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Joyzi
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I love the sequel so much. I can't totally put it down. It's fast-paced, very well written from the beginning until the end. I have to admit I've been hooked. I got to see the official site of the mortal instruments and saw the artwork which is very cool. I really believe that this could be very well translated into a movie and maybe became a hit like the Harry Potter and the Twilight Series does. Just the bad thing about it is like I said from the first book it lacks
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Mindy
Feb 18, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2010
It is hard for me to explain how I feel about these books. Cassandra Clare is a VERY creative and descriptive writer. It just makes my stomach turn when she describes how gory and smelly the demons are.

The first book had mainly Clary's POV, the daughter of a demon hunter (shadow hunter), but this book has POV's of other shadow hunters, a werewolf and a vampire. She also introduces beautiful AND not so pretty faeries in this book.

You learn in the first book that Clary's mother kept her in the dar
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Brooke
Mar 24, 2010 rated it liked it
Guilty as charged. The first book, she plot dumped; this book everything tasted or smelled like metal. Oh and everyone had curving smiles. But it was entertaining. The brother/sister love triangle is still icky. I assume she's going to resolve that in the third book...and Jace hopefully won't be her brother. ...more
Marisa
Nov 23, 2009 rated it really liked it
I liked this book. I feel like it took me al ong time to read it. It wasn't one that grabbed my attention and I had to finish, but I like it enough to continue on in the series. ...more
Stacey
Jun 23, 2009 rated it it was amazing
this is my second time reading this, The Mortal Instruments are my fave books ever!!!!!
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Jun 09, 2009 rated it really liked it
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Jul 30, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Avery
Aug 13, 2009 rated it it was amazing
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Oct 07, 2009 rated it it was amazing
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Oct 17, 2009 rated it liked it
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Amber
Oct 26, 2009 rated it it was amazing
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Nov 01, 2009 rated it liked it
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Nov 17, 2009 rated it really liked it
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Nov 20, 2009 rated it really liked it
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Dec 04, 2009 rated it really liked it
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Dec 07, 2009 rated it it was amazing
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Feb 01, 2010 rated it really liked it
Jasmine
Feb 26, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Michelle
Mar 06, 2010 rated it it was amazing
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Lisa Pfeffer
Apr 01, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: young-adult
Dedria
May 18, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Sana
Jun 02, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Leanna
Feb 03, 2017 rated it really liked it
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