City of Glass (Mortal Instruments, Book 3) (original 2009; edition 2009)

Yeah, proof that Jocelyn is not the best mom ever, and pretty much a scatterbrain IMO.

Merged review:

This was sweet! Sometimes, deleted scenes are more delightful because they're kind of forbidden!

Merged review:

This was funny, and I am very happy CC decided to share this with her readers!! ( )

I enjoyed reading this series overall, but this was not my favorite of the three books in the trilogy.
I was disapointed because, while the first two books kept me guessing about what would happen next, I was able to predict every "twist" the plot took in this one. ( )

Originally posted @ Novel Reveries
The ending may be a bit predictable, but the book was way better than the second. There was a lot more action, interspersed with love rather than overwhelmed with it. The twists and turns this book takes ties in all of the character relations and developments from the previous two books seamlessly. The story line was fueled by determination, passion, war, and even unity as the Shadowhunters, Downworlders, Angels and Demons collide. ( )

Enjoyed the trilogy a lot: pacy, good dialogue and characters, really draws you in. I like the fantasy world-building, which is coherently done. However, it doe end up all very One-True-Pairing for me: just about everyone ends up in a relationship and it does feel a bit over the top to me. ( )

by Cassandra Clare

Opening line: “The cold snap of the previous week was over; the sun was shining brightly as Clary hurried across Luke’s dusty front yard, the hood of her jacket up to keep her hair from blowing across her face.”

Okay, third book of the Mortal Instruments series! It was still being billed as a trilogy back then, but apparently it’s turned into a six-book series. Which I’m not opposed to–for one thing, I’m a bit done with trilogies (okay, a LOT done) and for another, I do like the characters. In this installment, they all end up, circuitously and with angst, in Alicante, the capital of the Shadowhunter county of Idris.

I have a friend who felt like the first part of the book was slow, and I would certainly agree with that. It didn’t particularly bother me at the time, given that I knew something was going to happen sooner or later. There were certainly some plot twists along the way! I had halfway called one of them (I was pretty sure it wasn’t going to go there on a particular issue, which meant that necessarily one of the characters had to be something other than they appeared), but was wrong about some of the details. Overall I liked the surprises, although there was one point that I have some issues with.

It’s hard to talk about the book without being all spoilery for the first two. Basically it’s a nice light read, with enough substance to keep me engaged.

Book source: public library
Book information: Simon & Schuster, 2009; YA

My other Cassandra Clare review:
City of Bones ( )