Exclusive Interview with Jace, Winner of the 1st Annual YA Crush Tournament

First off, congratulations to you, Jace, on the winning the very 1st YA-Sisterhood Summer Crushin' Tournament!  All of your fans turned out in full force to throw their support behind you!

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YA-Sisterhood:  How does it feel to be the winner of the YA Crush Tourney bringing in over 20,000 votes just in the last round? How big is your ego now?

Jace:  It's not that I have a big ego. It's that I'm realistic. No one likes the falsely modest.


YA-Sisterhood:  Going into the tournament, who did you think your biggest competition was?

Jace:  I've heard a few people mention that Edward Cullen fellow so I admit he had me on my toes. We had some plans once to form an emo band together, paint our nails black, and go on the road, but a cage match works too.

YA-Sisterhood:  Were you intimidated by the Zachary fan's rhymes, Braveheart quotes, and army of kilts?

Jace:  Well, it reminded me of some advice my dad gave me once. That would be my adoptive dad, not the evil one or the dead one. Very confusing, I know. Anyway, he said it isn't that brave men don't feel fear, it's that they forge on regardless. There may have been a few moments when my competition's flawless command of iambic pentameter caused me some anxiety, by I trusted I would win out in the end.


YA-Sisterhood:  Would you ever wear a kilt?

Jace:  Perhaps if Clary were to insist on it, and I could get her to wear, say, a cheerleading uniform, I would consider it. The thing is I'm used to doing a lot of jumps and flips when I fight demons and I don't quite see how one manages to keep the kilt from flying up when you're upside-down, and suddenly everyone's looking at your underwear. And I don't think people should just get to see me in my underwear without paying a respectable sum beforehand.

YA-Sisterhood:  Now that you are officially The King of YA Crushes, what is your next goal in life?

Jace:  I think I'll probably return to the thing I was doing before, which was saving the world and looking hot doing it.

YA-Sisterhood:  If we have a tournament of Heroines, how do you think Clary will fare?

Jace:  My girl would kick ass, as she always does.


YA-Sisterhood:  BTW-What did Clary say about you winning the tournament?

Jace:  I believe she said, "Oh, great, now you're going to be intolerable." What she meant of course, was, "I love you even more now than I ever thought possible."

YA-Sisterhood:  If we have a tournament of villains, who would you pick to win, Valentine or Sebastian? Why?

Jace:  Sebastian. Valentine honestly thought he was doing the right thing, however misguided he was in the end. Sebastian just wants what he wants and will do anything to get it. I think there are things he'd be willing to do that even Valentine would have recoiled at.


YA-Sisterhood:  How do you feel about having all your thoughts aired to the public during the Manor Scene? It was lovely for us, but how was it for you?

Jace:  I think I came off pretty well. Sensitive, with that touch of torment. I would have liked more description of my excellent technique, but I suppose it was my viewpoint.

YA-Sisterhood:  So, Dirty Sexy Club Scene...

Jace:  What can I say. I'm a giver.


Here are a few final questions from your YA Crush Tourney Fans:


YA-Sisterhood:  If you weren't a Shadowhunter, but a Mundane, what do you think you'd do with your life? School? Career?

Jace:  Well, I have an aptitude for killing things, so it's good that I have a job that channels my abilities. Clary says that as a mundane I would probably wind up being either an actor or a serial killer, although I don't think they pay you for the second one.

YA-Sisterhood:  We know your real name has been a big confusion, what do you consider your real name?

Jace:  Jace Lightwood.

YA-Sisterhood:  Will you marry me? Sorry I had to ask.... (That was actually from many fans)

Jace:  I don't think Clary would be pleased, but you can put your name on the list — it's in alphabetical order.


YA-Sisterhood:  I know this probably doesn't surprise you, but many of your fans are of an older age (Cougars), what do you think about that? 

Jace:  These ripped abs and badass tats are available to be admired by all, regardless of age or gender. Just as long as you remember that Jace Wayland-Morgenstern-Herondale-Lightwood is strictly a "look, don't touch" proposition. I am taken.

YA-Sisterhood:  Anything else you'd like to say to #TeamJace and your many supporters in the Tournament?

Jace:  Never have so many given so much to someone so hot.

Thank you so much Jace for letting us interview you!  Congratulations again on your victory!  Enjoy your year on the Crush Tourney Throne!

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***Our last big surprise for the week is: we are giving away a hardback copy of Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare.  This will come just in time to gear you up for the wonderfully, brilliant, Clockwork Prince.***

***This contest is now closed.***  I'll post the results on Monday, October 17.  Thank you to all who entered!

Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare: Series in Quotes

To honor Jace this week for winning the YA Crush Tournament, we've been having a week of Shadowhunters.  We've had features on BOTH Shadowhunting series, The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices.  Today, we are doing a little feature we love here on the YA Sisterhood blog.  Its called a book in quotes.  This time its going to be a series in quotes.  This will highlight Jace in all his crush-worthy glory!   All of these quotes are Cassandra Clare's and are from the first 3 books in The Mortal Instruments series.  

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***Be warned this has serious spoilers for all 3 books!***

"Clary tipped her head back to look at him but saw only the stars cartwheeling across the dark sky overhead.  Then the bottom dropped out of everything, and even Jace's arms around her were not enough to keep her from falling."  

"She's not a mundane." Jace said quietly.

"Don't stop there. I suppose there are also, what, vampires and werewolves and zombies?"
"Of course there are. Although you mostly find zombies farther south, where the voudun priests are."
"What about mummies? Do they only hang around Egypt?"
"Don't be ridiculous. No one believes in mummies.'" 

"I see violence in your future a great deal of blood shed by you and others.  You'll fall in love with the wrong person.  Also, you have an enemy." -Madam Dorothea

"I am one of the Clave. It's in my blood and bones. So tell me, if you're so sure this wasn't my fault, why is it that the first thought in my mind when I saw Abbadon wasn't for my fellow warriors but for you?" His other hand came up; he was holding her face, prisoned between his palms. "I know-I knew-Alec wasn't acting like himself. I knew something was wrong. But all I could think about was you..." 

"Valentine was insane," he said.  "Brilliant, but insane.  He cared about nothing but killing demons and Downworlders.  Nothing but making the world pure." -Hodge

"Jace kept her hand in his, sending tiny electrical shocks traveling up and down her veins from every point where he touched her: her fingers, her wrist, the palm of her hand."

"He's not your father!"

Jace looked as if she'd slapped him.  "Why are you so determined not to believe us?"

"Because she loves you," said Valentine.

"Jocelyn is your mother Jonathan.  And Clary--Clary is your sister." -Valentine

"That sounds terrific, thought Cary.  Just you, your comatose wife, your shell-shocked son, and your daughter who hates your guts. Not to mention that your two kids may be in love with each other. Yeah, that sounds like a perfect family reunion." 

"He made a sound like a choked laughed before he reached out and pulled her into her arms. She was aware of Luke watching them from the window, but she shut her eyes resolutely and buried her face against Jace's shoulder. He smelled of salt and blood, and only when his mouth came close to her ear did she understand what he was saying, and it was the simplest litany of all: her name, just her name." 

"I don't want to be a man," said Jace. "I want to be an angst-ridden teenager who can't confront his own inner demons and takes it out verbally on other people instead." 
"Well," said Luke, "you're doing a fantastic job." 

"For a moment Clary thought she might fall; she felt as if something essential had been torn away from her, an arm or a leg, and she stared at Jace in blank astonishment--what did he feel, did he feel nothing?  She didn't think she could bear it if he felt nothing."

"Something inside Clary cracked and broke, and words came pouring out. "What do you want me to tell you? The truth? The truth is that I love Simon like I should love you, and I wish he was my brother and you weren't, but I can't do anything about that and neither can you!" 

“Desire is not always lessened by disgust. Nor can it be bestowed, like a favor, to those most deserving of it. And as my words bind my magic, so you can know the truth. If she doesn’t desire his kiss, she won’t be free."

