The Herondales are a fan-favorite family from Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunters books. Full of witty, brooding, handsome heroes, one can’t help but love the Herondales. But how well do you know each of the Herondales? Take this quiz to find out!
The holidays are the perfect time to snuggle up with a comfort read! Take this quiz and find out which of Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunters series you should read (or re-read!) this holiday season.
You probably already know which Shadowhunters character you identify with the most, which Shadowhunters character is your parabatai, and of course which Shadowhunters character is your soulmate. But which TWO of Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunters characters are you most like? Take this quiz to find out which combo of Shadowhunters characters you are!
Next, find out which Shadowhunters rune matches your personality!
Have you read Cassandra Clare’s Chain of Gold, Chain of Iron, and Chain of Thorns one time or one thousand times? Take this quiz to see how well you remember your favorite characters from the Last Hours series!
Want more? Here’s where you can find the Last Hours characters in the short stories and how to find extra Last Hours content!
There are SO MANY good lines in the Last Hours series said by some of our favorite characters. But how well do you remember who said each quote? Test your knowledge of Cassandra Clare’s Chain of Gold, Chain of Iron, and Chain of Thorns with this quiz.
Want even more? Check out these 10 Bonus Scenes from the Last Hours Series.
Are you *obsessed* with every single character in Cassandra Clare’s Last Hours series? Same! We fell in love with Chain of Gold, suffered together in Chain of Iron, and now we can’t wait to find out what happens in Chain of Thorns!
But which character are you most like? Take the quiz to find out if you’re a James, Matthew, Lucie, Cordelia, or perhaps someone you didn’t expect!
Which Last Hours Character Are You?
Want a refresher on all the characters? Check out this guide to the characters from the Last Hours series!
Then, check out this Chain of Gold character recap!
Spoilers ahead! We hope you’re as excited for the release of Chain of Thorns, coming January 2023, as we are! If you’re anything like us, you’ve been revisiting Chain of Gold and Chain of Iron and rereading some of those romantic, dramatic, and nail-biting moments that have us wondering what Cassandra Clare has in store for us in Chain of Thorns. Here are the top moments from Chain of Iron that delighted (and sometimes stressed) us!
Top 11 Chain of Iron Moments
11. Thomas is Questioned with the Mortal Sword
“Is Gideon aware that he still owes me twenty pounds?” (Will)
“Yes,” said Thomas, without being able to stop himself, “but he is pretending not to remember.”
10. Will and Tessa are Adorable
“Did you know, you grow more beautiful every day?” (Will)
“Well, that’s odd, because as a warlock I do not age, and so I should look the same day to day…” (Tessa)
“And yet, you continue to accrue radiance.”
9. Anna and Ariadne in the Whispering Room
This was what [Ariadne] was living for, every long, dark winter day as she waited to see if the invitation from Anna would come in the evening. The folded piece of paper slipped through her window, the message scrawled in Anna’s strong, elegant hand.
Meet me in the Whispering Room.
8. James’ Bracelet (Finally!!) Breaks
He turned the bracelet over in his hand and said, “Daisy, I think—”
His head snapped back. She saw his eyes—fully black, the whites gone utterly—as he spasmed once and crumpled, motionless, to the floor.
7. Matthew Admits His Love for Cordelia
“Love is not always a lightning bolt, is it? Sometimes it is a creeping vine. It grows slowly until suddenly it is all that there is in the world.”
6. Alastair and Thomas in the Sanctuary
Alastair’s lips touched his—gently, at first, but with growing confidence, he explored Thomas’s mouth, and it was like flying, like nothing Thomas had ever imagined.
5. Lucie Commands Jesse to Live
His lips parted, his eyes widening. “Lucie.”
She sank to her knees. Oh, you’re alive, you’re alive, she wanted to say, but there was not enough strength in her to form the words. The world had begun to blur at the edges. Darkness was creeping in around her.
4. Cordelia Discovers She’s Lilith’s Paladin
“Foolish child,” said Lilith. “You are mine. And while Belial, in his new form, might have been able to defeat a bearer of Cortana, he cannot defeat one who is my paladin.”
3. James Confronts Grace
“So that is why you came to London?” he spat. “To tighten my leash? Grace, why? I know your mother is mad, twisted by grief and spite. But why would she go to these elaborate lengths to make me think I loved you?”
2. James Sees Cordelia and Matthew Leave for Paris
“You will forgive me if I say that you don’t look like someone whose wife just left for a pleasant trip to Paris,” said Magnus. “You look like someone who just had his heart kicked out on a train station platform.”
1. James (Finally!!) Realizes He Loves Cordelia
“I was fourteen—” (James)
“All you would talk about was Cordelia. How she talked, how she walked, how she read to you when you were ill. The color of her eyes, her hair.” (Grace)
James could hear his heartbeat, thudding in his ears.
He had already loved her then.
Want more from the Last Hours series? Check out the top 10 moments fromChain of Gold!
Let’s be honest- you’re obsessed with the characters from Cassandra Clare’s Last Hours series in Chain of Gold and Chain of Iron and you can’t wait to read Chain of Thorns. You love the Merry Thieves and Cordelia and Lucie and of course, seeing faves Will, Jem, and Tessa from the Infernal Devices again! But which of these characters would be your parabatai? Take the quiz to find out!
Who Is Your Last Hours Parabatai?
Now find out which Last Hours character you are!
