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City of Ashes (Mortal Instruments (Paperback)) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for City of AshesClary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what's normal when you're a demon-slaying Shadowhunter and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? In this sequel to "City of Bones," Clare lures readers back into the dark grip of New York City's Downworld.
Full description- Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
- Published: 24 March 2009
- Format: Paperback 453 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Fiction | Horror & Ghost | Science Fiction | Fantasy
- ISBN 13: 9781416972242 ISBN 10: 1416972242
- Sales rank: 804
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Reviewed by coollibrarianchick for TeensReadToo.com
Last week, I received a copy of CITY OF ASHES, book two in THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS trilogy by Cassandra Clare, for review. I was so excited because I just loved the first book, CITY OF BONES. I wanted to read more about Clary, Jace, Simon, Luke, and the rest of the Shadowhunters and their adventures. This book, as with the first one, thoroughly entertained me. With this series, Cassandra Clare will easily make herself a household name.
The story opens with Valentine summoning a demon to be at his beck and call. This demon plays against a person's worst fears. You would need a protection spell if you wanted to ward off the advances of that kind of demon. How is that for an opener?! Once again, Valentine is up to no good - no surprise there. At the end of the first book, Valentine gained control of the Mortal Cup, which can only mean trouble for....everyone. What is he up to?
The last few weeks of this new seeing and slaying life has both exhausted and exhilarated Clary. Everything was so simple before that fateful night at the club. Clary was an ordinary teenager with an affinity toward drawing and manga. Now she can see werewolves, vampires, and fairies, and sketch her own runes. Plus, her mother is in a coma and Jace, one of the Shadowhunters who annoys and attracts her at the same time, turns out to be her brother. Bad news for Clary but good news for Simon, who used it to his advantage to get even closer to Clary. She has a tough choice to make about her future. Clary can leave the Shadowhunter world behind like her mother did, or she can become one of them and work toward finding out what Valentine's plan is now that he has the Mortal Cup.
Clary is not the only one to go through personal upheaval. Jace is devastated that he is not who he thought he was. Nothing good can come out of being Valentine's son, which he learns when his "mother" returns home full of accusations. Soon he is cast out from the one place he can call home. The Inquisitor, a real peach of a lady, holds Jace's fate in her hands. Believe me, there is no love lost between his adoptive parents, his real father, and her. Needless to say, the meeting between them doesn't go well and he is sentenced to prison in the Silent City. Prison turns out to not be the safest place for Jace, as dear daddy pays him a visit there trying to get him to switch teams.
Will Jace join Valentine or remain true to the Shadowhunter's virtues? And if he stays true to his Shadowhunter's roots, will he and his cohorts be able to stop Valentine before the rest of the mortal instruments are collected?
To find out how these and many other surprises happen, pick up your copy of CITY OF ASHES. by TeensReadTooThe mortal instruments
the more you read the better it gets but in some parts you could tell what was going to happen but there are still a lot of twists and turns and there are a lot more in city of glass.... by Carruthers
MaNouDi's Review!
The author definatley has no limit of imagination in this book!
After not being sure of how I felt about the first book, I was unsure how much the second book (City of Ashes) in "The mortal instruments" series could possibly offer. And the answer I was left with; So much more!
Unlike the first book "City of bones" this book goes straight into the action. Not having to build up stories always seems to benefit the books that follow the first in any series. (In most cases anyway!)
This book is so much better written. It's a fast paced and an engrosing read, leaving you wanting more.
Although the ending leaves you pondering, it's easy to assume what the third book has in store.
It is more action packed and more detailed. Although some of the major battle scene's are not written to their full potential.
The incest scene's make you feel uncomfortable despite knowing there's a great chance it may not be what it seems.
All the characters are well written, although some are disposed of too easily.
I definatley cannot wait to start reading the third book of this series. Although I am assuming I know what some of the major things are going to reveal, I'm looking forward to seeing where the two main characters end up. Now they're aware of their gifts and how Clary can help her mum, it's leaves me wondering what, who and how!
This book doesnt leave you feeling empty or confused, it only leaves you wanting more. It's so hard to write a review without giving away detail! by Amanda
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