Why
I read this book?
This is the second book
in the Mortal Instrument Series. After reading the first one, I decided to give
it a try to the whole series. Also it makes part of my Sequel Challenge. I
would suggest if you haven’t read City of
Bones, you stop reading right now.
What's
the book about?
From the first book we
learned that Clary is not a “mundane” and that she is actually the sibling of
our charming Jace and they are the progeny of Valentine. In this book, Not only
is Valentine back, stealing yet another one of the mortal instruments, but also
Jace is considered suspicious and believed to be helping his father. On the
not-other-world related stuff Clary is beginning to see Simon as more than her
best friend.
What
about the main character?
Has Clary gotten a bit
deeper as a character since last time? Maybe a bit, however what I did of her
was her dynamics with other characters around her. Since last review I
commented mostly on her, let’s talk a bit about Jace. He is still a bit full of
himself, but with so much pain coming from within (Valentine related, Clary
related) we begin to see glimpses of a, if not sentimental, more emotional
Jace.
Final
thoughts
Although I cannot say
that anything shown in this book came as a surprise, I have to admit it was an
entertaining reading. I don’t like the fact that every teen female character is
portrayed as easily swayed by a guy, but at least Isabelle can kick some ass
once in a while.
In paper it took me
longer to read this book than it actually did. I started it and then I got 3
books from the library and off course this took precedent. When I actually sat
down to only read this book it was an easy read.
I am still expecting to
Clary to become a bit more of a heavy character; even though the series is
supposed to be about her it feels like she just goes with the motions and that
annoys me a bit.
This is book makes part of my Sequel Challenge :)
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