There's some new baddies, more fighting and lots of hot kisses!
I know that most readers have been swooning over Jace, but I was never one to be attracted to self-loathin, over compensating studs. My initial character crush was Simon, and this installment of the MI series, has sealed it. I was hardly upset at him seeing both girls; I genuinely believe that it was to spare their feelings. He wasn’t trying to dog them.
This story picks up about 2 months after City of Glass ends. We find the group adapting to their new pairings and situations. Simon is wrestling with how to deal with his family and being a vampire. Since he has refused to join any clans and is having to learn the vampire rules, regulations and tricks on his own, while being wooed to form alliances.
Jace and Clary…of course have a great 2 months and then the relationship gets rocky. What was incredibly cool was Clary’s new found fierceness. Her training is paying off, she was kicking demon butt, and solving some problems.
Kudos to Clare for keeping true to her characters’ traits and everyone still being them. I did see evidence of some personal growth in Clary and we were able to hear more of Simon’s point of view, but Clary was the one that had the most growth from the crew. The way that she dealt with Jace’s dumb behavior was more mature than it would have been in the past three books.
My other favorite character, Magnus Bane, was MIA most of the book. He and Alexander were travelin’ together, even stopping in South Carolina, hmmm. Good for them. I like how Clare handles SC in her books. Eluded to, left up to your imagination, slow but hot…keeps you coming back for more.
I’m not going to lie, the ending made me angry. It’s like watching a soap for a few years, waiting for that super couple to finally get together and when they do, in comes the villain and throws a monkey wrench in their love. Sooooooo although I was peeved about the ending, I’m also intrigued and what comes next. Why? ‘Cuase I’ve grown to care for these characters, I’ve vested in what happens to them, so I relax. Then I find out I have a whole year to wait for the next one!!! What!
I actually re-read the book. I read it the first time in such a crazed frenzy that I needed to re-read again just to make sure I got everything. Made me think I might re-read the first three again just because.
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