City of Fallen Angels
Ratings134
Average rating3.6
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Ratings134
Average rating3.6
Trust is dangerous, and to love is to destroy. Plunge into the fourth installment in the internationally bestselling **Mortal Instruments** series and *"prepare to be hooked" (Entertainment Weekly).*
The Mortal War is over, and sixteen-year-old Clary Fray is back home in New York, excited about all the possibilities before her. She's training to become a Shadowhunter and to use her unique power. Her mother is getting married to the love of her life. Downworlders and Shadowhunters are at peace at last. And -- most importantly of all -- she can finally call Jace her boyfriend.
But nothing comes without a price.
Someone is murdering Shadowhunters, provoking tensions between Downworlders and Shadowhunters that could lead to a second, bloody war. Clary's best friend, Simon, can't help her -- his mother just found out that he's a vampire, and how he's homeless. When Jace begins to pull away from her without explaining why, Clary is forced to delve into the heart of a mystery whose solution reveals her worst nightmare: she herself has set in motion a terrible chain of events that could lead to her losing everything she loves. Even Jace.
The stakes are higher than ever in the #1 *New York Times* bestselling fourth installment of **The Mortal Instruments** series.
Series
6 primary booksThe Mortal Instruments is a 6-book series with 6 primary works first released in 2007 with contributions by Cassandra Clare and Cliff Nielsen.
Series
138 released booksShadowhunter Chronicles is a 138-book series first released in 2007 with contributions by Cassandra Clare, José Luís Luna, and 36 others.
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At the end of City of Glass we had reached a point where the first part of the Shadowhunter story had reached a partial conclusion and the point where it allowed Cassandra Clare to move our characters in a new direction. I, therefore, had high hopes for City of Fallen Angels and was excited to see in which direction we would go now that we had ended our storyline with Valentine.
I am absolutely delighted that in this book we continue to have Simon as a very front and centre character. From Book 1 his character development has been one of the highlights of the series, I love that we still have so much to discover about him and that he continues to play a leading part in the way the storyline is moving. He is really engaging and I love any chapters told from his perspective and desperately want to see him continue to play a heroic role.
I am almost scared to say this but I am struggling with Jace and Clary more as each book goes by. I know they are the central characters on whom the series is focused but they aren't setting me alight as much as I would hope. I am getting a little bit bored with Jace's bad boy brooding and the ongoing dramas. I could really do with a little less teen angst from them and more time spent focusing on bringing others to the fore.
I am loving Magnus and Alec and their developing relationship, I am really interested to find out how they manage the reality of Magnus' immortality and the challenges this is going to pose for them in the years ahead. I also love that we are getting more characters from The Infernal Devices slowly beginning to infiltrate the story and I give a little yelp of joy each time I recognise one of them and I am and I am really excited to know if they will dovetail further as we come to the series conclusion.
I know some people have said they didn't enjoy this book as much as they did the earlier books in the series but for me I enjoyed it a little more than City of Glass, I liked the expanding focus on other characters and would happily see the focus continue to move to a wider perspective than simply Clary and Jace.
At the two thirds milestone of the series I am seeing the finish line in sight and am excited to cross it in the weeks ahead so I can look forward to moving on to enjoy The Dark Artifices as well.
Everything but the parts surrounding Clary and Jace are worth reading. This was the book that made my young teenage self understand what it meant when people say that a certain book felt like a waste of time.
I'm really torn. I love The Mortal Instruments, but I think it should've stayed a trilogy. It just didn't grab me like the others and the narration was terrible. Narration can make or break a book. For example, I learned Simon is British. The only problem about that is he isn't. It kept pulling me out of the story for the first couple of hours. I know most people seem to think Molly was worse, I don't agree. I don't think the story sucked overall. But I don't think it was as tight as the first three.
