What do you think of Magnus Bane? Over the top, eccentric…

How do you picture him, here are some Deviant art interpretations.

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Magnus even has his own Facebook Page

Magnus Bane

Magnus Bane is the High Warlock of Brooklyn. He was the warlock who signed the mind of Clary Fray after being asked to help erase her early memories by her mother. He first meets the other Shadowhunters at one of his Downworlder parties. He has Clary get him the Book of White, and agrees to help revive her mother with it. He is bisexual.

Appearance

Magnus is described as very tall and very thin, and at least partly Asian. He has black hair that is usually spiked and glittery. He wears all kinds of make-up, such as glitter around his eyes and lipstick. He likes to flaunt his sexuality by wearing rainbow leather pants and other flashy accessories. Isabelle once said he was a “sexy, sexy, warlock.” He is also described as having gold-green cat’s eyes, as well as no belly button.

Family

At a young age, Magnus’s parents hated him. When his mother found out what he was, she hung herself in a barn. His father was later driven into an attempt to drown him. In response, Magnus burned him where he stood.

Love Interests

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I love Magnus, he adds so much to the series and gives us a little comic relief.  He is more than just a Warlock, he is an integral part of the Shadowhunter team, he heals them, protects them and even lets them crash at his house.  So share your thoughts on Magnus.

Cassandra has some extras posted on The Mortal Instruments website. We thought it would be fun to post some fan art!
Do you think this could be clary?

MLL Episode #6 – City of Ashes Part One Saturday May 15th 2010

Listen in as Shannon and Kim discuss the first part of City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare.  What are Jace and Clary doing now that have found out that they are brother and sister? Where is Valentine and what is he doing now? How about Simon, is he still vying for Clary’s love?

LINKS{*City of Ashes*}{*Hush Hush*}{*Wings*}

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It just so happens that our book of the month author Cassandra Clare has a new interview out! Thanks Cassandra, we know you are busy but new interviews make us so happy!
Here is a bit of the interview. Be sure to click the link at the bottom to read all of it.

Cassandra Clare first introduced the heroine of the Mortal Instruments series, Clary Fray, in City of Bones, where she falls in with the Shadowhunters of Manhattan and its Downworld (New York’s “shadow self”). Now meet Tessa Gray, star of Clockwork Angel: Infernal Devices #1 (McElderry, $19.99, 9781416975861/1416975861, 496 pp., ages 12-up, August 31 laydown; also available on CD and for download from S&S Audio), which kicks off a companion series, set in London 130 years before Mortal Instruments. Tessa, an ordinary American girl, comes to London in search of her brother and is promptly kidnapped. “In this iteration, the Hell Fire Club inspired the Pandemonium Club,” Clare explained. “They practice black magic and believe they can use Tessa for their nefarious purposes.” Here the author talks about her fondness for cities and their shadow selves, trilogies and the parallels she has created between hers.

Did you originally conceive of Mortal Instruments as a trilogy?

I did think of Mortal Instruments as a trilogy when I first constructed it because I was a huge fan of trilogies as a kid. There’s a theme that runs through it that’s [inspired by] Milton and The Divine Comedy. There are little epigraphs at the beginning of each section: the first is the hero’s descent, the second is about hell and the underworld, and the third as an ascent out of the underworld. I think of it as Clary’s heroic journey.

What drew you back to the series for City of Fallen Angels (to be released in April 2011)?

A graphic novel company asked if I could do a story set in the universe of Mortal Instruments, so I storyboarded out a concept for a new story that would take off from the end of City of Glassand focus slightly more on the character of Simon, Clary’s best friend. The project fell through, so I went to Simon & Schuster and asked how they’d feel about me turning this into a novel. And they said, “But it’s a trilogy!” And I said, “I think Scott Westerfeld has proven that a trilogy has four books.”

Read the rest HERE: ShelfAwareness

Since it is Music Monday and music inspires us all, at least it does me, it is also cool to see what music inspires our wonderful Paranormal Romance writers.  Our book of the month is City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare, so lets see what music kept her creative juices flowing.

City of Ashes		Playlist
Lover I Don’t Have to Love		Bright Eyes
The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot		Brand New
Somewhere Only We Know		Keane
Nearer Than Heaven		Delays
Gore Veil		The Deadly Snakes
Come Around		Rhett Miller
The Adventure		Angels & Airwaves
Lightning Blue Eyes		Secret Machines
Fall at Your Feet		Crowded House
Empty Room		Marjorie Fair
Love Is All		The Rapture
Do You Realize?		The Flaming Lips
Where Does the Good Go		Tegan and Sara
Only Ashes		Something Corporate

Check out the songs most are really great, I can say that Cassandra and I have similar music taste.

Authors that’s who!
There are so many authors that we appreciate so we’ll try our best to post about these special humans this week. Since this week is Author Appreciation week we’ll join in.

Stephenie Meyer. Girl we love you. We appreciate your talent, your dreams, your mind and your pen (or computer most likely)! You’ve brought to us a whole new world. One we’ve never been a part of. In fact a few worlds we’ve never been a part of.

• Vampires, Werewolves and even Aliens
• Obsessive 30 something moms
• YA Paranormal Romance
• Midnight Release Parties
• DVD Release Parties
• Dressing up as Fictional Characters, when it’s not even Halloween

Without you, our homes would most likely be much much cleaner than they are.  With out you our conversations would not ALWAYS end up the same way, fighting over teams. Without you our husbands would not have to make sure to be in town on specific dates so that we can go wait in line with a bunch of teenagers at midnight to watch our love/lust fictional characters on screen. Without you women everywhere would still be Brad Pitt and George Clooney fans and without you we would have extra money. Because we know where all of our extra money is spent. We would never in our lives order 2 DVD’s of the same movie especially $80 worth or would plan a trip to see a place in a book that is fictional.  I mean we know the characters (yes we know that they are not real) are not there but we really want to go immerse ourselves in the place and see the places that we have seen through your books.

Let us also not for get the Fan Fiction your books have started!

For Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, Midnight Sun(partial draft) and The Host, and most of all for Edward we thank you Stephenie!

Cassandra Clare, your world of Shadowhunters, downworlders, witches, demons and unrequited love brought a whole new level to the paranormal.

The Mortal Instruments Series drew us into this world and never really let us go.  The new words that you brought to our thoughts like: mundies, stele, ruins.  What creatures are Jace and Clary going to meet next and how are they going to defeat them?  Who is Clary going to pick, Simon or Jace?

We can’t really go on with what we were going to say,  don’t want to spoil it for people who haven’t read all of the books yet.  All we can really say to you is thank you and keep writing, Kim and I are waiting on pins and needles for the 4th book and we are also eagerly waiting for the Infernal Devices Series to come out.You are a very talented and imaginative lady.

For City of Bones, City of Ashes and City of Glass we thank you!

~Shannon and Kim