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City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
5.0
This has to have been my favorite book in the series so far. City of Glass focused so much on the heart-wrenching relationship between Jace and Clary, threats of evil, friendship, and family.
To start off, Cassie Clare does an awesome job making sure that her characters act their age. Jace, Clary, Alec, Isabelle, and Max were portrayed perfectly in terms of age. Along with that, all the characters are funny. The humor of them all kept me laughing throughout the book, balancing out the dark mood with a sarcastic response from Jace, a dirty joke from Izzy, or a “mundane” reference from Simon. Kudos, Cassie! I adore the humor in this series because you don’t see a lot of it in YA fantasy. Authors tend to forget that teenagers joke around...even if they’re destined to save the world.
Clary and Jace had me in so much EMOTIONAL PAIN. Oh my gosh. There was tons of foreshadowing about Jace’s family that I was able to catch onto, which made the whole sibling relationship idea so hard to sit through. It was so sad to watch these two teenagers in love think that they couldn’t be together, only to find out they weren’t actually related. Thank you, Jocelyn. And, well, kind of Sebastian.
Alec and Magnus deserve some talking about too. I adore them. I think they’re great and so fun to read about. The moment where they kissed in front of the Clave? Chef’s kiss! I really do hope this couple stays together through it all. Magnus really balances out Alec’s edginess well, and they’re just so adorable.
Valentine’s storyline BLEW ME AWAY. HOLY CRAP. The angels, demons, his motivations. It was A LOT. He is not the typical tragic backstory villain and I lived for it. He was so interesting, and his death was kind of shocking to read. Like, wow. The whole Raziel plan kinda backfired. Anyways, his storyline was so intriguing and totally new. He was a great villain. I seriously wonder who Cassie will bring into the picture during City of Fallen Angels. Speaking of which, the last sentence in City of Glass alluded to the title of book 4. I thought that was cool.
Onto Sebastian, or Jonathan Morgenstern. I almost hate him more than Valentine. That’s a good thing, though. Cassie meant for him to be soulless and demonic. Boy, that was executed well. Although, I am glad he died, some part of me wanted him to stick around to wreak some more havoc. It would’ve been interesting to see him try and function after his father’s death.
Overall, this book offered so much. It brought a lot of things to the table and I couldn’t put it done. Awesome job, Cassandra Clare.
To start off, Cassie Clare does an awesome job making sure that her characters act their age. Jace, Clary, Alec, Isabelle, and Max were portrayed perfectly in terms of age. Along with that, all the characters are funny. The humor of them all kept me laughing throughout the book, balancing out the dark mood with a sarcastic response from Jace, a dirty joke from Izzy, or a “mundane” reference from Simon. Kudos, Cassie! I adore the humor in this series because you don’t see a lot of it in YA fantasy. Authors tend to forget that teenagers joke around...even if they’re destined to save the world.
Clary and Jace had me in so much EMOTIONAL PAIN. Oh my gosh. There was tons of foreshadowing about Jace’s family that I was able to catch onto, which made the whole sibling relationship idea so hard to sit through. It was so sad to watch these two teenagers in love think that they couldn’t be together, only to find out they weren’t actually related. Thank you, Jocelyn. And, well, kind of Sebastian.
Alec and Magnus deserve some talking about too. I adore them. I think they’re great and so fun to read about. The moment where they kissed in front of the Clave? Chef’s kiss! I really do hope this couple stays together through it all. Magnus really balances out Alec’s edginess well, and they’re just so adorable.
Valentine’s storyline BLEW ME AWAY. HOLY CRAP. The angels, demons, his motivations. It was A LOT. He is not the typical tragic backstory villain and I lived for it. He was so interesting, and his death was kind of shocking to read. Like, wow. The whole Raziel plan kinda backfired. Anyways, his storyline was so intriguing and totally new. He was a great villain. I seriously wonder who Cassie will bring into the picture during City of Fallen Angels. Speaking of which, the last sentence in City of Glass alluded to the title of book 4. I thought that was cool.
Onto Sebastian, or Jonathan Morgenstern. I almost hate him more than Valentine. That’s a good thing, though. Cassie meant for him to be soulless and demonic. Boy, that was executed well. Although, I am glad he died, some part of me wanted him to stick around to wreak some more havoc. It would’ve been interesting to see him try and function after his father’s death.
Overall, this book offered so much. It brought a lot of things to the table and I couldn’t put it done. Awesome job, Cassandra Clare.