Published 5 April 2011
WARNING.....it goes without saying is going to contain spoilers for the previous books, City of Bones, City of Ashes and City of Glass. And if you can't read on because you haven't read these books then i'm going to have to be really REALLY immature and say "NO we cannot possibly be friends EVAH until you come to your senses and read this series" or maybe we could be friends if you promise that you PLAN to read this series, because then we can squeal together when City of Lost Souls comes out in 12 months. And you want to be my friend right?
Summary - The Mortal War is over, Clary Fray is back home in New York, ecited about all the possiblities before her. She's training to beome a Shadowhunter and to use her unique power. Her mother is getting married to the love her life, Downworldsers and Shadowhutners are all at peace at last. And most important of all Clary can finally call Jace her boyfriend.
But nothing comes without a price.
Someone is murdering the Shadowhunters who used to be in Valentine's Cirecle, provoking tensions between Downworlders and Shadowhunters that could lead to a second bloody war. Clary's best friend, Simon, can't help her. His mother just found out that he's a vampire and now he's homeless. Everywhere he turns, someone wants him on their side along with the power of the curse that's wrecking his life. And they're willing to do anything to get what they want. At the same time he's dating two beautiful, dangerous girls, neither of whom knows about the other.
When Jace begins to pull away from Clary without explaining why, she is forced to delve iont the heart of a mystery whose solution reveals her worst nightmare: She herself haas set in motion a terrible chain of events that could lead to her losing everything she loves. Even Jace.
Love. Blood. Betrayal. Revenge. The stakes are higher than ever in City of Fallen Angels.
I can't even explain to you how excited I was for this book. I was beyond excited......so much so that I had three copies on order to see which arrived first and then I was completely frantic on release day that I ended up getting a copy from the store. This is also how I ended up with four copies of City of Glass, because Cassie Clare is a EVIL GENUIS and I seem to live for the pain.
After the riveting and simply AHHHHMAZING climatic end of City of Glass, I was so absurdly happy with how things had worked out. I like that issues were left unresolved and loose ends were left to fly free. It made me feel happy that things would remain in the dark, I didn't need all the answers, I just needed an ending that felt true to the characters. And that's what I got. So when I heard that another three books would be added to the series I was equally apprehensive and fan girl crazy. I guess what it comes to is this; I was happy for the series to end at City of Glass. But now that I've read CoFA, I realised just how refreshing and intoxicating it is to read something entirely NEW about these characters I love and I guess if I had to have more books in the series, i'm happy with the direction she seems to have chosen for them.
YOU GUYS this book was so whacked out it made my head spin. Honestly, I have some mad skills when it comes to predicting story lines and I literally was like WHAT THE WHAT most of the time. I literally had no clue which direction or what path she was taking these characters and I just had to trust that she wouldn't totally ruin a series that made me want to start my blog in the first place. Okay, so Clary is her fierce and fabulous self and has a lot more things going for her. Like the fact that she gets to train to be a shadowhunter properly, she gets to embrace the side of her that she's wanted to embrace ever since she found out angel blood ran through her veins. Plus, she gets to make out with a hot blond boy who most definitely isn't related to her. BONUS. It was also really strange to see her interactions withher mother, who was such an intergral part to the previous plot lines without really being in the story. Her and Luke are way too cute.
I know what your all thinking. SEXYTIMES. And holy hotness they reach pants exploding right offa your body levels. I mean, I suspect if I met someone like Jace in real life my clothes would blow right off. And Cassie knows how to bring the sexytimes. And know what makes them better? The fact that the relationship dynamics have subtley changed and Jace seems to be a lot more open and vulnerable that his usual cool indifference that we saw when he tried to fight his feelings for Clary. Now that they have nothing holding them back, they erm, don't let nothing hold them back.
AND YAY!!! I missed all these characters......and Isabelle totally stole the show for me. I liked Izzy from the beginning of the series, with her kick ass wardrobe and utter devotion to her family. How even though she is the girl of the family and now the youngest *sobs* WHY CASSIE WHY MAX I LOVE YOU *sobs* she always is the one who seems to worry the most despite the outward image she projects, her love for them and her desire to do whatever it takes to keep them safe, is what makes her so endearing.
Simon, oh Simon. When you first started coming between Clary and Jace I wanted to face punch you. Then you got turned and I felt real bad, and I still blame the Seelie Queen for that whole situation. But really you have some of the blame too because you shouldn't have been showing off drinking fancy drinks at a warlocks party FOOL! Okay, my heart went out to Simon because now on top of being the only dead person to walk in the sunlight, he also has the Mark of Cain which sounds like a royal pain in the ass. His development was what made me keep turning the pages. His internal struggle with how he could ever possibly embrace his new life made me want to wrap him him a hug. This is the first time I have really acknowledged the fact that Simon is now immortal, that he was stay unchanging in a world that changes constantly and there is nothing he can do to change it. No matter how much he wishes he could.
JAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEEEEEE take off your shirt!!! No, I'm just kidding! I'm not really but whatever. Ah, you poor boy making me want to cry! So I'm used to sarcastic and moody Jace, self assured and confident Jace, but what I got is vulnerable and confused and lost, both to the people he loves and to himself. Having found out that the man who raised you letting you think he was your father and taught you everything you know is hell bent on destroying everyone and everything you care about, you can't blame him. Like Simon he is battling to come to terms with the person he was and the person he is now. AND CASSIE SO MEAN THE PATH YOU CHOSE YOU EVIL WOMAN. Inner demons gonna getcha! And that ending? &%*&T$!*^% Do you want my head to explode? DO YOU? Because it seems like you do.
Nothing was held back, everything was thrown onto the table whether it was nice or horrid. I really hope the characters find themselves and become the people they want to be and not the people they think they should be. As usual, the story is fast paced and intense and manages to make you ride the full spectrum of emotions in the blink of an eye. Can I wait for City of Lost Souls? SURE I CAN. But only because it gives me longer to come to terms with having to say goodbye to these characters again.
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