City of Fallen Angels Not So Mundane Moments, Day 5, Alec & Magnus

I am so excited about this week! With our friends Novel Novice, we have had a lot of fun working on this feature. Not only will be talking about our favorite scenes from COFA, we'll also have giveaways! Thank you to Simon & Schuster at the end of the week we'll each be giving away a SIGNED copy of COFA! Each of our site's will also have some swag and a little treat from Cassie we'll be sharing through out the week. To enter our giveaways, you'll need to include the code word found at the bottom of each post and enter the giveaway form out, also found in each post.

Before you read any further, please know this week's feature will be full of SPOILERS! If you've not read COFA yet and don't want to be spoiled, please do not read any further.

You can't talk about the TMI series and not mention Magnus and Alec. I absolutely love that Cassie had them traveling around Europe together. If you haven't had a chance to, please take a look at their post cards. They are brilliant and you can find them on Cassie's site here. They'll give you a sneak peak into their travels.

I loved Magnus and Alec's return in COFA. I absolutely adore Magnus, but to my surprise it was Alec who stole the show when they returned. I found his jealous between Camille and Magnus's history comical. What I loved the most was Simon's description of how he'd changed.

"Alec made a muffled noise of annoyance and gazed off into space. He seemed as if he wasn't happy to be there at all. Beyond that, Simon thought, he looked much the same as he always had-same black hair, same steady blue eyes-although there was something more relaxed about him than there had been before, as if he had grown into himself somehow." - page 249

Through most of the series Alec has tried to hide who he real is and finally he seems comfortable being in his own skin and that is what I loved the most about him. For me, he's the character that has grown the most since City of Bones. In case you missed it, Cassie posted the Malec scene here. Magnus and Alec fans don't want to miss reading it!

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