Author: Cassandra Clare
Type: Novel
Genre: Fantasy
Series: The Mortal Instruments Book Four
Copyright: 2011
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Rating: 2 out of 5
Summary: from Good Reads
The Mortal War is over, and sixteen-year-old Clary Fray is back home in New York, excited about all the possibilities before her. She's training to become a Shadowhunter and to use her unique power. Her mother is getting married to the love of her life. Downworlders and Shadowhunters are at peace at last. And - most importantly of all - she can finally call Jace her boyfriend.
But nothing comes without a price.
Someone is murdering Shadowhunters who used to be in Valentine's Circle, 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 one.
When Jace begins to pull away from Clary without explaining why, she is forced to delve into the heart of a mystery whose solution reveals her worst nightmare: She herself has 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.
Feelings:
SPOILERS FOR PREVIOUS BOOKS
So we have a new bad guy, well sort of seeing as he is really dead and is only affecting Jace's dreams. I'm not really sure why we even need this book were the City of Glass ended was a very good ending for the series.
This book is mostly about the failure.
Simon as a vampire, yes that's right he suddenly finds himself in a position were girls like him and he doesn't know what to do. So he is dating Isabelle and Maia...seems like a bad idea anyway you look at it since they know each other. Just saying.
Jace and Clary as a couple...although still seems like maybe a little over done here.
Alec and Mangus as a couple. The past gets in the way here.
And there are human baby demons...little Sebastian's.
I really don't think this was a necessary addition to the books. I knew that Clare had left it open for more books when she didn't let them find Sebastian's dead body. But this book wasn't as strong as the other books in the series. It was lacking much of the build up that the other books had. There was foreshadowing...lots of it...but it wasn't as good as the past books. There was also a lack of action and change within characters. It all seemed a bit flat to me compared to the first three.
The romance seems to have been upped a bit in this book and Isabelle seems excellent at walking in on Jace and Clary. I would like to point out that Clary is 15 I think and she seems a little bit young to be having many of the emotions she is having. Just saying seems more like 17 or older.
This is just one of many such sense where Clary and Jace are interrupted and he runs off without really telling her what is going on with him. In the bast books the characters seemed a bit more like adults but in this book it is very obvious that they aren't.
"I'm sick of trying to pretend I can live without you. Don't you understand that? Can't you see it's killing me?" She stared at him. She could see he meant what he said, could see it in the eyes she knew as well as her own, in the bruised shadows under those eyes, the pulse pounding in his throat. Her desire for answers battled the more primal part of her brain, and lost. "Kiss me then," she whispered, and he pressed his mouth against hers, their hearts slamming together through the thin layers of wet fabric that divided them. (p187)
This book really begins where it ends and that is a sad thing because since that is the case it is a real cliff hanger...that is if you still care about the characters at this point.
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