Rezension: Chroniken der Unterwelt

Titel: Chroniken der Unterwelt

Autor: Cassandra Clare

Genre: YA Fiction, Urban Fantasy

Orginalsprache: Englisch

Bücher: 6
--> City of Bones --> City of Ashes --> City of Glass --> City of Fallen Angels --> City of Lost Souls --> City of Heavenly Fire

Erscheinungsdatum:
City of Bones:  Januar 2008
City of Ashes: Juli 2008
City of Glass: Juli 2009
City of Fallen Angels: Dezember 2011
City of Lost Souls: Februar 2013
City of Heavenly Fire: Februar 2015

Anzahl an Seiten (alle Bücher): 3.851

Worum es geht: 

 Als Clary an ihrem Geburtstag in einen Club geht, beobachtet sie, wie ein Mädchen und zwei Jungs einen der Gäste umbringen. Doch niemand außer ihr hat gesehen, was passiert ist und die Leiche des Gastes verschwindet spurlos.
Die Jugendlichen sind Schattenjäger, eine Gruppe von Menschen mit außergewöhnlichen Fähigkeiten, die heimlich die Menschheit vor Dämonen beschützt.
Als ihre Mutter verschwindet und Clary von einem Dämonen angegriffen wird ist es Jace, einer der Jungs aus dem Club, der sie rettet.
Von nun an hat sie nur ein Ziel: ihre Mutter zu finden. Und nebenbei herauszufinden, wer sie wirklich ist. Und ausgerechnet Jace will ihr dabei helfen.
Bald muss sich Clary nicht nur mit ihrer Freundschaft zu Simon Lewis, ihrem Sandkastenfreund, ihrer Liebe zu Jace, sondern auch mit der Suche nach Antworten auf ihre vielen Fragen rumschlagen.

Was ich über....denke:

...die Welt und die Geschichte....:

 Cassandra Clare entführt den Leser in eine geheime Welt, die neben der Welt, die wir kennen exestiert.
Es gibt viele Orte, die man ohne Probleme erkennen kann und doch gibt es überall etwas geheimnisvolles, dass nur die sehen können, die Teil der Welt der Schattenjäger sind.
Durch die gesammte Geschichte hindurch entwickelt sich nicht nur die Story selbst in eine ungeahnte Richtung, sondern auch die Schattenjägerwelt, von der man mit jedem Buch mehr und mehr kennen lernt.

...die Charaktere...:

 Jace Wayland, ein sexy Schattenjäger mit goldenen Haaren und Augen. Er gilt als der beste Schattenjäger seines Alters und ihm ist bewusst, dass er vermutlich auch der Schönste ist.
Ich mag ihn als Charakter. Mir gefällt sein Sarkasmus unter dem er seine wahren Gefühle zu verstecken versucht und dass er die Menschen, die ihm wichtig sind, um jeden Preis beschützen will.
 Clary Fray, glaubt ein normales Mädchen zu sein, bis sie Jace trifft und rausfindet, wer sie wirklich ist.
Ich mag sie, weil sie eine Person ist, die sich um andere sorgt und doch gleichzeitig alles daran setzt ihre Ziele zu erreichen. Wenn sie sich etwas in den Kopf gesetzt hat, dann zieht sie es durch, oft ohne über die Konsequenzen nachzudenken.
 Simon Lewis, Clary's bester Freund seit der Kindheit, der heimlich in sie verliebt ist. Zusammen mit Clary wird er in die Welt der Schattenjäger gezogen udn beginnt sich zu verändern.
Irgendiwe tut er mir Leid. Einfach nur, weil ich das Gefühl habe, dass er immer alles abbekommt. Da habe ich immer gleich das Gefühl in einmal drücken zu müssen. Allerdings gefällt mir auch seine Art, mit der er alles was ihm passiert annimmt.
 Isabelle und Alec Lightwood, Geschwister und Schattenjäger, die gemeinsam mit Jace großgezogen und trainiert wurden. Seit sie alt genug sind, gehen sie zu dritt auf die Jagd nach Dämonen. Ales und Jace sind eng befreundet.
Ich mag beide sehr gerne. Alec fast ein bisschen mehr als Izzy, weil ich das Gefühl habe mich in ihm besser wiederzufinden.
 Andere Charakter:
Luke Garroway: Ein Freund von Clary's Familie
Jocelyn Fray: Clary's Mutter
Magnus Bane: Oberster Hexenmeister von Brooklyn und einer meiner absoluten Lieblingscharakteren in dieser Serie. GO MAGNUS!

Was mir am meisten gefällt: 

 Die Entwicklung der Charaktere und der Story. Jedes Buch wurde besser und besser mit einem wirklich spannendem Finale.

