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Emma Giordano
Aug 19, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
hi i've obviously read this book a million times but i'm just adding it to my "read" for this year ...more
Andrew Woodham
Sep 16, 2014 rated it really liked it
So this book had A TON of Simon, which was great because he's awesome. That being said, other characters were definitely not as present. Alec and Magnus didn't show up until halfway through the book. Jocelyn and Luke are getting married but they're hardly in the book. We got A TON of Jordan too. Yeah he's a new character and he had a lot to do with Simon's storyline but still I wish the original characters had more to do. If the TV show gets to this book, they've got to add more content unless t ...more
Kassie
Jun 11, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: ya-fantasy, series
okay so this book definitely had a "middle book syndrome" problem happening because for most of the book it just felt like conflict fluff between main characters because there needed to be a fourth book before a fifth.

However that ending and climax really was amazing! When we meet Lilith I was like holy shit that is a villain I can love to hate. Valentine i just straight up hated so I'm excited there might be a villain to look forward to.

Overall I definitely enjoyed it, and it made me look for
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Afton
Oct 19, 2014 rated it really liked it
What the actual heck was that ending??!?!
Ginika
Jul 30, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Nothing really exciting happens in this one but still, it was enjoyable, even just to get more from the shadowhunter world.
kait
Jul 08, 2015 rated it it was amazing
immediately started the next book! I love this series so much!

edit 06/29/2020:
While this is the shortest book in The Mortal Instruments series I personally find it the most exciting.
Now I’m not going to lie and say this book was perfection because it definitely had some boring bits and pieces that I could have done without. BUT I also think these boring bits and pieces made the story flow better.

Can we take a minute to talk about the alley scene between Jace x Clary. I love them.

I think what
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Hannah
Jul 16, 2015 rated it liked it
3.5 Stars

I enjoyed this book, it was entertaining and although it was slow at points I enjoyed reading and learning more about what was happening with the characters. Admittedly it wasn't my favourite of the series so far, but the ending is setting up for an epic conclusion to the series.
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xander
Mar 16, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: lgbt
Whoa. This book was so good, I finished it in two days! I couldn't put it down and every time I stopped reading, the only thing I wanted to do was pick up the book and dive into the world again. BUT THAT ENDING NO!!! Can't wait to start the next one!

***re-read in August 2015***
LOVE THIS SERIES SO MUCH
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amber
Feb 18, 2017 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
This was a five star book, but I did like it slightly less than the other books in the mortal instruments.
Gabriela
Aug 25, 2014 rated it really liked it
EmSchields
Sep 16, 2014 marked it as to-read
Ecenur
Oct 09, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Beti Tedeško
Aug 14, 2017 rated it it was amazing
4.5*
charlottebibliophile
Nov 13, 2014 marked it as to-read
Deanna
Dec 01, 2014 rated it really liked it
Jo
Jan 26, 2015 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: lgbt, owned
Nicole
Feb 07, 2015 marked it as to-read
Faith
Feb 23, 2015 marked it as to-read
Iza Julie
May 27, 2015 rated it really liked it
Kaitlyn
Jun 09, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Ryan
Jun 11, 2015 marked it as to-read
Julia
Jun 14, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Cesca
Jun 17, 2015 marked it as to-read
Daniel
Jun 28, 2015 rated it really liked it
Dani O
Jul 21, 2015 marked it as to-read
Nicole
Jul 23, 2015 marked it as to-read
Rebecca (whymermaids)
Aug 26, 2015 marked it as to-read