Book Blog #90: City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare

Title: City of Fallen Angels
Author: Cassandra Clare
# of Pages: 424 (paperback)
Genre: YA, Paranormal, Romance
Rating: ★★★☆☆
Synopsis: The Mortal War is over, and sixteen-year-old Clary Fray is back home in New York, excited about all the possibilities before her. She’s training to become a Shadowhunter and to use her unique power. Her mother is getting married to the love of her life. Downworlders and Shadowhunters are at peace at last. And—most importantly of all—she can finally call Jace her boyfriend.

But nothing comes without a price.

Someone is murdering Shadowhunters, provoking tensions between Downworlders and Shadowhunters that could lead to a second, bloody war. Clary’s best friend, Simon, can’t help her—his mother just found out that he’s a vampire, and now he’s homeless. When Jace begins to pull away from her without explaining why, Clary is forced to delve into the heart of a mystery whose solution reveals her worst nightmare: she herself has set in motion a terrible chain of events that could lead to her losing everything she loves. Even Jace.

Review: Well, this book took me longer to read than I expected. I really wanted to finish reading Great Expectations (which I haven't yet. It's hard to get into than I thought it would be), so City of Fallen Angels took the backseat as far as reading priority.

However, since I was reading this book at the same time I was reading Great Expectations, it was a bit of a relief for me to read it. Unlike Dickens' book, it was so much easier to read Clare's book. However, that does not change the fact that there were plenty of flaws that plagues the pages that make up The Mortal Instruments's fourth book.

For example, it doesn't even feel like Clary is the protagonist before. Simon became a leading character, but the other charcters also had their fair share of time in the spot light. There was so much drama; Jace is having relationship problems with Clary, Simon with Isabelle and Maria, Maria with Jordan, Alec with Magnus, etc. It's exhausting to read about.

There was a lot more interaction between Jace and Simon. This in particular is something that I didn't like very much because Simon turned into a nagging mother, asking Jace if he was okay. And JACE! I don't even know who he is now. Jace Wayland? Morgenstern? Herondale? Lightwood? I'm pretty sure it's not Morgenstern because he is not directly related to Valentine, but, then again, he was raised by Valentine early on. Does that make he a Morganstern? It's a puzzle of names that I'm not going to even try to figure out (although I'm sure I can Google it and some sort of explanation will come up).

So, yeah. I'm sure that if you hated this series, you wouldn't have read this far. So, to all the TMI fans, read this book. But if you don't like the series, don't waste your time. It's an okay book, I guess (do you feel my confidence in my opinion?).