Reelz Channel asks the question: Are The Mortal Instruments the next teen phenomenon?

They list a bunch of series that have the potential to be the next YA novels to explode onto the scene, but here at Mundie Source, we think The Mortal Instruments is the series that has what it takes to take the YA world and Hollywood by storm. As the author of the article writes, “The books have sold a ridiculous amount of copies both domestically and internationally, and with good reason — if anything was to overtake Twilight, it would be this.”

Will TMI become as big as Harry Potter and Twilight? As of right now, Cassandra Clare is slated to turn out five more books in the next three years–meaning she will have nine novels published. If she continues her trend of debuting at number one on the NYT Best Seller list (congrats again, Cassie!) and the MI film adaptations get the green light in Hollywood, things will definitely get bigger and bigger for our dear Cassie.

And considering that her signings quickly become standing-room only, it’s pretty obvious that she’s like a rockstar of YA–and by adding that fancy purple streak to her hair, we think she knows it, too.