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City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
2.0
medium-paced

I can not explain why I am still enjoying reading this shlock. This particular installment was crazy ridiculous even more so than the previous ones. And those couldn't stop talking about incest. 

In this book, besides the main drama couple, you follow the side characters more closely. Which isn't itself a bad thing, but it shortens the scenes of all these characters. Therefore, you don't care that much about what happens to them. Especially at the end here. When all the characters are just chillin, pairing off and wrapping up their side stories. It felt forced. Like the whole plot was about the couples. There wasn't a single odd man out. Each of these conversations deserved at least slightly more depth and nuance. Worst of all , the biggest negative of the ending is the ultimate "bad guy" who seemed to come out of nowhere. 

In simple truth, I didn't like this book that much. However, I still liked reading it. It can't be explained. I know I wouldn't recommend this to anyone because I do believe it's terrible. And I also know I'm going to continue reading it anyway. It's a contradiction.