Was mir nicht gefällt:

  An der Story gefällt mir nichts nicht.
Nur mir fehlt, wie man auf dem Bild sehen kann, Teil 4. Den ich gelesen habe, aber aus welchen GRünden auch immer nicht besitze.

Bewertung:

Ich würde dieses Buch wirklich jedem empfehlen, einfach nur deshalb, weil ich es so sehr liebe.

Weitere Informationen:
The Infernal Devices ist eine Trilogie, die zeitlich vor den Ereignissen in den Chroniken der Unterwelt Büchern spielt.
Außerdem soll demnächst auf Englisch das erste von drei Büchern einer Nachfolger Trilogie mit dem Namen The Dark Artefices erscheinen.
City of Bones wurde mit Jamie Campbell Bower und Lilly Collins in den Hauptrollen verfilmt.
Ende Mai sollen die Dreharbeiten zu der Serie Shadowhunters beginnen, die auf den Büchern basiert.

Anouncement

Hey there,

so here is the anouncment: I decided to switch the language of this Blog from English to German.

I do have some reasons for that:
1. My mothertongue is German
2. I do read most of the books in German. Some of them aren't even out yet in English. And I do not have to translate everything any longer.
3. Most of my readers come from Germany.

I hope that nobody feels offended by my descion.

Lots of Love,
Maddie

Your Bookish Identity Tag

I actually found this Tag on YouTube but thought it would work perfectly well as a post.

These are the questions:

1. What dystopian/fictional world would you live in?
2. Who would your partner be?
3. Who would be your godly mother/father? [Percy Jackson]
4. Would you be a downworlder or a nephilim? [Shadowhunter World]
5. Which house would you be in? [Harry Potter]
6. Which faction would you be in? [Divergent]
7. What would be you daemon? [Northern Lights]


And here are my answers:

1. Hogwarts, obviously. I always loved Harry Potter since I was 10 and the story just stayed with me since then. I am actually still waiting for my Hogwarts Letter, but since I was born during the reign of the Dark Lord every evidence of me being a witch probably did disappeare, just because I am a muggelborn.

2. If you follow me on Instagram you already know the answer: DRACO MALFOY. Like seriously, he is my fictional boyfriend since ever so....

3. I am not quite sure concerning this question but I think it actually would be Poseidon just becaue I really love the ocean and I can relax there the best, the bathtube is quite relaxing for me, too, but nothing is better than the ocean. I just love everything concerning water.

4. I actually would like to be a nephilim. I am not the bravest kind of person in this world, but I really would be the kind of Shadowhunter who goes hunting demons with some friends and having fun while doing it.

5. Slytherin! What else? Even pottermore sorted me into Slytherin. And I am proud of being a Slytherin!

6. I think I would actually be divergent, because I do not fit into any of the factions 100% . I did take some kind of test on the internet which said exactly this and so I am okay with it. If I had to choose one faction it probably would be Dauntless or Amity.

7. No Idea. I habe never heard of this series before.

I hope you had fun with this just as much as I did :)

Lots of love,
Maddie

April Wrap-Up

Here it comes, my April Wrap-Up:

1. The Book Thief my Markus Zusak. This book  was on my TBR pile for forever. After so many people raved about it I felt very guilty for not reading it. So I decided to pick it up and give it a try. I actually really liked it and gave it a 4.5 out of 5 stars.

2. The Elite by Kiera Cass. I really loved the first one. And I really loved the second one. I just couldn't put this book down and read it within 4 hours. I gave it 5 out of 5 stars.

3. The One by Kiera Cass. I just enjoyed it as much as the two other ones. I read it just as fast as the second one. I gave it 5 out of 5 stars.

4. Selection Stories - The Prince and the Guard. I enjoyed it, just not as much as the other books from this series. I do not think that it is bad, but I just felt like something, which was in the other books, was missing here. I ended up giving it 4.5 out of 5 stars.

5. Guardian of the gate my Michelle Zink. I really enjoyed it. It took me one evening to finish it because it was that good. I gave it 5 out of 5 stars.

6. Circle of Fire by Michelle Zink. Just liked it as much as the other two books in this trilogy so I gave it 5 out of 5 stars.

7. Matched by Ally Condie. I heard a lot of mixed things about this trilogy but still I did want to pick it up. And it as a really good coice as I really enjoyed it. I ended up giving it 4.75 stars out of 5.

8. Crossed by Ally Condie. As I really enjoyed the first one I wanted to continue on with the story. I ended up giving it 4.5 stars out of 5.

9. Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion. I loved the movie and just had to pick up the book. I did really enjoy it and gave it 5 out of 5 stars.

