“A Book at the Bottom of Your To-Read List” 2015 Challenge; CITY OF FALLEN ANGELS by Cassandra Clare

It’s not that I don’t enjoy this series, I do.  It’s just that the books drag on sometimes and I have to work myself up to reading them.  Take this book for instance.  I don’t have a traditional to-read list that’s recorded down.  I have a large stack of books in my bedroom that I checked out from the library specifically for this challenge.  I checked this book out in December before I decided to do the reading challenge.  I renewed it, then renewed it again.  Honestly, the only reason I read it now was that I couldn’t renew it again, it was due back at the library, and I was already racking up fines.  That is why I finally read it, and thought that it fit perfectly into this category because there are still other books I have that I would have read before this one. 

 

CITY OF FALLEN ANGELS by Cassandra Clare

Book 4 of The Mortal Instruments Series

 

 

BOOK DESCRIPTION

 

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 now 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.

 

 

MY REVIEW

4.5 out of 5 *Stars*

 

I know that what I said before about this book being at the bottom of my to-read list probably sounded like I hated the book and was forced to read it, but that is far from the truth.  What I said was how I felt before I read this book.  I was still on the fence if I wanted to read it or not.  You gotta understand, City of Glass ended in a way that could have wrapped up the whole series.  Things were resolved, people were happy…  Why uplift all that and start more conflict and drama if you don’t need to?  That was a big reason why I waited so long to read the book. 

Now that I have, I am sucked back in all over again.   The story was good, and it kept my attention.  At first, I was a little thrown off by the constant change of POV, but eventually, the more I got sucked into the story, the more I enjoyed getting the different perspectives. 

At times it might have dragged on a little but as usual, Clare had a way with words that only she could have.

 

“His eyes seemed to contain the sadness of great ages, as if the sharp edges of human sadness had been worn down to something softer by the passing of years, the way sea water wore away the sharp edges of glass.”

That was like a metaphor inside a description, inside another description.  Yes, a little confusing when put like that, but I understood, and got, every word.  There were also descriptions that only a true follower of the series could understand.

“It was hard to see him like this, all his usual burning energy gone, like witchlight suffocating under a covering of ash.”

“What is witchlight,” you say?  Read the series, then get back to me.

I guess a part of me wishes I would have just returned the book back to the library without reading it.  Now, because I enjoyed the book so much, I have to wait not-so-patiently to read the next one.  I am once again hooked and can’t wait to find out what happens next.  Yes, I put this book at the bottom of my “to-read” list, but now I see that it should have never been there.

 

 

11 books down, 41 to go!

 

Happy Reading, Everyone!