The Mortal War is over, and Clary Fray is back home in New York, excited about all the possibilities before her. She's training to become a Shadowh...
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May 19, 2011
Lyndsey
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Right after I finished this book, I had a bit of an accident. I was running with a pair of lightsabers when I tripped and fell and accidentally sliced the entire book to shreds!! Maybe it's not a good idea to run with lightsabers...
City of Fallen Angels is amazing - Oh wait, that was weird, my keyboard cut me off. This is some sort of conspiracy isn't it? Like the way that certain unnamed sites sometimes don't like to publish non-glowing reviews. I never write those. *ang More...
City of Fallen Angels is amazing - Oh wait, that was weird, my keyboard cut me off. This is some sort of conspiracy isn't it? Like the way that certain unnamed sites sometimes don't like to publish non-glowing reviews. I never write those. *ang More...
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Apr 20, 2011
Rachel
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Apr 15, 2011
Vinaya
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As human society evolves, so do its methods of torture
Let me start off this review with a small confession. I liked The Mortal Instruments. Yes, it was cheesy, it was derivative, and it was an embarrassment to good literature everywhere, but it gave me a couple of afternoons’ worth of guilty pleasure, and I was satisfied. I enjoyed the fast-paced action and the triumph of true love, and I was happy to leave Jace and Clary to enjoy the fruits of their labour in happily-ever-afte More...
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Jul 15, 2011
Penny
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The plot of City of Fallen Angels by pennenickel
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Official review (posted April 14, 2011):
An Open Letter to Cassandra Clare:
Dear Ms Clare,
You're not Joss Whedon. You'll never be Joss Whedon and/or J.K. Rowling, so do yourself (and everyone else) a favor: stop trying.
Yours Truly,
Someone Who Deserves Their Money Back (A.K.A. Everyone Who Bought a Copy of City of Fallen Angels)
P.S. What were you thinking? More...
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Jul 18, 2011
aidanadia
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SPOILER ALERT
Cassandra Clare really should have let sleeping dogs lie.
“City of Fallen Angels” is yet another book in the Young Adult category that lacks the “element of surprise.” The fact that this book was even written despite formerly having established that ‘The Mortal Instruments’ series to be a trilogy is evidence enough that Clare was tempted by her successes within the urban fantasy genre, and decided to continue.
The fact that Clare continued the story is not m More...
Cassandra Clare really should have let sleeping dogs lie.
“City of Fallen Angels” is yet another book in the Young Adult category that lacks the “element of surprise.” The fact that this book was even written despite formerly having established that ‘The Mortal Instruments’ series to be a trilogy is evidence enough that Clare was tempted by her successes within the urban fantasy genre, and decided to continue.
The fact that Clare continued the story is not m More...
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Oct 02, 2011
COFAteasers (provided by Cassandra Clare here)
These are the teasers that I have Twittered so far starting January of this year. You can also find a list of the chapter titles for COFA and what they mean here. And you can even find wallpapers of the teasers here.
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December Teaser:
December teaser for City of Fallen Angels. This is the LAST TEASER. Jace and Clary, midbook.
The alley and the music all More...
These are the teasers that I have Twittered so far starting January of this year. You can also find a list of the chapter titles for COFA and what they mean here. And you can even find wallpapers of the teasers here.
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December Teaser:
December teaser for City of Fallen Angels. This is the LAST TEASER. Jace and Clary, midbook.
The alley and the music all More...
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Jan 04, 2012
Stephanie
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Wow, there's four days of my life spent reading this book that I'll never get back. And it normally doesn't take me that long, but I had to self motivate myself with promises of chocolate ("If you just read one more page..."), just to get through it.
I usually don't give too many books only 1 star. In fact there is only one book I can think of that angered me this much and that was The Vampire Diaries: The Return. I only got 50 pages deep into it before I flung it across the More...
I usually don't give too many books only 1 star. In fact there is only one book I can think of that angered me this much and that was The Vampire Diaries: The Return. I only got 50 pages deep into it before I flung it across the More...
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Sep 19, 2011
Lucy
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Sep 14, 2011
Stamyr
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SPOILER ALERT .
