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If you have not read City of Bones, then read at your own risk, this contains spoilers!
The Gist
Clary Fray is a ShadowHunter and all she wants to be is normal. Her life has gone from being a normal teenager living with her mom in an apartment in New York City to living with ShadowHunters and her newfound, gorgeous brother Jace in the Institute with the Lightwoods. She wants her mother to come out of her coma and live a normal life where she can spend time with her best friend Simon and do normal teenage stuff not kill demons and meet Downworlders such as vampires and fairies. The only way to maybe get her life back is to defeat the evil Valentine who happens to be her long-lost father. But there are obstacles, another one of the Mortal Instruments has been stolen and the Clave thinks that Jace has stolen it to assist their father. Clary doesn’t know what to do, she trusts Jace but the Clave is turning against him and so is his own family. How is anything going to be solved with all of these problems? Clary’s world has been turned upside down and now she has to try to handle her relationship with both Simon and Jace and try to help save people especially her mother in the process.
What We Think
Reviewed by ShoreWhisperer
Number of Pages: 453
This book was good, it was not as good as the first book but it was close. The first book ended well and I was looking forward to the second one. Most times second books are not as good as the first and are pretty much horrible but this one isn’t. This book was surprisingly really good and I enjoyed every moment of it. It takes a different kind of tone than the first book. It is darker and full of more hate than the first one. There is the hate that you feel from Jace as always, the hate and despair you feel from Maryse and her husband against Jace, Simons hate for Clary after their breakup, Clary’s hate for her life, it’s everywhere. It makes the tone of the book very depressing, what with Jace being all moody because of his father and Clary drowing in the waters of her own life, it’s all very heavy stuff. The only relief I get is from Alec and Mangus and their interactions and just them being together makes me happy because it is practically the only thing that turns up well in this book. Mangus, although dark himself, can put comic relief in the book. As can MaxLightwood because of his innocence, he lightens up all the bad stuff that happens. I thought this book had its fair share of adventure and it was very action packed, altogether it was very fast moving at parts and it could also get very slow. The Inquisitor parts though, interesting sometimes could become very slow and dull but that was about it. I was always on me feet wondering whether or not Jace was actually siding with Valentine or not, it kept me guessing the entire time which is good about a mystery book.
Now, the juicy stuff, Clary and Jace. They have that forbidden love thing going on and that ticks me off a little because it is such an overused topic now-a-days so that whole traigc topic is lost on me. The only differance with this story is that it is actually brother and sister forbidden love which is a lot more creepy I guess because it’s disgusting for them to make out and stuff and still be related. Like the scene in the fairy court, kind of unnerving, but you cannot say that they don’t love eachother. They really do seem to come to terms with that fact, Clary more quickly and Jace at the end but then Clary seems to not care about it, it’s quite complicated and that’s what makes it good. I didn’t like Simon and Clary though, I see the point of putting them together though, but it just felt to needed. Simon is just so desperate for Clary it’s kind of like Jace but not in the same way. Simon, is the one who gets all my pity, he is the one that’s actually trying hard and he is the one that gets thrown in the mud everytime, which is probably what I am supposed to feel. The love stories in this book make it so scandalous and sexy almost that it’s makes it even more dark.
This is a book that lived up to its sibling which is always nice. I love reading this series it is a mix of my favorite things and I can never put it down because it is fast paced and intense. This is a book that will be favored by any mortal instruments fan.
Real Teen Rating~ A- : Read it!
If you have not read City of Bones, then read at your own risk, this contains spoilers!
The Gist
Clary Fray is a ShadowHunter and all she wants to be is normal. Her life has gone from being a normal teenager living with her mom in an apartment in New York City to living with ShadowHunters and her newfound, gorgeous brother Jace in the Institute with the Lightwoods. She wants her mother to come out of her coma and live a normal life where she can spend time with her best friend Simon and do normal teenage stuff not kill demons and meet Downworlders such as vampires and fairies. The only way to maybe get her life back is to defeat the evil Valentine who happens to be her long-lost father. But there are obstacles, another one of the Mortal Instruments has been stolen and the Clave thinks that Jace has stolen it to assist their father. Clary doesn’t know what to do, she trusts Jace but the Clave is turning against him and so is his own family. How is anything going to be solved with all of these problems? Clary’s world has been turned upside down and now she has to try to handle her relationship with both Simon and Jace and try to help save people especially her mother in the process.
What We Think
Reviewed by ShoreWhisperer
Number of Pages: 453
This book was good, it was not as good as the first book but it was close. The first book ended well and I was looking forward to the second one. Most times second books are not as good as the first and are pretty much horrible but this one isn’t. This book was surprisingly really good and I enjoyed every moment of it. It takes a different kind of tone than the first book. It is darker and full of more hate than the first one. There is the hate that you feel from Jace as always, the hate and despair you feel from Maryse and her husband against Jace, Simons hate for Clary after their breakup, Clary’s hate for her life, it’s everywhere. It makes the tone of the book very depressing, what with Jace being all moody because of his father and Clary drowing in the waters of her own life, it’s all very heavy stuff. The only relief I get is from Alec and Mangus and their interactions and just them being together makes me happy because it is practically the only thing that turns up well in this book. Mangus, although dark himself, can put comic relief in the book. As can MaxLightwood because of his innocence, he lightens up all the bad stuff that happens. I thought this book had its fair share of adventure and it was very action packed, altogether it was very fast moving at parts and it could also get very slow. The Inquisitor parts though, interesting sometimes could become very slow and dull but that was about it. I was always on me feet wondering whether or not Jace was actually siding with Valentine or not, it kept me guessing the entire time which is good about a mystery book.
Now, the juicy stuff, Clary and Jace. They have that forbidden love thing going on and that ticks me off a little because it is such an overused topic now-a-days so that whole traigc topic is lost on me. The only differance with this story is that it is actually brother and sister forbidden love which is a lot more creepy I guess because it’s disgusting for them to make out and stuff and still be related. Like the scene in the fairy court, kind of unnerving, but you cannot say that they don’t love eachother. They really do seem to come to terms with that fact, Clary more quickly and Jace at the end but then Clary seems to not care about it, it’s quite complicated and that’s what makes it good. I didn’t like Simon and Clary though, I see the point of putting them together though, but it just felt to needed. Simon is just so desperate for Clary it’s kind of like Jace but not in the same way. Simon, is the one who gets all my pity, he is the one that’s actually trying hard and he is the one that gets thrown in the mud everytime, which is probably what I am supposed to feel. The love stories in this book make it so scandalous and sexy almost that it’s makes it even more dark.
This is a book that lived up to its sibling which is always nice. I love reading this series it is a mix of my favorite things and I can never put it down because it is fast paced and intense. This is a book that will be favored by any mortal instruments fan.
Real Teen Rating~ A- : Read it!
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