First reading February 2013. Reread November 2013.
Okay, so after Valentine’s bomb that Jace and Clary are
sibling, him stealing the Mortal Cup and Clary’s mom being found but not being
able to wake up, how exactly do you top that?
Answer: by having mysterious Downworlder’s deaths, killing
off the Silent Brothers, introducing the Mortal Sword, and introducing the
Inquisitor who turns out to be a total bitch and has a vendetta against Jace
because of who his father is.
It turns out though that all these things are connected. The
Silent Brothers – a part of the Shadowhunters who have more powerful runes –
have the Mortal Sword, which allows the holder to tell the truth. Valentine attacks
the Silent City to obtain the Sword and kills off the Silent Brothers. The
mysterious deaths of the Downworlders are because he is trying to complete a
ritual.
All of this leads to a major battle on a ship, where
Valentine doesn’t succeed in his ritual – but he does succeed in being a
horrible person. Clary and Jace’s ‘relationship’ that can’t be, is revealed to
their friends because of a tricky faerie queen, and Jace finally decides that
they’re better off as siblings. Oh, and did I mention Clary and Simon were
dating and Simon was turned into a vampire? I really feel for Simon in this
book. He is an underrated character who’s affections, I believe, I really
misguided.
Final Rating: 5 out of 5 stars. Again, the plot continues to
thicken and the characters are so well written that I trembled with anger every
time the Inquisitor showed up.
Bookshelf worthy? Since I already own it anyway….
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