Book Review - The City of Fallen Angels

The City of Fallen Angels
(Mortal Instruments 4)
Cassandra Clare

Fiction / Fantasy / Urban / Supernatural / YA
424 Pages
7 Stars

This is over the halfway point in the series. I struggle with longer series, particularly the ones where the story is actually ongoing; the same settings, the same cast of characters ect. but this series is holding out pretty good considering how picky I can be.

This novel felt like a companion book for the first few chapters, but it came back around and fit in better by the end.
A few positive and negative notes. On one hand I really didn't like how this novel ended on such a big cliff hanger,  on the other hand I do really like the character interaction between the side and supporting characters. I was torn between the main character interactions mainly Clarey, Jace, Jocelyn and Simon, while there was action and dynamics much of it felt recycled or rehashed and I am not sure about the direction it is taking. It is a risky set up with lots of potential it will either be amazing or disappointing by the end. I am thinking I will take a bit of a break from the series and read something else for a bit, but I would like to get the mortal instruments done by the end of the month.

Book Reviews - The City of Glass

The City of Glass
(Mortal Instruments III)
Cassandra Clare

Fiction / Fantasy / YA / Supernatural / Paranormal / Mystery
541 Pages
7 Stars

I have been marathoning the audiobooks for this series because they are such easy listening I haven't had to take a break at all, but I think some of the finer details have been jumbled around in the quantity I am trying to take in.
From the first chapter of the first novel I was drawn into the Shadow Hunter world, but it has really been the lives of the characters that held my interest.

This is an amazing book and the series is fantastic but I have found a few flaws in this book that I think I overlooked in the first two novels. The books do follow a lot of YA tropes (which is a neutral fact from my perspective), while the whole world is captivating the concept is not totally original either and this was the first book that I really found predictable. While lots was added into the dynamics and there was still a lot of character growth, a few previous "resolved" issues returned to be mulled over yet again.

Overall this was not my favourite book in the series but it was a good read all the same.
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Book Review - The City of Ashes

The City of Ashes 

(Mortal Instruments #2)

Cassandra Clare

6 Stars
453 Pages
Ya / Fantasy / Paranormal / Supernatural


This was a typical second installment of a longish series. We got quite a few little answers to questions from the first novel and the information we already had was expanded on. There was action, but a lot of things were left unresolved, my biggest issue was the character dynamics, which were either at a stand still or ran in circles. However I got the impression it is building up to a few major climax's between several sets of characters and that there is going to be almost a first and second "half" of the series marked by the end of the third book.

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There are Spoilers so BEWARE! I did try to leave out as many as possible so it is a bit of a point blank style