City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

Title: City of Glass

Author: Cassandra Clare

Type: Young Adult Novel
Genre: Fantasy

Series: The Mortal Instruments Book Three

Copyright: 2009
Publisher: Simon Pulse

Rating: 4 out of 5

Summary: from Good Reads
To save her mother’s life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters—never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there, and Simon has been thrown in prison by the Shadowhunters, who are deeply suspicious of a vampire who can withstand sunlight.

As Clary uncovers more about her family’s past, she finds an ally in mysterious Shadowhunter Sebastian. With Valentine mustering the full force of his power to destroy all Shadowhunters forever, their only chance to defeat him is to fight alongside their eternal enemies. But can Downworlders and Shadowhunters put aside their hatred to work together? While Jace realizes exactly how much he’s willing to risk for Clary, can she harness her newfound powers to help save the Glass City—whatever the cost?

Love is a mortal sin and the secrets of the past prove deadly as Clary and Jace face down Valentine in the third installment of bestselling series the Mortal Instruments.

Feelings:
I liked this book maybe more than the other books because Clary is more independent and she seems like stronger character. For a large part of the other two books Clary seemed helpless and in this she seems to be coming into herself and harnessing her individual power.

Many readers will be happy to see a resolution to the Clary Jace romance issue. Saying more would give away parts of the other books but I saw this as a moral problem that was a struggle for the characters all of them, and not something that was going to be easily resolved. If a reader was going to be grossed out and not read because of that then my guess is that you will not make it to this book but it is resolved in a satisfying way.

A new character Sebastian is introduced. There are many hits about him in here and anyone can pretty much guess who he is. This is how Clary describes seeing him for the first time.

She'd felt as if she'd walked around a corner in a strange city and suddenly seen her own brownstone looming up in front of her. A surprising and not entirely pleasant recognition, almost: How can this be here? (p. 175)

I'm not sure there is much more that can be said about Sebastian with out spoilers.

Valentine is at his best in this book although is isn't the biggest character and is discussed more than we actually see him in sense in the book.

 This book I feel like was stronger than the other two books maybe because this could have been the end of the series.