10. The New Hunger by Isaac Marion. I enjoyed this one. I am still on the fence about wheater I liked it just as much as Warm Bodies or slightly less. For now I gave it 4.75 out of 5 stars.

11. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare. The book is not on the picture because I lend it to a friend. I gave it 5 out of 5 stars, because it is perfect and it is a Cassandra Clare book, so how could you do something diffrent?


I read a total of 11 books this month and really enjoyed all of them.


Lots of Love,
Maddie

April Book Haul

Hi there,
I am back with another monthly Book Haul.
April is already mostly over and as I do not plan to purchase another book I just thought about putting up the post already.
So here it is, my April Book Haul:

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows by J.K. Rowling. Read this book already a while ago, but I did not have my own copy of it so I purchased it.

2. Guardian of the Gate and Circle of Fire by Michelle Zink, books two and three in the Prophecy of the Sisters Trilogy. I loved the first one and had to get these. I read both of them in one day and really liked them.

3. Love, Rosie by Cecilia Ahern. I read this book when my mom got it as a present and loved it so I had to get my own copy.

4. One Hundred Names by Cecilia Ahern. Haven't read this one yet but I really enjoyed Cecilia Aherns other work so I will get to this one soon.

5. Matched, Crossed and Reached by Ally Condie. I have already read the first two books and really enjoyed them. I will start reading the third one as soon as possible.

6. Goddess of Rose, Warrior Rising, Goddess of Light and Goddess of Spring by P.C. Cast. I haven't read any of those yet, but as I am really interested in Greek Mythology I hopefully will enjoy them when I finally get around to reading them.

7. The Elite, The One and Selection Stories - The Prince and the Guardian by Kiera Cass. I read them all in one day. Do I have to say more about how much I love this series? I don't think so.

8. House of Night 6: Tempted and House of Night 8: Awaken by P.C. and Kristin Cast. I finally have all the books up to the 10th one. Which means I can finally continue on with the series. Haven't actually done that yet. I am still re-reading the third book.

9. Hallowed by Cynthia Hand. I have heard a lot of positive things about this trilogy. I really want to read it. But I accidentally picked up the second and not the first book. So haven't read this one yet.

10. Warm Bodies and The New Hunger - Warm Bodies Prequel by Isaac Marion. I have watched the movie over and over again and just had to get the book. Read both of them and really enjoyed them.

So, this month I bought a total of 20 books and already read 11 of them. So only 9 unread books this month.

Lots of Love,
Maddie

My TBR Pile(s)

I actually do have two TBR piles because one of them is at my parents house while the other one is at my dorm room.
I will show you some pictures of my TBR piles and the name of the books but won't go into to much detail about it because there are simply to many books and this post would go one forever.

TBR Pile at my parents house:

This is the TBR Pile at my parents house.

1. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
2. Lady Chatterley by D.H. Lawrence
3. Les Vampires Argenau ny Lynsay Sands -  a French book.
4. hush, hush by Becca Fitzpatrick.
5. The first four books in the Artemis Fowl Series by Eoin Colfer.
6. The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.

On this picture you can still see The Book Thief by Macus Zusak. Since this picture was taken I read the book, but as I wasn't at my parents house any longer but back at my dorm room I wasn't able to take a new picture.

The TBR pile at my parents house includes a total of 9 books.


TBR Pile at my dorm room:

 This one is way bigger than the one at my parents house.

1. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo.
2. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.
3. Sense and Sensebility by Jane Austen.
4. Die wirkliche Mittelerde by Arnulf Krause (I did not found the same book in English, so it seems to be only available in German)
5. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien.
6. The Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth by J.R.R. Tolkien,
7. Book 6 to 10 in the House of Night Series by Krisitn and P.C. Cast.
8. Goddess of Love, Goddess of Light, Goddess of Spring (which I bought k´just after I took this picture), Goddess of the Rose and Warrior Rising by P.C. Cast.
9. Forsaken by Jana Oliver.
10. A Chalice of Wind by Cate Tiernan.
11. Schattenblüte by Nora Melling (which is only avaiable in German)
12. The Host by Stephanie Meyer.
13. Awaken at Dawn by C.C. Hunter
14. Hallowed by Cynthia Hand.
15. pretty by Scott Westerfield.
16. The White Princess by Phillipa Gregory
17. Sense and Sensebility by Joanna Trollope.
18. Torment, Passion, Rapture and Fallen in Love by Lauren Kate.
19. Appollo's Angels by Jennifer Homans.
20. Bunheads by Sophie Flack.
21. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.
22. Pretty Little Things by Jillian Hoffman.
23. Perfum. The Story of a murderer by Patrick Süskind.
24. Hamlet by William Shakespeare.
25. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - which I actually started but have not finished yet.
26. One hundred Names by Cecilia Ahern.

If I haven't counted wrong this TBR pile holds 39 books.

My total amount of unread books therefore is 47 books.
It is actually less than I expected but still I think I should cut it down as fast as possible.

So, how big is your TBR pile?

Lots of Love,
Maddie

Book Haul Janurary/Feburary/March

There will be a lots of books in this book haul as there are three months to be covered. I think I will switch to on book haul every month as I then will have the possibility to get into a little more detail about the books.

But for this time I will just tell yout the title, the author and wheater I already read it or not as otherwise this post would be way to long.

So lets geht started :)

Janurary:

1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling. I read this book already a while ago and just purchased it now.

2. A modern Witch by Debora Geary. I read this book and really enjoyed it.

3. The 7th, 9th and 10th book in the House of Night Series by P.C. and Kristin Cast. I did not read them as I still need to get and read the 6th one before I can go on. The 7th one is called Burned, the 9th Destined and the 10th Hidden.

4. Goddess of Love by P.C. Cast. Over here in Germany it is sold as the first book in a series, but in the origianal published series it is the fifth one. Still a little confused wheater I should start with it or not, so I haven't read it.

5. Awake at Dawn by C.C. Hunter. I really wanted to start this series and did get this one quite cheap. Then I found out, that it is the second and not the first one in the series. Haven't rea it as I still ned to get my hands on the first one.

6. The Host by Stephanie Meyer. I heard that this one should be way better than the twilight series and as I did not completly hated the twilight series I thought I could pick up this one. Still haven't started it as I will wait until I have a little more time because it is simply huge.

7. Forsaken by Jana Oliver. Haven't read it yet. Picked it up in a wim. Sounds interesting so I will hopefully start to read it soon.

8. The White Princess by Philippa Gregory. Watched the series "The White Queen" on TV and loved it, so I really wanted to start reading the series. Still confused with which book to start, so I haven't read it so far.

I purchased a total of 10 books for myself in Janurary. Most of them where quite cheap, so I could actually afford all of them.
8 of those books are actually still unread.


Feburary:

In Feburary I visited London with my mum, so I bought some books there.

1. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare. I loved the Mortal Instruments Series as far as I had read it then (which was up to the fifth book at this time) and really wanted to pick this trilogy up. Haven't read it yet, but started it. Unfortunally I'm in a reading slump and just can't get myself to go on with it,

2. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare. Read it and loved it.Just after finishing it I heard that it would be better o read the Infernal Devices beforehand.

3. The Ruby Red Trilogy by Kiersten Gier. I read this one about two years ago. In Janurary I started re-reading it. I just had finished the second book when I walked past this little beauty and I just had to have it on my shelfs.

4. The Prophecy of the Sisters. I read it and really enjoyed it. I want to continue wth the story as soon as possible.

5. Allegiant by Veronica Roth. It just then came out as paperback in Germany. Read it like two days after buying it. I liked it, but enjoyed the first one way more.

6. Schattenblüte by Nora Melling. This is actually just available in German. Bought it on a wim but it sounds quite interesting. So haven't read it yet.

7. Sense and Sensebility by Joanna Tollope. I really enjoy Jane Austens Story so I thought I would pick up this one and maybe enjoy it as well. I haven't read it yet.

8. A Chalice of Wind by Cate Tiernan. I heard a lots of great things about it and really wanted to pick the series up. Found this one at my local bookstore for quite cheap and bought it. Haven'T read it yet.

9. Pride and Prejudice. I don'T know why but I didn't had ac copy of this one, even though I wanted to read it for a really long time. I did start reading it, but haven't finished yet.

In Feburary I bought a total of 11 books, of which just 5 are unread.


March:

1. The Selection by Kiera Cass. As I already said in my review: I read this book within 4 houres and loved it.

2. Harry Potter and the Halfblood Prince and Quidditch trough the Ages by J.K. Rowling. Rad both of them a while ago, just did not have them on my shelf.

3. Ther Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. I have read the Hobbit but not The Lord of the Rings. Found them on a fleemarket and bought them so I could read them as soon as somehow possible.

4. Pretty by Scoot Westerfield. I really wanted to pick up the series, but I still miss the first one, so this book has to wait until I get the first one to read.

In March I bought a total of 8 books of which 4 are still unread.


All in all I bought 29 books, read 12 of them and still have to read 17 of them. Some of them I just can't start as I do miss the book I have to read beforehand.

I will do another book haul post at the end of April.

And sorry for being inactive for so long, I had a lots of things going on and just did not find the time to f.e. take the pictures needed or just to sit down and write a post.

Lots of Love,
Maddie