City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

City of Glass (Mortal Instruments, #3)

by Cassandra Clare

Third 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 third book in the internationally bestselling series. Amid the chaos of war, the Shadowhunters must decide to fight with the vampires, werewolves and other Downworlders - or against them. Meanwhile, Jace and Clary have their own decision to make: should they pursue the love they know is a mortal sin? 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 ammaarah on

4 of 5 stars

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"Knowing is better than not knowing. Every time."

★ Clary is still extremely uninteresting and forgettable, but she has awesome rune creating powers.
★ Jace grew on me in City of Glass, but he still does a lot of problematic things. He makes decisions for Clary because he wants to protect her. He says awful things to Clary, his family and his friends. He breaks a window in someone else's house.
★ Simon seems more sure of himself in City of Glass. He's also more mature and seems to be above all the teenage angst.
★ Isabelle is freaking awesome. I love her so much!
★ Alec actually has a little bit of a personality in City of Glass.
★ Magnus Bane is one of the best characters Cassandra Clare has ever written. He makes Alec likable.
★ I'm on board the MALEC ship.
★ Luke deserves all the happiness in the world.
★ From the moment Amatis was introduced in City of Glass, I couldn't help but love her.
★ Sebastian. Enough said.
City of Glass takes place in Idris, the Shadowhunter country, and I liked the change of scenery.
★ I've read City of Glass before so I knew all the major plot points and how the events were going to play out, but I was still invested in the characters and couldn't turn the pages fast enough to see what would happen next.
★ My biggest problem with The Mortal Instruments series is the incest. I couldn't get behind Jace and Clary as a couple because of the whole sibling thing. I know that they aren't really siblings, but they don't know that and they keep on pursuing a romantic relationship with each other and confessing their love for each other. Clary also ends up kissing her real brother. Like why even?!?!? I am however eager to see how Jace and Clary's relationship progresses when I reread City of Fallen Angels now that they know that they aren't siblings.

The Mortal Instruments series seems to get better with every book. I was more attached to the characters, the plot progression and pacing is much better and it's nice to see Idris. I really liked City of Glass.
"What a night, Clary thought. A night of so much pain for everyone."

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