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City of Fallen Angels
by Cassandra Clare
It‘s been six years since I binge-read the first three books of The Mortal Instruments, and devoured the masterpiece of The Infernal Devices. It‘s been six years since I picked up City of Fallen Angels, and DNFed because I needed a short break from the Shadowhunters. A short break that lasted ... you guessed it right ... SIX LONG YEARS!
I remembered well enough why I put this book aside years ago. After the wonderful conclusion of City of Glass, and the masterpiece that The Infernal Devices trilogy has been, this book just didn‘t have enough to grip me. And after all these years, I still felt it was hard to properly become invested into the story at first. What kept me reading was the nostalgic feelings I was overwhelmed with. Meeting all this characters again, after they have been such an important part of my teenage years.
However, after the rather slow beginning the story eventually picked up, and I surely would have obsessed more over it if I hadn‘t seen Netflix‘ Shadowhunters show.
Most of the times, I feel authors don‘t properly think it through when they decide to continue a series after it already met its ending and was considered finished. Cassandra Clare proved me wrong. Despite the fact that the book was dragging the most part, I know that Clare took this time to properly introduce us into a new adventure of the Shadowhunters, and after the climax and ending of this book, I‘m sure I will start obsessing over the next two books as I did years ago with the first three books.
Overall, the plot starts to be really promising and I already feel a sense of enjoying it more than the one of the previous three books. (I mean we got rid of the incest, right? And evil demons? Count me in.) What I enjoyed most was meeting the characters again and remembering how much I loved them, and how much they meant to me. After the movie and TV show, I surely have forgot how cool some characters are and how badass and hot others. And don‘t get me started on the many mentions of Will Herondale. MY FEELS!!!!!!!
And now let me get back to drawing runes all over my skin. Thank you very much.
3.5 stars overall.
I remembered well enough why I put this book aside years ago. After the wonderful conclusion of City of Glass, and the masterpiece that The Infernal Devices trilogy has been, this book just didn‘t have enough to grip me. And after all these years, I still felt it was hard to properly become invested into the story at first. What kept me reading was the nostalgic feelings I was overwhelmed with. Meeting all this characters again, after they have been such an important part of my teenage years.
However, after the rather slow beginning the story eventually picked up, and I surely would have obsessed more over it if I hadn‘t seen Netflix‘ Shadowhunters show.
Most of the times, I feel authors don‘t properly think it through when they decide to continue a series after it already met its ending and was considered finished. Cassandra Clare proved me wrong. Despite the fact that the book was dragging the most part, I know that Clare took this time to properly introduce us into a new adventure of the Shadowhunters, and after the climax and ending of this book, I‘m sure I will start obsessing over the next two books as I did years ago with the first three books.
Overall, the plot starts to be really promising and I already feel a sense of enjoying it more than the one of the previous three books. (I mean we got rid of the incest, right? And evil demons? Count me in.) What I enjoyed most was meeting the characters again and remembering how much I loved them, and how much they meant to me. After the movie and TV show, I surely have forgot how cool some characters are and how badass and hot others. And don‘t get me started on the many mentions of Will Herondale. MY FEELS!!!!!!!
And now let me get back to drawing runes all over my skin. Thank you very much.
3.5 stars overall.