I really don't get why there's gonna be a fourth book ; not that I don't wanna read more about Clary & Jace & the babies they'll make in the future ;) it just seems like there's no point, unless Sebastian is gonna raise from the grave and try to take over the world again like his father . . . boy i hope not. I love that he is dead. D E A D . :D I really liked Sebastian in the beginning but then I started to sense that he was fake and he was acting retarded & makinq no sense. More...
I really don't get why there's gonna be a fourth book ; not that I don't wanna read more about Clary & Jace & the babies they'll make in the future ;) it just seems like there's no point, unless Sebastian is gonna raise from the grave and try to take over the world again like his father . . . boy i hope not. I love that he is dead. D E A D . :D I really liked Sebastian in the beginning but then I started to sense that he was fake and he was acting retarded & makinq no sense. More...
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Jul 15, 2011
Kira
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Okay, let me level with you. Just to put this review into perspective, I'd like to make it common knowledge that I gave all three of the books in the Mortal Instruments five feckin' stars. I loved them. I was not blind to their flaws, and they are not literary masterpieces, but they were far too much fun for me to care about what was wrong with them. For the first time in so long I was able to just sit back and not cringe or roll my eyes or make any backhanded comments about the pathetic charact
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Apr 10, 2011
Lauren aka John Matthew's Girl
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Cassandra has been posting snippets from the book every month. So for those of you that didn't know she was doing that or haven't read them. Here they all are. Comment/speculate away! I own nothing, all these are copyright to Cassandra Clare.
Starting next spring, she'll start posting snippets from Clockwork Prince.
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December Teaser:
December teaser for City of Fallen Angels. This is the LAST TEASE More...
Starting next spring, she'll start posting snippets from Clockwork Prince.
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December Teaser:
December teaser for City of Fallen Angels. This is the LAST TEASE More...
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May 29, 2011
Caitlin
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Seriously Clare? Serious-freakin'-ly?
1.) Why does everyone have to fall in love? Or in most cases--get angry with each other, fight and then fall in love again.
2.) I'm so sick of sulking Jace. No--I'm so flippin' sick of Jace and Clary. All they do is mope, make-out, mope again and profess their love for each other. Talk about beating a dead horse. Plus it's boring.
3). Honestly, the ending didn't shock me. Sorry.
4.) Is it me, or did the editing suc More...
1.) Why does everyone have to fall in love? Or in most cases--get angry with each other, fight and then fall in love again.
2.) I'm so sick of sulking Jace. No--I'm so flippin' sick of Jace and Clary. All they do is mope, make-out, mope again and profess their love for each other. Talk about beating a dead horse. Plus it's boring.
3). Honestly, the ending didn't shock me. Sorry.
4.) Is it me, or did the editing suc More...
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Jul 13, 2011
Mundie Moms & Mundie Kids
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*SPOILER FREE*
There is something about Cassie's writing that lures me into each of her books and leaves me wanting more. I can't get enough of her fascinating, intriguing world building and her addicting characters. You know the characters whom you just can't seem to read enough about? City of Fallen Angels is full of pleasant and shocking twists and turns with some of my beloved characters, and with other previously mentioned TMI series characters. Cassie has a talent for making me in More...
There is something about Cassie's writing that lures me into each of her books and leaves me wanting more. I can't get enough of her fascinating, intriguing world building and her addicting characters. You know the characters whom you just can't seem to read enough about? City of Fallen Angels is full of pleasant and shocking twists and turns with some of my beloved characters, and with other previously mentioned TMI series characters. Cassie has a talent for making me in More...
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Jan 08, 2012
Corinne
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Apr 24, 2011
kayla**
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Pre-Release:
Not exactly sure why there will be another book, since Mortal Instruments was originally a trilogy, and the ending was really good in City of Glass.
But to be honest, I'm not complaining.
These books are quite good. Although I have to say that the big font used in them seems kind of childish. Maybe that's just me.
Hopefully this one will deliver what all the fans hope for.
Just to be clear--
That means JACE:)
Thought I'd just add something ab More...
Not exactly sure why there will be another book, since Mortal Instruments was originally a trilogy, and the ending was really good in City of Glass.
But to be honest, I'm not complaining.
These books are quite good. Although I have to say that the big font used in them seems kind of childish. Maybe that's just me.
Hopefully this one will deliver what all the fans hope for.
