Book Blog #68: City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

Title: City of Glass
Author: Cassandra Clare
# of Pages: 541 (paperback)
Genre: YA, Fantasy, Romance
Rating:★★★☆☆
Synopsis: To save her mother's life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters - never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there, and Simon has been thrown in prison by the Shadowhunters, who are deeply suspicious of a vampire who can withstand sunlight. As Clary uncovers more about her family's past, she finds an ally in mysterious Shadowhunter Sebastian. With Valentine mustering the full force of his power to destroy all Shadowhunters forever, their only chance to defeat him is to fight alongside their eternal enemies. But can Downworlders and Shadowhunters put aside their hatred to work together? While Jace realizes exactly how much he's willing to risk for Clary, can she harness her newfound powers to help save the Glass City - whatever the cost?

Review: Well, I'm a little confused about everything. This is only the third book, right? It seems like Clare could have ended the series with this one. Most of the loose ends were all tied up...and people FINALLY started admitting their feelings for each other! ...Sorry, spoiler alert.

I think I hate the characters MORE in this book than the first and second books. I saw a lot more of their stupidity in this one. Magnus is my favorite character, though, and, surprisingly, I agreed with quiet a few of Jonathan's (the real one) views.

And OH MY GOSH I SO CALLED IT THAT JACE AND CLARY WERE GOING TO FIGURE OUT THAT THEY WEREN'T RELATED THAT IS SO AWESOME!!! I am really, really glad that Jace and Clary, Alec and Magnus, Jocelyn and Luke, and all the other couples got together. It was about time! This is exactly why I think that this should have been the last book. Everyone's happy together and Valentine's dead. Where else can Clare go from here?

So, I'm starting to dislike TMI again. I don't dislike it to the point where I'm going to knock off a star because there was some stuff that I still enjoyed, but if the next books don't improve, I might have to.

If you LOVE TMI and haven't read this book, READ IT!!! If you already hate it to the point where you want to rip it into a million pieces...for your sanity, stay away from this book.

Book Blog #55: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Title: Throne of Glass
Author: Sarah J. Maas
# of Pages: 432 (paperback)
Genre: YA, Fantasy, Romance, Assassins
Rating: ★★★☆☆
Synopsis: In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she is released from prison to serve as the king's champion. Her name is Celaena Sardothien.

The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will protect her. But something evil dwells in the castle of glass--and it's there to kill. When her competitors start dying one by one, Celaena's fight for freedom becomes a fight for survival, and a desperate quest to root out the evil before it destroys her world.


Review: Well, that was disappointing. It looks like assassin books aren't really my thing. I found this book very similar to Grave Mercy, which I strongly disliked. However, I would say that this book is a smidge better. Just a smidge.

What really annoyed me was the fact that two guys were swooning over Celanea. Sure, I get it if you become attracted to her slowly, as the book goes along, but an immediate attracting? No. And I couldn't understand how Celanea's personality changed so much from the beginning of the book. At first, she's acting all tough and thinking of all the yways she can kill a person and then a few chapters later she's acting like a normal person. Very strange.

I was a little disappointed of how much romance there was. I wanted the whole killing, assassin package where there's constant killing and stuff. And while, yes, people die and there's plenty of weapon use, it felt like her relationship with her new dude friends was in the forefront.

I strongly dislike how obvious the bad guys were. I thought that there was going to be this major discovery of a traitorous, mastermind who wasn't EVEN a suspect of being a bad guy. But the antagonists were pretty much established in the earlier bit of the book; Cain, the Duke, that lady person, and the king. All bad guys. Plus some.

So, yeah. It wasn't as good as I hoped. If you haven't read this book OR Grave Mercy, but want to read them, I'd recommend reading Throne of Glass. If you really liked this one, then try Grave Mercy. Or vice versa. But I didn't like either book very much.