More news about new Shadowhunter Chronicles series TLH

Last week Cassandra Clare announced that she will be writing two more Shadowhunter series after The Dark Artifices -- check out our post here -- and yesterday she has taken to her tumblr to answer questions about TLH. A fan asked

“I heard that there was be a love triangle in TLH, but isn’t the outcome already spoilered in the family tree? — ariksay” You might think so, but — no. In fact it was really fun for me to come up with a family tree that was massively misleading. Remember, family trees are found objects — they contain only as much information as whoever drew them had. Secret marriages, arranged marriages, people being secretly dead, people being secretly other people: the family tree doesn’t reflect any of that. In fact, some of the most important characters (One of whom is a certain JH’s parabatai) don’t appear on the family tree at all. In fact, when the Bane Chronicle is released that takes place during/around TLH*, I think everyone is going to be like: “HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? IT DOES NOT MATCH UP.” But it does, in the end…

The following answers will be Clockwork Princess spoilers!

Cassandra also said that we will be seeing Will and Tessa as parents and who else will be in TLH:

Will is James and Lucie’s father and James and Lucie (among others — Christopher and Grace and Cordelia and Alastair and Colin and Matthew and Charles and Jesse) are the main characters in the book. So of course, we see their parents. In fact, in one of the upcoming Bane Chronicles — the one that features James — you’ll get a sense of how much we will see them.

Cassie addressed ‘gaps’ in the family tree which is in first editions of Clockwork Princess:

(…) What I’m wondering however, has to do with the shadowhunter family tree on the book sleeve. Many of the family lines, including that of gideon’s lightwood line, come with the statement “see extended lightwood family tree.” Will we ever get to see the extended family trees? I would personally love to get more insight into shadow hunter families. Thanks for writing — little-mollusk”

Aaaand that is precisely why I didn’t include a lot of family trees: the Blackthorns, the Carstairs, the Fairchilds, the Lightwoods. I think having some information is good but not all of it. 🙂 Maybe after TDA and TLH, I’ll do the whole family trees.

Furthermore, she revealed if there is going to be more Wessa (Will and Tessa) and more Jessa (Jem and Tessa) in her upcoming books:

(…) It seems like we will be getting plenty of Jessa in the upcoming books – Heavenly Fire, especially. Will be able to also have more Wessa? I’d love to know more about the time they were married…Thank you!!! — literary-darling”

Well, TLH will be all Will and Tessa, married, because it takes place in 1903, so — Will and Tess are in their thirties and you get to see plenty of the loving couple that they are. There’s also a whole Bane Chronicle, the one about James Herondale, where you get a sense of what they’re like.

A lot of people have asked about whether Jem will be in CoHF or in TDA — as he clearly remains Brother Zachariah through City of Lost Souls — and unfortunately I can’t say much (there’s no reason to assume Jessa in CoHF. COHF might well be before the epilogue of CP2). Most of the things I could say about where Jem and Tessa will appear again and what they will be doing are spoilery.

Cassie also added a new question and answer to her FAQ on her official website: