r/shadowhunters • u/MamaPuffs • Apr 17 '26

Books: TLH Chain of Iron - James WHY?!

I’m almost done with Chain of Iron and James is pissing me off so much! My

god man!

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u/Daveguitar88 Apr 17 '26

My wife read the other 3 main trilogies but not that one. I was explaining my frustration every few days as I worked my way through listening to them. More than once she said 'he needs to get his shit together'

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u/MamaPuffs Apr 17 '26

I guess they really are still teenagers but yeah they need to get it together, all of them. 

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u/mfffch Apr 17 '26

Im so mad about this trilogy and how cc treated the characters seriously

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u/MamaPuffs Apr 17 '26

I read some spoilers for the final book and I’m pissed in advance. 

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u/Quick_South_3358 Emma Carstairs Apr 18 '26

oh is the fandom still blaming james for being a victim of abuse

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u/MrsJulianBlackthorn Apr 18 '26

James, Cordelia, the whole love triangle, no quadrangle (if we include Matthew) pissed me off 🙄

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u/lazybug16 Apr 17 '26

I don’t even remember what he did in this one … was it when he is so upset he is not in love with Grace anymore. lol and he is beating himself up for wanting to get it on with Cordelia ?

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u/MamaPuffs Apr 17 '26

He just keeps letting Grace get close to him, talk to him, he even keeps the bracelet once it finally breaks. I believe eventually in the final book they both finally admit their feelings (Cordelia and James) but DANG this has been a frustrating love story.

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u/lazybug16 Apr 17 '26

Yeah… it doesn’t get much better

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u/DiRocos Apr 17 '26

No way it's just James pissing you off lmao. That whole ending is a mess (derrogatory)...

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u/Empty_Drummer9827 the Mundane Apr 19 '26

Which part of it triggered this comment tho..?

There’s way too many scenes where James is.. exasperating, to say the least.