Murtagh talks about people being clever if they have continuous spells, but has wards and even has a stupid tactic to outdo wards later that raises all the question the anti-fandom has been asking for nearly 20 years now on battery-gems. I'm only 1/3rd of the way through this book and I'm enjoying Cassandra Clare's new book more. Cassandra Clare. I mean, it's like asking to floss your teeth with barbed wire or use lemon peel tampons, but CC's winning so far.