City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

City of Ashes (Mortal Instruments, #2)

by Cassandra Clare

Second in Cassandra Clare's internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series about the Shadowhunters.

Discover more secrets about the Shadowhunters as they fight to protect the world from demons in the second book in the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. Love and power are the deadliest temptations... Haunted by her past, Clary is dragged deeper into New York City's terrifying underworld of demons and Shadowhunters - but can she control her feelings for a boy who can never be hers? This edition contains a map and a new foreword by Cassandra Clare. Read all the sensational books in The Shadowhunter Chronicles: The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, The Bane Chronicles, The Dark Artifices, The Last Hours and The Shadowhunter's Codex.

Reviewed by pamela on

4 of 5 stars

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I honestly didn't expect to enjoy these books quite as much as I am. Anything with a quote by Stephanie Meyer on the cover is an automatic turn off for me (hence why it's taken me so long to get round to reading them). Imagine my surprise then, when the first two books I've read so far turned out to be funny and clever and just so, so enjoyable! They're not high literature, and there are moments when they are so obviously Harry Potter fan fiction, but it didn't change the fact that reading them has been fun. The story world is well realised and consistent, and everything works within the context of the novels' universe. Just all round a really enjoyable reading experience. And that's what reading should be isn't it? Fun.

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