Just to be clear--
That means JACE:)
Thought I'd just add something ab More...
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Sep 14, 2011
Mello
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Dear CC,
What is wrong with you?
I suppose it isn't really fair. After all, I did come into this book expecting to dislike it. I did have warnings that it was bad, and I did plan on heeding them. But, alas, I succumbed to the anxiety and curiosity that lurked in the back of my mind when I glanced at the pdf on my desktop.
And then it began.
Between the contrived Jace/Clary angst("OMG, joo will leaves me!" "I will neva leaves joo!" More...
What is wrong with you?
I suppose it isn't really fair. After all, I did come into this book expecting to dislike it. I did have warnings that it was bad, and I did plan on heeding them. But, alas, I succumbed to the anxiety and curiosity that lurked in the back of my mind when I glanced at the pdf on my desktop.
And then it began.
Between the contrived Jace/Clary angst("OMG, joo will leaves me!" "I will neva leaves joo!" More...
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Apr 17, 2011
~Yue~ [Starless Nights Will Cover Day]
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Dude. So I totally spazzed out when I wrote this, it seems... O_O No wonder people think I'm creepy... Heehee. I decided not to delete this, since I think it's funny.:P Full review is on the bottom people!
Oh my goodness goddess.
I can't believe it! Another Mortal Instruments?! :D
That,my friends, is going to truly be epical. (Epical is a word. ...Okay, maybe not. >_>) Haha, I even gave it five stars... It's too difficult to resist! XD
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Oh my goodness goddess.
I can't believe it! Another Mortal Instruments?! :D
That,my friends, is going to truly be epical. (Epical is a word. ...Okay, maybe not. >_>) Haha, I even gave it five stars... It's too difficult to resist! XD
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Jul 15, 2011
Katie
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Oh boy.
I first picked up CoB on a whim many many moons ago, not really knowing the author's history or the background of the book at all, and I recall when first reading it going: "Hey, this reads like fanfiction. Pretty good fanfiction, but fanfiction nontheless." Then I looked the author up online and went:
"Oh my."
But because they were fun breezy reads I continued with the rest of the series, excusing the more eye-rolly moments because sh More...
I first picked up CoB on a whim many many moons ago, not really knowing the author's history or the background of the book at all, and I recall when first reading it going: "Hey, this reads like fanfiction. Pretty good fanfiction, but fanfiction nontheless." Then I looked the author up online and went:
"Oh my."
But because they were fun breezy reads I continued with the rest of the series, excusing the more eye-rolly moments because sh More...
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Aug 03, 2011
Ammi
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Update Review, July 2, 2011
Short review (after pre-read one): This book could have been good. It really could have. If Clare had 1) keep the cast real, 3-D, 2) wrote more action and actually presented the parts that moved the plot forward instead of them happening off-page, 3) spent less time on failed/failing relationships and more on interesting plot, 4) had an interesting plot, 5) quit pulling plot devices and characters out of her ***, 6) edited!?!?!?, I might have liked it.
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Short review (after pre-read one): This book could have been good. It really could have. If Clare had 1) keep the cast real, 3-D, 2) wrote more action and actually presented the parts that moved the plot forward instead of them happening off-page, 3) spent less time on failed/failing relationships and more on interesting plot, 4) had an interesting plot, 5) quit pulling plot devices and characters out of her ***, 6) edited!?!?!?, I might have liked it.
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Jul 17, 2011
Hannah
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I don't want to erase my before reading review so here it is :) ENJOY!! (Don't worry, my after reading review is after this :) )
One thing I really hate... Waiting forever for a book to come out!!!
I hate it, absolutely hate it with a passion of a thousand burning suns!!
I thought City of Glass was the last book in this series. I was willing to accept that fact and live with it, because it was a brilliant and wonderful and awesome end. But it's not the end. More...
One thing I really hate... Waiting forever for a book to come out!!!
I hate it, absolutely hate it with a passion of a thousand burning suns!!
I thought City of Glass was the last book in this series. I was willing to accept that fact and live with it, because it was a brilliant and wonderful and awesome end. But it's not the end. More...
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Jun 25, 2011
Angela
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I would not recommend the audiobook version of this book unless the alternative is not to read it at all. Can't wait for the next book ... things have definitely gotten interesting and messy! Poor Jace ...
