Introduction of Characters

"The boy never cried again, and he never forgot what he'd learned: that to love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed." -City of Bones

"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." - City of Ashes

20 years after the Dark War everything is changing.

(Spoilers for all books, written before Lady Midnight was released)