"Basia coquum," Simon said. "Or whatever their motto is." 
 "It's 'Descensus Averno facilis est.' 'The descent into hell is easy," said Alec. "You just said "Kiss the cook." 
 "Dammit," said Simon. "I knew Jace was screwing with me." 
 That has to be my favourite line from this novel. 
 Oh but don't forget this line... cause you know traditions: 
 "She turned and looked at him. "Ducks?" she said again. 
 A smile tugged the edge of his mouth. "I hate ducks. Don't know why. I just always have." 
 I see the Herondales still pass things on like the "whoever I love will die" tradition, as well as the hatred for ducks. 
 but since Jace doesn't know why he hates ducks I'll fill him in: 
 As a child, Will had often gone out to throw bits of stale bread to the ducks. It amused him to watch them quacking and fighting over the remains of his breakfast toast. Or it did, until one of the ducks -- a particularly large mallard - upon realizing that Will had no more bread in his pockets, raced at the boy and bit him sharply on the finger. 
 Then he fed the ducks...duck and they ate it. The rest is history. 
 This book definitely had A LOT of issues. Like the lovely theme of selfishness, but I'll save my lengthy review on all that adorable stuff for CoHF. 
 Overall thoughts/summary: