around like 4.25-4.5ish really. 
 GUYS I LOVE A CASSANDRA CLARE BOOK! IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED! 
 actually though if it werent for my busy schedule i would have finished this a lot sooner. i enjoyed it a lot and the characters are just so much more interesting to read about in this one! it did have that typical setting-everything-up-for-more feel to it being a first book but i honestly didn't mind too much because the information was delivered a lot better in this one for a first book compared to the first book in TMI. 
 now i'm just gonna write short blurbs for some of the characters because i really loved a lot of them: 
 1.Charlotte Branwell 
 Charlotte! CHARLOTTE! I FREAKING LOVED HER! Sorry Izzy I really like you but Charlotte just replaced you as my favourite Shadowhunter. I just love her strength and how she's always able to find this good balance between acting professional and showing her kindness and caring personality with the people she's close with at the Institute. She's just so passionate about what she does and it's just so great to see her taking the lead in all the meetings and everything! Also her and Henry are just so cute! 
 2.Tessa Gray 
 Yesssss the girls in this one are just so great! I really enjoyed Tessa as a main character, and not once did I feel bothered about anything she was thinking or doing. Also I love those tiny moments where she would just fangirl a bit about books. XD 
 3. Will Herondale and Jem Carstairs 
 Putting both together because GUYS I ACTUALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHO I LIKE BETTER. 
 Honestly, I even went into this book prepared to find many issues with both of them because of how hyped they both were. I guess it was because of when I picked up City of Bones years ago many people were gawking over Jace and when I finally got around to reading it I just never saw anything that great about it (I still don't tbh lol). It kinda surprised me that I ended up really liking both of their characters so quickly. Though I do feel like I wanted to see a bit more moments of their friendship, so I'm hoping the next two books will give me that. 
 So yea...I'm still surprised that I actually ended up liking this as much as I did! XD Hopefully I can get around to reading the other two really soon!