"When you love someone, you don't have a choice." 

"She told me," he went on, as if Clary hadn't spoken,  "that I had turned her first child into a monster.  She left me before I could do the same to her second.  You.  But she was too late."

"But it was Valentine who answered, not taking his eyes from the wall.  There was a look on his face--not at all the look Clary had expected, a looked that mixed triumph and horror, despair and delight."

"I'll just be your brother from now on." -Jace

“You’re my sister,” he said finally. “My sister, my blood, my family. I should want to protect you”—he laughed soundlessly and without any humor—“to protect you from the sort of boys who want to do with you exactly what I want to do.” 

"Tomorrow by midnight we'll be either at war or under Valentine's rule.  This could be the last night of our lives, certainly the last even barely ordinary one.  The last night we got to sleep and get up just as we always have.  And all I could think of was that I wanted to spend it with you."  "Jace..."  "I don't mean lke that.  I won't touch you, not if you don't want me to.  I know it's wrong.  God, it's all kinds of wrong, but I just want to lie down with you and wake up with you, just one, just one time ever in my life.  It's jus this one night.  In the grand scheme of things, how much can one night matter?"


"So Jace," Clary whispered.  "Jace is not my brother?"
She felt her mother squeeze her hand... "No, Clary.  He's not."


"But there was no way I was going to let you die thinking you you have demon blood, or with out telling you that there's nothing wrong with you...And you needed to know that Clary's not your sister," she said more gently.  "Because--because you just did." -Isabelle


"Jace's eyes flew wide.  A look of disbelieving confusion passed over his face; he glanced down at himself, where Maellartach stuck grotesquely out of his chest...Valentine drew his hand back then jerking the Sword out of Jace's chest."


"He [Jace] was a Shadowhunter; he had died in battle; he deserved the last benediction.  Ave atque vale.  Her lips shaped the words, though they fell from her mouth in silent puffs of air."


"Like a felled tree, Valentine crashed to the ground and lay still--his mouth open in a silent cry, his blind eyes fixed forever in a last look of incredulous betrayal.
That was the justice of heaven.  I trust that you are not dismayed."


"You can compel me to one action, Clarrissa Morgenstern.  What is it that you want?" -Raziel

"Clary hesitated--only for a moment, but the moment stretched out as long as any moment ever had.  She could ask for anything, she thought dizzily, anything--an end to pain or world hunger or disease, or for peace on earth.  But then again, perhaps these things weren't in the the power of angels to grant, or they would have already been granted.  And perhaps people are supposed to find these for themselves.

     It didn't matter, anyway.  There was only one thing she could ask for, in the end, only one real choice.

     "Jace" she said."

"And now I’m looking at you," he said, "and you’re asking me if I still want you, as if I could stop loving you. As if I would want to give up the thing that makes me stronger than anything else ever has. I never dared give much of myself to anyone before – bits of myself to the Lightwoods, to Isabelle and Alec, but it took years to do it – but, Clary, since the first time I saw you, I have belonged to you completely. I still do. If you want me."

"I told her I had everything I wanted." -Clary

"Every memory was valuable, even the bad ones."

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What are some of your favorite quotes from either series, The Mortal Instruments or The Infernal Devices?

***Please be sure to come back tomorrow, to see our interview with Jace as he responds to winning the Crush Tournament and for a very special giveaway!***

  

In Honor of Jace, A Week Dedicated to Shadowhunters!

I'm sure everyone remembers the awesomeness that was the YA Crush Tournament!  Since Jace is the reigning king of YA Crushes, we will feature him periodically this year as he sits on his Crush Throne!  So, to hold true to that, we have some exciting stuff going on this week all in order to honor him!  Please stay tuned to the blog this week to see:
*our favorite quotes from Cassandra Clare's characters
*a HUGE Teaser Tuesday
*an oh so worthy waiting on Wednesday
*some fun reviews
*AND last but not least, on Saturday, we will post our exclusive interview with Jace regarding the tournament!!!

**Trust me, you are not going to want to miss this!!!!**