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City of Lost Souls (The Mortal Instruments, #5)

Cassandra Clare

Start date: May 8, 2012

Finish date: May 31, 2012

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May 12, 2012 Thomas rated it it was amazing

Shelves: five-stars, young-adult, own-physical, romance, lgbtq, fantasy

Sometimes it's hard to describe your love for a book without sounding sycophantic. I can tell you that I'm the biggest Alec and Magnus shipper out there (because I am) and that eight out of my past 11 tweets have been about City of Lost Souls, but I don't think I can properly convey my love for this series unless I talk about its characters.

I've never really understood how someone could love, or even like someone who makes many stupid mistakes. Perhaps I understood, but I never felt like I could ...more

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Aug 06, 2017 Fallon rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2017, read-2024

There are so many aspects of this book that I just absolutely loved! Im not even sure where to begin.
First thing I love about this book is the change in Clary. To be clear I've never disliked Clary but she did frustrate me quite a bit in the previous books. But my God! I feel like she redeemed herself in this book.

"without thinking clear she grabbed his (Sebastian) shoulder and shoved him out of the way, hard. He staggered back as a demon struck and Clary rose to meet it with a dagger she had y ...more

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May 16, 2012 Julie rated it really liked it

We start right into the story after City of Fallen Angels left off and Jace went missing from the rooftop and Sebastian/ Jonathan the-demon-blood-dead-guy was now missing with Jace. Everybody is looking for Jace. Alec senses he is still alive but something is not right. After two weeks of missing the Clave changes their focus and stops looking for Jace. Clary and her friends go see the faire Queen to see if she can help them find Jace. She agrees to help them if they bring her two Shadowhunter We start right into the story after City of Fallen Angels left off and Jace went missing from the rooftop and Sebastian/ Jonathan the-demon-blood-dead-guy was now missing with Jace. Everybody is looking for Jace. Alec senses he is still alive but something is not right. After two weeks of missing the Clave changes their focus and stops looking for Jace. Clary and her friends go see the faire Queen to see if she can help them find Jace. She agrees to help them if they bring her two Shadowhunter rings that allow those who obtain the rings to speak telepathically. At the institute, Clary was about to steal the rings when Jace and Sebastian show up to retrieve some books on dark magic. Clary hides and is shocked to see Jace going along with Sebastian like they are best friends.
Jace shows up in Clary’s bedroom and tells her that Sebastian has a good plan and she needs to go with him. He also tells her that he is linked to Sebastian and they can’t kill one without killing the other. Clary decided to join Jace, this way she can find out what they are planning. If she wears the ring and Simon wears the other ring they can speak to each other. She has to play along with Sebastian and pretend she is starting to trust him as a brother. After getting drugged at a night club her ring goes missing and she has no way to warn the others about Sebastian’s plan to let free the worst demons on the world.
I thought this was the final book of The Mortal Instruments but since it left a lot undone I’m hoping it’s not. I liked the different story-lines that were going on throughout the book. Jordan and Mia who are werewolves are helping the shadowhunters find Jace. Jordan hopes he can rekindle his relationship with Mia and that she will be able to forgive him for turning her into a werewolf. Magnus and Alec are having relationship problems as Magnus is immortal and Alec is not. Alec runs into an old lover of Magnus’s and is trying to find a way to become immortal or make Magnus mortal. Isabelle can’t stop thinking about Simon, Clary’s vampire BFF, and Isabelle is struggling with finding a way to let him know she’s interested. Clary has to find a way to save Jace before the shadowhunters kill him because he’s connected to Sebastian and his evil plan. There is a lot happening all at once and “Team Good” as Clary calls her group of friends has to stop “Team Bad” before it’s too late.

It was an exciting and nail-biting read. If you like vampires, werewolves, demons, angels, fairies, warlocks, (did i forget anybody?) and whole secret society saving the world from the unknown, then you'll like this series. Cassandra Clare has a great imagination and makes her characters go through all kinds of hard times. Good news! They are turning the first book City of Bones into a movie.

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May 19, 2012 Jessica *The Lovely Books* rated it it was amazing

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Wth? Please give me your insight on Brother Zachariah! Who was he....?!

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Aug 27, 2014 Shannon rated it it was amazing

I thought that this book was written very well, I've found with The Mortal Instruments series that there is never a dull moment, and the frequent point of view changes are very refreshing. This definantly had a very good plot and many opportunities to become emersed with the story. I found myself unable to put the book down as it was very good. I quite liked the ending in the book and the resolution whilst it also makes a climactic ending that allows for a sequel. I really can't wait to read the ...more

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May 23, 2012 Julie rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: bookclub-reads, outdo-yourself-challenge-2013

Yes, I only rated City of Lost Souls two stars. I really enjoyed the first three books: they were wonderful and exciting. Then the next books happened and the excitement dissipated. This fifth book in the series has some of what I’ve seen called “second book syndrome”. Book 4 felt like a first in a new series and was lacking the spark the original 3 books had. For most of City of Lost souls I felt like nothing much happened. This book was mostly filler, 550 pages of mostly filler. When things di ...more

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