Words on the Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare (w/ Sarah Rees Brennan and Maureen Johnson)

I think we can all agree that Cassie Clare and her shadowhunters are easily one of the best things that has happened to humanity in it's short and cringe-filled history. And, as anyone and everyone who has read (And if you haven't, you really need to.) The Mortal Instruments/Infernal Devices knows:

There's Izzy.

There's Simon.

There's Jace.

And then there's Magnus Bane.

And now, all us book nerds must have died and gone to heaven because. We. Get. AnentirebookaboutMagunsBane!!!!! I kid you not. And it's beautiful. Not is the cover shiny and glorious like every Cassie Clare masterpiece (no sarcasm this time, it's not 'masterpiece' like Hush, Hush.) is. With Magnus Bane's face right smack dab in the middle. (Saddly, Chairman Meow is not included.)

Feast Your Beady Little Eyes:

And inside, we get 11 wonderful stories about everybody's favorite warlock. And I don't hear anyone complaining. Tessa is even in some of them! We even get tasteful comic-like drawings at the beginning of every story.

What Really Happened In Peru

This one interested me the most, to be honest. It combines several unfortunate guinea pigs, Magnus playing an instrument called the charango with admirable skill, some tourists rather lacking in a intelligence department, a couple ill-fated employments, and a regretable magic carpet ride over the desert into a entertaining story.

The Charango:

And the Nazca Lines:

"I do not want to do this, and I will not enjoy it." Ragnor said. "I would leave at once, but it would be cruel to abandon a lady in a foreign land with a maniac."

The Runaway Queen

A slightly more sobering story about Magnus in Paris at the time of the French Revolution in which Magnus is roped into helping the royal family escape France, complete with unfriendly vampires, a delightful pet monkey, and a hot air ballon.

"(There was no way possible she could have done all of the things the pamphleteers claimed. The crimes were too gross, too immoral, and far to physically challenging. Magnus himself had never attempted half of them.)"

Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale

I'm starting to see how arrogance and outlandish behavior runs in the Herondale family. For those of you who remember, Edmund is Will's father. He's a rather annoying boy.

I love scones. Peach scones. Chocolate chip scones.

Peach chocolate chip scones.

The Midnight Heir

More annoying Herondale boys.

"Ducks, embrace me as your king!"

The Rise of the Hotel Dumort

Saving Raphael Santiago

This one was probably one of my favorites. It's about how, as the title might suggest, Magnus saves Raphael's life. It was nice to finally get some insight into the debt that Raphael owed Magnus.

The Fall of the Hotel Dumort

What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything (and Who You're Not Officially Dating Anyway)

The Last Stand of The New York Institute

The Course of True Love (And First Dates)

The Voicemail of Magnus Bane

I suppose that this is the promised bonus story. It's just a long list of voicemails left by various characters after something (no spoilers) that happened at the end of City of Lost Souls.

"Jace. Jace, wake up. Jace, how do you delete messages on someone else's phone?"

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