City Of Fallen Angels By Cassandra Clare

Cover Rating: 3/5 Stars
Overall Rating: 5/5 Stars
Synopsis: The Mortal War is over, and sixteen-year-old Clary Fray is back home in New York, excited about all the possibilities before her. She's training to become a Shadowhunter and to use her unique power. Her mother is getting married to the love of her life. Downworlders and Shadowhunters are at peace at last. And - most importantly of all - she can finally call Jace her boyfriend. But nothing comes without a price. Someone is murdering Shadowhunters who used to be in Valentine's Circle, provoking tensions between Downworlders and Shadowhunters that could lead to a second bloody war.When Jace begins to pull away from Clary without explaining why, she is forced to delve into the heart of a mystery whose solution reveals her worst nightmare: She herself has set in motion a terrible chain of events that could lead to her losing everything she loves. Even Jace.
Love. Blood. Betrayal. Revenge. The stakes are higher than ever...

Alright I think I can safely say that Cassandra Clare is one of the most amazing authors ever to have walked this Earth - and no I'm not exaggerating. Every one of her books is sheer perfection. Okay I didn't love the last one all that much but I think that has more to do with the fact I was in a slump than anything else. My only problem is with the synopsis "the stakes are higher than ever", the saying is so overused. Someone has to be original one day and just say "the stakes are as high as they're going to get" or "the stakes are as high as in the previous book". I suppose they're not as catchy. City Of Fallen Angels I think was so much better than City Of Glass. It is set after the events of the war and everything is slowly going back to normalcy. Until a chain of murders begin to arouse suspicion and Jace begins to separate himself from Clary for no reason. Simon is also having problems of his own, I mean having two girlfriends can be SO annoying sometimes.

Clary isn't a particularly exciting character but I don't hate her. She's normal, which I like even if she can be irritating at times. Jace, I do love him but his self-loathing complex is getting on my nerves. He doesn't believe he deserves anything including Clary even when he can be with her. I liked Jace originally because he was funny and totally arrogant but he seems to have lost it. I started off hating Simon. He seeing two girls at the same time! But later he did grow on me and about time too! I loved Alec and Magnus as normal though they weren't in the book all that much. Alec showed his jealous side too which seemed strangely sweet to me. I was very disappointed we didn't see much of those two; I just love them both.

Overall Cassandra Clare hasn't tarnished her flawless reputation with this book. It was fast paced and left me yearning for the next book. As always I recommend this book for everyone who has the ability to read. You'd be mad not to try it. The City Of Bones movie is coming out soon so I hope more people will read these books in anticipation for it. I am excited for it but I think they've made some questionable casting choices. My hope is that they will grow on me during the film but at the present time I'm not really glad about any of them.

My Favorite Quotes:
“You're just worried they'll hire a male instructor and he'll be hotter than you."Jace's eyebrows went up. 
"Hotter than me?"
"It could happen," Clary said, "You know, theoretically."
"Theoretically the planet could suddenly crack in half, leaving me on one side and you on the other, forever and tragically parted, but I'm not worried about that either. Some things," Jace said, with his customary crooked smile, "are just too unlikely to dwell upon.”

“So what was that all about?"
"I think," Jace said, "that she asked if she could touch my mango."
"She said that?"
Jace shrugged. "Yeah, then she gave me her number.”

“Hey," said Jace. who was sitting on an overturned speaker, looking at his cellphone, "do you want to see a photo of Alec and Magnus in Berlin?"
"Not really," said Simon.
"Magnus is wearing lederhosen."
"And yet, still no.”

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