Review: City of Glass - Cassandra Clare

City of Glass by Cassandra Clare.


Amid the chaos of war, the Shadowhunters must decide to fight with the vampires, werewolves and other Downworlders - or against them. Meanwhile, Jace and Clary have their own decision to make: should they pursue the love they know is forbidden?

WOW - how exciting was this book! So again I can't really go into too much detail as it will totally ruin it for anyone who had not read this series yet so I will keep it quite general.

City of Glass had kind of a slow start which was unexpected as the first two books were pretty much non-stop action but I suppose things had to calm down for a little while. Things soon started to get crazy again and I was literally on the edge of my seat for most of the book.

City of Glass mostly takes place in the Shadowhunter home, Alicante. It was nice after all the mentions in the previous books to finally go there, it was not what I was expecting. I think I was expecting more of a presence from the Clave and the Council, I got the impression from the first two books that they were this huge all powerful enitiy but I didn't feel that when we were actually shown them. It was only when they were joined by the Downworlders that I felt they could be something more.

City of Glass made it official as much as I love Jace and therefore Clary and their cute togetherness, Alec and Magnus became my favourite couple of this series - there were two scenes specifically that I loved so much - they were so cute and funny.

Again Jace just broke my heart in this book, seriously how much can one person go through in a few weeks and still be OK at the end of it. Although Clary is supposed to be the main character for me these books are all about Jace, he is the most likeable and well written character in the series. And lets just say for the record Sebastian - totally creepy.

This was actually a great trilogy and I am wondering why Cassandra Clare felt the need to write a second trilogy based on the same characters, shifting focus to secondary characters I could understand. But hey I shouldn't complain just because I like the nice neat tidy ending of City of Glass doesn't mean I won't like the second trilogy.

So City of Fallen Angels is out in a few weeks and I am still undecided as to whether or not I am going to read it straight away. Although it took me years to read this trilogy I am very glad I waited so I could read them one after the other - I kind of want to do that for the next trilogy. But I suppose I'll see how it goes when I actually have the book in my hands.


That's all for now.

Review: City of Ashes - Cassandra Clare

City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare.

With her mother in a coma and her father hellbent on destroying the world, Clary Fray is dragged deeper into New York City's terrifying underworld of werewolves, demons and the mysterious Shadowhunters. Discovering the truth about her past was only the beginning. Now the fate of the world rests on Clary's shoulders, but can she master her new-found powers and control her feelings for a boy who can never be hers?

So there are some crazy descriptions of City of Ashes out there that basically tell you the whole plot of the book so I went with the blurb on the back instead.

City of Ashes is as action packed as City of Bones. I can't decide which I like better, they are both awesome. The story continues from where the last book left off. I'm not going to give to much away incase you haven't read it yet but I will give you some random thoughts.

Jace has a rough time from beginning to end in this book, he really gets kicked around by everyone and I felt very bad for him. I'm really hoping he can catch a break in the next book (but I doubt it). Clary is still kind of irritating me, as much as I don't like Simon (which I don't btw - very annoying - although he had grown on me slightly by the end of the book) I don't like Clary using him and using the feelings he has for her to make herself feel better.

I like that there actually adults in this book, in lots of YA books the adults are conveniently absent but in this series they seem to be around quite a bit. OK granted they are mostly useless (the Lightwoods) or evil (Valentine) but at least they are a presence and it isn't just a bunch of teenagers running around doing everything on their own. And actually apart from Jace, Luke and Magnus Bane are my favourite characters.

I have to say one of the things I like most about this series is that it makes me laugh, sometimes intentionally sometimes not. Despite all the serious and heartbreaking things going on there is still a lot of humour and I like that.

I am very very glad I waited until all three books were out before reading them because there is no way I would have been able to handle the wait, I have already started the third book City of Glass. Even now I have already begun to worry about the few weeks wait before book fourth comes out. Should I even read it when it comes out? Or should I wait until the fifth and sixth books are out too? Especially since the sixth book won't be out until September 2013! That is a really long time to wait. Decisions, decisions.

That's all for now.

Review: City of Bones - Cassandra Clare

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare.

Sixteen-year-old Clary Fray is an ordinary teenager, who likes hanging out in Brooklyn with her friends. But everything changes the night she witnesses a murder, committed by a group of teens armed with medieval weaponry. The murderous group are Shadowhunters, secret warriors dedicated to driving demons out of this dimension and back into their own. Drawn inexorably into a terrifying world, Clary slowly begins to learn the truth about her family - and the battle for the fate of the world.


Man alive this book was exciting, it was just one violent action sequence after the other and I loved it. I don't know why it took me so long to start this series but I am so glad I finally did. I got way to into it - talking to the characters as though they could really hear me telling them to do this and not to that.


When I first started reading it reminded me a little of Harry Potter, and seeing as I love Harry Potter this was a good thing, but it soon morphed into it's own brand of awesomeness.


The whole other world Cassandra Clare has created had a very adult urban fantasy feel to it just with teen aged characters, this was a part of why I liked it so much. The world was so complex and deep that it really felt real to me. Jace had to be my favourite character he was very funny and very flawed and I like that. All of Cassandra Clare's characters were very well written. They made me want to cry sometimes, I really felt for them.

I figured out most of the plot twists (except for one - totally blindsided me) that happened but that was OK I imagine there are still a few more headed my way in the next two books (or should I say three).

I immediately dived into the next book, City of Ashes, so look out for a review of that soon.
And if you are like me and have been putting off reading these books - don't. Read them right now you won't be sorry.

That's all for now.