City of Lost Souls (Mortal Instruments, #5)

by Cassandra Clare

[pamela]

After the strength of the series thus far the penultimate instalment of Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments series was such a let down. It probably wasn't really quite a two, but the disappointment I felt at reading it just made it feel it was worse than it actually was. It felt almost like a betrayal.

Nothing much happened in this novel. It made you think it was exciting, but it wasn't. Jace was evil, then Jace was good ,then evil, then good. Clary wants to be with Jace but can't, then can, then can't, Simon loves Isabelle but doesn't tell her, Isabelle loves Simon but doesn't tell her, Alec and Magnus have a weird relationship, Maia and Jordan get back together, and even the parents have dysfunctional relationships. Everyone makes out, a lot. And that's pretty much it.

Basically this book was nothing but the City of Raging Teenage Hormones. One more to go. I hope it redeems itself, because I've enjoyed them up till now. It would be a shame if the last book ruins the excitement I've felt all through this series up until City of Lost Souls.