City of Ashes Resources

As of 2014, there are 116 (give or take 100 or so) books featuring Shadowhunters.

Cassandra Clare has all the background info and delicious artwork based on her Mortal Instruments series that you could ever want.

The first movie bombed, burning the planned City of Ashes into a pile of ashes. Sorry, fans.

The movie might be dead, but like a phoenix from the Ashes (a whole City of them), the series is scheduled to be reborn as a TV show.

Imagine what the movie would have been like with nuggets of info from this interview.

Could Jace be based off a real live person? (Spoiler alert: no. But another character may be.)

If you've ever wanted to combine Taylor Swift and the phrase "magically induced coma," this fan-made video for City of Ashes is the perfect solution.

This guy thinks City of Ashes is a step up from City of Bones, despite all the complicated relationships he has to explain.

It's like listening to Jace play the piano just for you.

It's like having Clary read just to you.

Clary's mom is in a fictional coma in a real-life hospital. This one.

This is Turtle Pond, which serves as a gateway to the faerie realm. We don't see any faeries in this pic, though.