The last time I read a book by Cassandra Clare was probably about 3 years ago, and that was probably City of Glass. Honestly, something I have always been wanted to do is finish off all the series that I have left incomplete. I tend not to leave series incomplete because usually I might crash and fall into the hole and totally just binge read the whole thing but that doesn't happen *all* the time.

For like, months now I have debated on going back to the Shadowhunter's world. I mean, I left both The Mortal Instruments series and Infernal Devices so it kind of haunted me. I was slowly coming out of my reading slump so I thought it was a pretty perfect time to go back to the Shadowhunter's world. I took to twitter to ask which book I should read, City of Fallen Angels, Clockwork Prince, or (lmaooooo) start a new series and read Lady Midnight. Obviously, Clockwork Prince won (by like, a landslide) and it was one that I kind of wanted to read more than the others.

One of the things that had driven me away from reading the trilogy again was just the fact that it had been so long since I read the first book; I didn't remember anything that had happened and I was super young when I read it, so everything was kind of blurry for me when it came to the first book. Thankfully, Recaptains exists so that definitely helped me out while I was reading the next two books.

Once I got into this series I lightweight fell super hard for it. I ended up getting sick while I was reading the two books so it was the perfect opportunity to binge read. And then I binge read the next book super fast too. I have always heard that the ending of this trilogy is extremely heartbreaking and holy fuck I was not prepared for anything these two books had in store. I don't remember the first book being particularly sad so the next two books being emotional SHOOK ME.

I think if I were to sum up this whole trilogy in a few words it would definitely be SHOOKETH. Not just the ending and this extremely painful and unique love triangle, but the characters, and this plot, and this world, and *EVERYTHING.* Although I haven't finished the Mortal Instruments series yet, I can definitely see how someone would think this trilogy is better than TMI. The whole trilogy definitely stays with you, whether it be the characters, or a plot twist. (Or this freaking love triangle.)

There were many things I loved about this trilogy. I think Cassandra Clare did a great job with this story and the storyline. She has great ideas and such a wide imagination when it comes to this world, and I love it because she really knows to write a good story. I admit, these books are fucking long as hell and I did feel like that at moments things were dragging on and got lightweight boring but honestly it wasn't anything bad.

And I have to talk about this: the love triangle. For some reason she was able to write such a balanced and unique love triangle. I have mixed feelings about love triangles, they are honestly so frustrating but I mean, when done right they can be pretty entertaining to read about. I could not pick a side in this love triangle, it was impossible because I ended up really loving Jem and Will so much. And honestly the love triangle didn't get annoying, sure the fact that Tessa was never able to figure out which one she liked more was *kind of* irritating but I'm glad that the love triangle didn't become the storyline. And honestly, it makes this series that much more unique because it's a different love triangle compared to other love triangles.

So, tl;dr: The Infernal Devices is a bomb ass series. I can't believe I waited so long to continue reading it lol. And despite the fact that it was 3 years between the time I read the first and second book, I really enjoyed continuing this series.

Clockwork Angel

So much of this playlist consists of oldies I haven't heard in forever and suddenly remembered and then stuck into this playlist. There were a few releases from August I was able to put into this playlist though and Daniel Caeser released an album a few days ago so I had to resist from sticking the whole thing into September's playlist. It's funny because so many of these songs are songs I actually forgot about so I am looking forward to this month's playlist because I loved some of the songs that I totally forgot about. *oops* Also! You can see my actual playlist here.

Some favorites
Therapy by Khalid: I don't listen to Khalid enough. I've listened through American Teen so many times but I always forget to put his songs into playlists, so this is me remedy-ing that. Khalid has some good ass music and I really love this song (and it's vibes) so I am super looking forward to hearing this song more.

Almost is Never Enough by Ariana Grande and Nathan Sykes: I put this song into the playlist after I had just finished The Clockwork Princess and for some reason, this song was just very much helping with all the feels that I had. I loved this song when it first came out, loved it loved it loved it. Funny story, back when The Wanted was still a thing Nathan was my favorite, so him being featured in this song only made me love it even more. Can't wait for all the simping I am about to do to this song.

Best Part by Daniel Caeser + H. E. R.: This is one of my favorite songs off of Freudian. I love the vibes, I love the sounds, and I love the lyrics. I love everything about this song and I just can't wait to be listening to it over and over again.

What are some of your favorite songs recently? Do you recognize any songs on my playlist?

This month was alright when it came to blog posts. I started the month off by recapping July, which was a pretty interesting month for me! And I also shared my August playlist, which I hope you guys enjoyed. I also finished off my China recaps with a recap of all the fabulous food I had and the polaroids I took while on my trip! I wrote a review on one of the books I read this month, I Believe in a Thing Called Love. This was a pretty good book! And finally, I talked about my thoughts on the new music from Halsey, Lorde, and Oh Wonder. And that was August.


This is the only life thing going on in my life because school is already eating up all my time. My math class is killing me, I already have a presentation due next week, and I am already exhausted. I always knew school was going to kill me but I didn't think it would be in high school. I'm also participating in sports this fall so that's going to be another thing on my plate. I play an outdoor sport, which is nice until the weather becomes well over a hundred so I am really looking forward to that as well. Basically, school is killing me, my life is a mess, but I will survive.