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Jun 02, 2011
Avery
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SPOILER FREE!
When I first opened my package this afternoon and held the book in my hands my first thought was "It's so small!" and I was kinda disappointed because less book= less Jace for me to love (I'd say that it is a good 1/4 shorter than "City of Glass" is- but don't quote me on that, I am too lazy to check the page numbers). But then I had to remind myself, "Hey Avery... 'Member that time that you thought that this series, your most favourite book seri More...
When I first opened my package this afternoon and held the book in my hands my first thought was "It's so small!" and I was kinda disappointed because less book= less Jace for me to love (I'd say that it is a good 1/4 shorter than "City of Glass" is- but don't quote me on that, I am too lazy to check the page numbers). But then I had to remind myself, "Hey Avery... 'Member that time that you thought that this series, your most favourite book seri More...
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Aug 23, 2011
Cillian
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I'll write a review when I get over it...
I really don't know how to write this review, if you can call it that.
I have mixed feelings, and can't elaborate because I don't want to spoil it for those who haven't finished it.
The new story line was great, Camille's stellar appearance surprised me (I really don't know what to make of Will Herondale's mention, seems to me that Clare was at a loss and decided to entertain us with a Will-shaped toy, I'll put a question mark next More...
I really don't know how to write this review, if you can call it that.
I have mixed feelings, and can't elaborate because I don't want to spoil it for those who haven't finished it.
The new story line was great, Camille's stellar appearance surprised me (I really don't know what to make of Will Herondale's mention, seems to me that Clare was at a loss and decided to entertain us with a Will-shaped toy, I'll put a question mark next More...
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Jun 05, 2011
Stacia ~ platonic
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I still liked the book, but didn't have the same "have to read the whole thing right now" feeling that I had with the last one.
I'm not in the mood to write a long review. It's MI. If you like the series, you'll want to read this.
I was hoping for a hardcore Tessa cameo in this book, but instead got tons of Camille - my least favorite character from Clockwork Angel other than that little shit guy who was starting stuff - was he a Lightwood? can't remember. Appa More...
I'm not in the mood to write a long review. It's MI. If you like the series, you'll want to read this.
I was hoping for a hardcore Tessa cameo in this book, but instead got tons of Camille - my least favorite character from Clockwork Angel other than that little shit guy who was starting stuff - was he a Lightwood? can't remember. Appa More...
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Jan 24, 2012
Zero vi Britannia
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Move over Harry Potter<spoiler>because I don't want you to get injured when I shoot this book for being a waste of my time</spoiler>
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Apr 19, 2011
Hanneybean
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Bought it approximately five hours ago. Devoured it in my room and living room respectively. My legs fell asleep countless times. I can't even describe how amazing I found this book to be. I prepared myself for it to not be as good as my personal favorite in the first three, City of Glass...but it was better. The best climax I've read in a book since The Battle of Hogwarts in Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows. That is high praise indeed coming from an avid HP fan. Adoration isn't even close t
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Jun 15, 2011
Saniya
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I loved City of bones, City of Angels and City Of Glass! And no one would have been more happier than me to find out that there are 3 more books included in this series and once again we would meet Clary, Jace and Simon. I still prefer the City Of Glass's ending anyway. But Am I mistaken?! Because Cassandra Clare told us that City Of Fallen Angels would be in Simon's point of view?! SIMONS! but in the book, only the first chapter along with some lines in between were in Simon's point of view. I
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Apr 10, 2011
Mocha ღ Latte
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More of my reviews at "A Cupcake and A Latte"*updated daily*
Two months after the events that took place in City of Glass we discover that someone is murdering Shadowhunters who previously allied themselves with Valentine and his circle, displaying their carcases around the city of New York. Hostility begins to build between Shadowhunters and Downworlds and their ties begin to wither. As Jace and Clary try to figure out what exactly is going on they discover something that could b More...
Two months after the events that took place in City of Glass we discover that someone is murdering Shadowhunters who previously allied themselves with Valentine and his circle, displaying their carcases around the city of New York. Hostility begins to build between Shadowhunters and Downworlds and their ties begin to wither. As Jace and Clary try to figure out what exactly is going on they discover something that could b More...
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Jan 16, 2012
A Jane of All Reads
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