Shadowhunter Tarots and other info

Seaweed Brain

Hello there Shadowhunters :)

Today I will be sharing some of the latest Shadowhunter information straight from Cassie's website. Firstly some of the latest Shadowhunter tarot cards:

More tarot cards from Cassandra Jean’s complete Shadowhunter Tarot. We’ve moved on from the Major Arcana to the minor Arcana — the suit of Blades, replacing the Swords in the original deck. This bit is sort of a rogue’s gallery since this section of the Swords suit is pretty depressing. The five of blades, representing the dangers of ambition: Axel Mortmain, the eight of swords, representing feeling trapped, usually features a blindfolded and bound woman: here’s it’s Jessamine Lovelace. The devastating Ten of Swords is Hodge Starkweather, pierced through with seraph blades. The seven of swords can indicate “someone behaving with less than ethical intentions”, so — Nate Gray.  ~Cassandra Clare ( what she said about it on tumblr)

Firstly I just wanted to appreciate how Cassandra Clare is so organised in everything she does like she hasn't even written The Last Hours and she has all the characters set out and everything all set out. I also find these cards really cool but I just wished some other authors got these done (maybe Percy Jackson or Hunger Games) I have also wanted to make these into actual cards for ages and I spent all of last night going through her tumblr and saving the cards. I was thinking to make a tutorial on how to make these so comment if you really want one. Now for a picture that Cassandra Clare shared to us in which City of Heavenly Fire and The Bane Chronicles are all published and bound up and they are sitting in her editors office.

Why, Cassie, do you do this to us? Taking pictures of the books and putting them on tumblr when the release date is AGES away. That's so mean! But if anyone is dying for a snippet from the City of Heavenly Fire then here it is:

Idris had been green and gold and russet in the autumn, when Clary had first been there. It had a stark grandeur in the winter: the mountains rose in the distance, capped white with snow, and the trees along the side of the road that led back to Alicante from the lake were stripped bare, their leafless branches making lace-like patterns against the bright sky.

Sometimes Jace would slow the horse to point out the manor houses of the richer Shadowhunter families, hidden from the road when the trees were full but revealed now. She felt his shoulders tense as they passed one that nearly melded with the forest around it: it had clearly been burned and rebuilt. Some of the stones still bore the black marks of smoke and fire. “The Blackthorn manor,” he said. “Which means that around this bend in the road is …” He paused as Wayfarer summited a small hill, and reined him in so they could look down to where the road split in two. One direction led back toward Alicante — Clary could see the demon towers in the distance — while the other curled down toward a large building of mellow golden stone, surrounded by a low wall. “ … the Herondale manor,” Jace finished.

The wind picked up; icy, it ruffled Jace’s hair. Clary had her hood up, but he was bare-headed and bare-handed, having said he hated wearing gloves when horseback riding. He liked to feel the reins in his hands. “Did you want to go and look at it?” she asked.

His breath came out in a white cloud. “I’m not sure.”

Is everyone excited for City of Heavenly Fire which come out in 65 DAYS! I haven't even read all the books I am waiting for my copy of City of Lost Souls to arrive and I have Clockwork Princess waiting for me after City of Lost Souls so I can finally finish all the currently printed books :)

Anyway Shadowhunters that is all for now and all we can do now is read the books and count down until City of Heavenly Fire :) Bye