Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Vote TeamClary from Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instrucments & GIVEAWAY

Clary Fray/Morgenstern is the heroine from Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments Series, which includes City of Bones, City of Ashes, City of Glass, City of Fallen Angels, and coming City of Lost Souls, and City of Heavenly Fire.

*** Spoil Alert Quotes from 1st four books below ***

Fray's Fabulous Features

By Kara Lija

A petite 5 feet tall
Curly red hair
Green eyes
Freckles 
Survives the worst father ever, Valentine Morgenstern
Received Ithuriel's blood giving her special talents
Shadowhunter
Beautiful





Fiercely loyal & driven to help those she loves


From City of Bones - Clary felt suddenly annoyed. "When the self-congratulatory part of the evening is over, maybe we could get back to saving my best friend from being exsanguinated to death?"  

From City of Bones - "I don't want tea," said Clary, with muffled force. "I want to find my mother. And then I want to find out who took her in the first place, and I want to kill them.

Feisty & independent - she doesn't put up with anyone's um ... you know

From City of Bones - "I was ninety percent sure." "I see," Clary said.
There must have been something in her voice, because he turned to look at her. Her hand cracked across his face, a slap that rocked him back on his heels. He put a hand to his cheek, more in surprise than pain. "What the hell was that for?"
"The other ten percent," she said, and they rode the rest of the way down to the street in silence."

From City of Ashes - "Hey Baby." "Baby? You're kidding me, right?" "I was trying it out. No?" "No."

Funny & great to have around

From City of Bones - "Don't touch any of my weapons without my permission."
"Well, there goes my plan for selling them all on eBay," Clary muttered.
"Selling them on what?" Clary smiled blandly at him. "A mythical place of great magical power." 

From City of Bones - "I figured all your classes were stuff like Slaughter 101 and Beheading for Beginners."Jace flipped a page. "Very funny, Fray." 
Lily Collins

Figures it out when everyone else gives up 

From City of Glass - "No. I wanted to tell you that I was proud of you." Clary slewed around to look at her mother. "You were?" Jocelyn nodded. "Of course I was. The way you stood up in front of the Clave like that. The way you showed them what you could do. You made them look at you and see the person they loved most in the world, didn't you?" "Yeah," Clary said. "How did you know?"
"Because I heard them all calling out different names," Jocelyn said softly. "But I still saw you."
 
Forever drawn to the gorgeous Jace

From City of Glass - All that existed was Jace; all she felt, hoped, breathed, wanted, and saw was Jace. Nothing else mattered.

From City of Fallen Angels - Not to be outdone, Clary slid her hands under the hem of his soaked shirt, and let her fingers explore what was underneath: the tight, hot skin over his ribs, the ridges of his abdomen, the scars on his back. This was uncharted territory for her, but it seemed to be driving him crazy: he was moaning softly against her mouth, kissing her harder and harder, as if it would never be enough, not quite enough —.


Fierce & Fights for what she loves

 From City of Glass - "Is this the part where you say if I hurt her, you'll kill me?" "No" Simon said, "If you hurt Clary she's quite capable of killing you herself. Possibly with a variety of weapons." 

From City of Glass Jace - "And then I met you.  You were a mundane.  Weak.  Not a fighter.  Never trained.  And then I saw how much you loved your mother, loved Simon, and how you'd walk into hell to save them.  you did walk into a vampire hotel.  Shadowhunters with a decade of experience wouldn't have tried that.  Love didn't make your weak; it made you stronger than anyone I'd ever met." 

From City of Glass Jace - "You could have had anything else in the world, and you asked for me."  She smiled up at him.  Filthy as he was, covered in blood and dirt, he was the most beautiful thing she'd ever seen.  "But I don't want anything else in the world."

Firm hold on herself


From City of Glass, right after Jace yells at her - "When you told me the first time that Valentine was your father, I didn't believe it," she said.  "Not just because I didn't want it to be true, but because you weren't anything like him.  I've never thought you were anything like him.  But you are.  You are."
   

Flair for making new or stronger runes  

From City of Ashes - "The completed Fearless rune was a matrix of strongly swirling lines: a rune as bold and aerodynamic as an eagle.  She tore the page free and held it up so the others could see it."

From City of Glass - "She squeezed her eyelids shut and, against the darkness behind the them, began to draw with her mine in curving lines of light.  Lines that spoke to her of doorways, of being carried on whirling air, of travel and faraway places.  The lines came together in a rune as grateful as a bird in flight.  She didn't know if it was a rune that had existed before or one she had invented, but it existed now as if it always had."


What makes Clary better than Kate

So I enjoyed Die for Me by Amy Plum but Kate was not the reason why.  Vincent was my favorite character in that book.  Kate was a puzzle to me.  She's withdrawn, even sullen and not pro-active.  It's been seven months since her parents death and while I understand it's hard for her, she is still hiding away not dealingClary would never do that!


Last point - Clary gets Jace's vote! Nough said.

From City of Glass - "There is no pretending," Jace said with absolute clarity. "I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there is life after that, I'll love you then."




StuckInBooks has teamed with Cassandra Clare to inspire a #TeamClary victory!

This inspiration has two parts.  First, there is a GIVEAWAY.  Everyday you can tweet, blog, FB, or whatever about voting #TeamClary, and be entered to win SIGNED copies of ALL of Cassies books.  Just use the Rafflecopter below to record your efforts at getting the word out.  The contest will remain open as long as #TeamClary is competing.  After the final victor is declared, the books will be awarded.

AND if that victor is Clary, then Cassandra Clare will write the Greenhouse scene from City of Bones from Jace's POV for all to enjoy!


Seriously, how good is that! Vote #TeamClary!

Support #TeamCassie HERE!



16 comments:

  1. OMGG WE HAVE TO! I want to see what he thought!

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  2. Amazing post!!! Clary get Jace's vote LOL awesome ;)

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  3. OMG!!! Team Clary all the way!! I love her!! I so want to read the garden scene from Jace's POV!!! Thanks Valerie for hosting this awesome giveaway!! I'm so excited!! :)Go #TEAMCLARY!!!!!

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  4. Clary is such a strong characture, I love her determination to do what she thinks is right. Clary draws us in and we want to follow her on her adventures! #TeamClary!!

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  5. Clary is such a strong characture, I love her determination to do what she thinks is right. Clary draws us in and we want to follow her on her adventures! #TeamClary!!

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  6. Thanks for the giveaway. Clary and Jace are my favorite characters.

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  7. Such a great giveaway! Is this only for US/CA?

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  8. I love this idea for a contest. If Clary doesn't win then I will be worried for the sanity of teens these days. Plus, I really want to win those signed books and read Jace's point of view.

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  9. #TEAMCLARY ALL THE WAY!!!!!! Great giveaway by the way.

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  10. Ew, I entered & just then found out it's not international.:// Sorry.

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  11. Clary must win!!!!! GREENHOUSE scene from JACE'S POV!!! Come on everyone! VOTE Clary in the finals!

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  12. This is so cool, how am I JUST finding out about it! Thank you, I would love to win signed copies of the Great Cassandra Clare!

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  13. I Really Would LOVE a signed copy of the series! I mean, these are my favorite series on the face of this Earth(:

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  14. This is such a great idea to suport #TeamClary!
    She deserves to win!

    But I have a question, I did all that and in some of them it says "Add to extra info"

    Where is the extra info line?

    Thanks!
    #TeamClary all the way!

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  15. so when do we find out who won o.o

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