Some of the best moments in Chain of Gold are of course the biggest surprises. But if you’re like us and have already read Chain of Gold multiple times, let us remind you of some of the most surprising, dramatic, and romantic moments. Cassandra Clare loves to tug at our heartstrings (and occasionally destroy us) and we know Chain of Thorns, coming in January 2023, will be no different!
Top 10 Chain of Gold Moments
10. Magnus Bane (His mere presence is enough to make this list)
[to James]
“Last time I saw you, you were facedownin the Serpentine,” Magnus said cheerfully. “Now you’re fiddling with a Pyxis. I see you have decided to follow in the long Herondale tradition of poor decision-making.”
9. Thomas and Alastair meet in Paris
Thomas told Alastair that he planned to get a tattoo of a compass rose on the inside of his arm.He hadn’t told anyone else that, and Alastair seemed curious.
“Where on your arm?” he asked, and when Thomas showed him, Alastair ran his fingers over the spot, unselfconsciously, his fingertips tracing a path from the sensitive skin of Thomas’s inner wrist to the crook of his elbow.
Thomas sat stunned and shivering…
8. Lucie (and a bunch of ghosts) save Cordelia from drowning
“Bring her out, please!” Lucie screamed. “Help me!”
Ghosts rose up on either side…a veritable army of the drowned and dead. In the center of them all, the ghost prisoner held Cordelia, her body limp, her bright hair soaked and streaming down over her shoulders.
7. Cordelia uses Cortana to save James in the other realm
This is a blade that can cut through anything…
She whipped Cortana forward, angled toward the archway as if it were so much paper she could slice through.
There was the sound of something shattering as Cortana drove through the barrier between this world and the next.
6. Thomas and Alastair complete Christopher’s antidote
Thomas cleared his throat. “Someone once told me that we need to stand back and let people do what they’re good at, and Christopher is good at this. I have faith in him. This antidote will work.”
Charles merely looked puzzled, but Thomas hadn’t said it for Charles. He looked at Alastair…
5. Cordelia dances with Cortana in the Hell Ruelle
Everyone in the room was looking at her as her body bent backward and her hair swept from side to side, an arc of fire. Her brown skin glowed; perspiration glimmered on her collarbones. James’s blood was pounding through his body like a river through a broken dam.
4. Jesse gives James his last breath
Lucie reached out her hand. It closed around the locket, and she felt it tumble into her palm, cool and solid. For a moment she hesitated—just for a moment, her eyes fixed on Jesse, kneeling in the grass.
3. Cordelia lies to protect James
“James cannot have been in Idris. He was with me. In my bedroom. All night.”
2. James insists on marrying Cordelia
“I can ask one last thing of you,” [James] said. “One last sacrifice for me.”
Since it might be the last time she ever saw him, Cordelia let her eyes linger on James’s face. The curve of his mouth, the arch of his high cheekbones, the long lashes that shadowed his pale gold eyes…“
What?” Cordelia said. “If it is in my power, I will do it…”
“Daisy,” he said. “Will you marry me?”
1. James and Cordelia kiss in the Whispering Room
[James] deepened the kiss, suddenly, as if he couldn’t help himself. He leaned into it, into her, his tongue tracing the shape of her mouth, making her shudder.
Want more from the Last Hours series? Find out which Chain of Gold character you are!
Cassandra Clare knows how to keep us on the edge of our seats page after page (and book after book!), and these top cliffhanger moments from her Shadowhunters series prove it! Did your fave cliffhanger from the Shadowhunters books make this list? Beware: spoilers ahead if you haven’t read the books!
We can’t say it enough. Every single thing in this roundup is a very large (and torturous) spoiler.
Top 10 Shadowhunters Cliffhangers
10. When Lucie is Carried Away by (an Alive?!) Jesse
And then there were arms under her, and someone was lifting her off the floor. Carrying her. Jesse, she thought, clinging to consciousness as they crossed the Sanctuary floor.
9. When Will Rejects Tessa
Will smirked; she wanted to slap the expression off his face. “What did you really expect, Tessa?”
“I did not expect you to insult me.”
8. When Cordelia Lies for James
“The truth is that James Herondale did not burn down Blackthorn Manor last night,” she said, in a voice so loud she thought they could probably hear her on Fleet Street.
“James cannot have been in Idris. He was with me. In my bedroom. All night.”
7. When Kit Finds Out the Truth
“Are you a Shadowhunter?”
“I am not,” Tessa Gray said with a surprising firmness. “But you are.”
6. When Emma Rejects Julian
“No kissing, no touching, no being in love, no dating. Is that clear enough for you?”
Julian did not look as if she had hit him. He was a warrior: He could take any blow, and be ready to strike back twice as hard.
It was much worse than that.
5. When Sebastian Leaves a Message in the Institute
Angel’s wings—angel’s wings that had been sliced from the body of a living angel.
Atop the wings was a folded piece of paper, addressed to the New York Institute.
Erchomai, it said.
I am coming.
4. When Tessa Rejects Will
“You can never love me,” he said flatly, and when she did not respond, when she said nothing, he shuddered.
3. When Livvy Dies
Someone was shouting for Julian. It was Livvy, clambering up the side of the dais.
“Livvy!” Julian yelled. “Livvy, get out of here—”
2. When Sebastian Takes Control of Jace
We are one now, little brother, you and I, Sebastian said. We are one.
1. When James lets Cordelia and Matthew Leave on the Train
There was one last second during which he thought, I could still run, I could catch up to her, call to her through the window—