that, this was almost one of my favorite first in the shadowhunters books, BUT then the end came and i literally paused my audiobook started pacing around my room in anger
I LOVE LUCIE AND MATTHEW 🥺🥺
I’ve been waiting for this video since I finished it😍
Thank you Christine for always making me laugh and smile ❤️
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS BOOK TALK FOR SO LONG
YESSS! LOVED chain of gold SO SO MUCH!!! I actually think it might be replacing lady midnight as my fav shadowhunter book😱😱
christine you look so pretty aww!!!
Christine's rant about Grace and that f**king bracelet was literally me during the last 20% of chain of gold 😂
hahaha asmodeus is magnus’s dad!
1st of all, when I read Ghosts of the Shadow Market and saw Belial in Learning About Loss, I knew he was Tessa's father, Cassandra would never put him in this tale right after the first two following Jem in his task to find Tessa's father in 1901. They knew each other, they recognized each other, and Belial was in debt with Jem, so was pretty obviosly to me that it was him. And, about Asmodeous, he is Magnus father, we see him in City of Heavenly Fire and The Red Scrolls of Magic. Now, about the family tree, Cassandra said on her tumblr that is propositally wrong, so we wouldn't have any TLH spoilers (even we knowing that James and Cordelia & Lucie and Jesse will end up together).
"You've been wearing the same dress for 15 years" I couldn't breathe that was hilarious
OML BOOK 3:
CHAIN OF THORNS
I love you and I promise I will finish watching this as soon as I read Chain of Gold 💜
Maybe Grace wanted James to refuse her marriage proposal so she can accuse him of not loving her to break ties with him or so she can always use it against him by saying stuff like, "Oh! But you don't love me anymore! Prove that you love me by doing ________"
9 minutes in this video and I just realized I wore that same dress to my senior prom. No wonder it looks so familiar. And I love your necklace. I can't wait to read Chain of Gold. The Infernal Devices are my favorite trilogy and books on earth so I am so excited
I loved this book so much, james and cordelia will be the death of me!!
The moment I finished this book, I was like :
There's gonna be a love triangle. Charles is gonna be with only two possible people: Thomas or Alastair. But I don’t think it's Thomas. Since grace and Christopher is gonna be together, there is going to be a twist, in which Charles is gonna have to divorce or quit the engagement, for someone, or some reason, to grace is gonna do it for James, I don’t know. Lucie and Jesse is gonna be together, so Lucie probably went to a warlock, or Tatiana even to bring him back. And Anna is going to be with Ariadne, I can feel it.
your anger and frustration MATCH MINE. I was LIVID with Matthew for not saying anything to James. I was so fucking pissed that they couldn't figure out that something was up with James. He was different around Grace, and that that DAMN BRACELET was involved.
THANK YOU!!!! I always come to your videos as soon as I finish a new shadowhunter book :)
those character portraits on the bookshelf are stunning
"Grace, who is a piece of dark shit" 🤣
"bitch your fence has been covered in thorns for YEARS"
I love your Shadowhunter booktalks and the shameless Tatiana/Grace hate bc SAME 😂😂😂
Cordelia is my new favorite Shadowhunters series
Warning do not watch this at 1am in your bedroom while your roommate is sleeping, I had to contain SO MUCH laughter it was ridiculous 😂
"he hasn't been, you know, stewing." XD
I can 100% relate to every emotion in this video and I CAN'T. MAGNUS LOOK AT THR F*CKING BRACELET, YOU KNOW STH IS NOT RIGHT
please do more videos with john hahha it would be funny if there’s like a “who knows me better” with him vs kat/jesse 🙈
The way you describe what it felt like reading this emotionally was intensely accurate
This book is my favorite so far. I love everything about it!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍
I can’t wait for book #2&3
I love your booktalks and been waiting for this, thank you. 😂❤️
BYEEE IM SO GLAD ME AND YOU HAVE THE EXACT SAME REACTION TOWARDS GRACE
So excited for this and now it's here! Yay!
“Could it BE more of a setup.” My thought exactly... also we love an inner Chandler Bing coming out.
Everyone: something about the book
Me: Damn, your dress
I'm so excited to learn about the herondales
TDA SPOILERS but I just want to throw a crackpot theory out here. The way Grace is weirdly enchanting and makes people fall in love with her reminds me a lot of ASH GODDAMN MORGENSTERN who is made so by the Unseelie King. Now the bracelet is heavily insinuated in this book to be given to the Blackthorns by Belial so that he could overpower James but there is more to Grace than that bracelet, she herself has some sort of weird power over people. We know that Annabel Blackthorn has/had a weird connection to the Unseelie King which was not really elaborated on in the TDA (like yeah he wanted the black book from her but she could just randomly transport to the Unseelie Court which still to this day irks me). I believe that somehow the King has a connection to this whole shenanigans, perhaps helping Tatiana in hopes of getting the black book? There is a weird connection between Blackthorn family and the Unseelie which makes me uneasy. I don’t really know where to go with this theory but I needed to share.
Reading infernal devices, tales from the shadowhunter academy, ghost of the shadow market and the short stories released on cassandra clares tumblr and on wikipedia give great insight into the characters and their dynamic 🥰