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This book’s a little out of touch so far, though published recently. For example - many of us know burning sage, “smudging,” is a closed practice, reserved for indigenous cultures. This book recommends smudging to infuse your home and even your thrift shop finds with positivity.

It is those who are successful, in other words, who are most likely to be given the kinds of special opportunities that lead to further success [...] Success is the result of what sociologists like to call "accumulative advantage." (p. 30)

Started working on my pile of First Reads that I need to get through. So glad I started with this one. I'm really liking it so far and I am finding the characters relatable.

This is definitely one of the better-written First Reads books I've managed to get my hands on. While I do believe it has taken quite some time to get to the main plot of the story, I'm looking forward to seeing how everything unravels.

I feel like this book has so many unnecessary events. The page number could've been cut down tremendously.

Every time a character or scenario is mentioned from TiD I want to stop & reflect on how amazing that series was. Does anyone else like The Infernal Devices better than The Mortal Instruments?

Finally getting around to this book I won as a giveaway. I'll post a review when I'm done.