Reviews
Definitely less "action-packed" than the last book, and while the book focused more on the character growth of Simon and touched a little on Clary and Jace and their relationship and struggles, I feel like it fell short in many ways of such a big build and it was the last page of when something ended up happening.. Definitely will continue the series because I'm invested now, but hope there's a little more happening in the last two books than this one.
Definitely less "action-packed" than the last book, and while the book focused more on the character growth of Simon and touched a little on Clary and Jace and their relationship and struggles, I feel like it fell short in many ways of such a big build and it was the last page of when something ended up happening.. Definitely will continue the series because I'm invested now, but hope there's a little more happening in the last two books than this one.
"The love that moves the sun and all the other stars"Okay.. . Yes this book did take longer to build up but that is okay because, Cassandra Clare pulled through like I knew she would. Wow ....this book was incredible, the funny scenes, the love scenes and more importantly the intense scenes!!! This book had every element of surprise and I can not wait to jump into the fifth book!!!
No es mi favorito, la verdad. Pero estuvo bien.Bueno, quiero decir que no hubo mucha trama (como los anteriores libros) en este, prácticamente lo interesante vino hasta más de la mitad del libro, aunque me gustó mucho conocer las vueltas que andaban haciendo los personajes.Por otro lado, no entiendo la portada (creo que es Simon) pero porqué las flechas? En fin.Y otra cosa más importante: que ya suelten a mi pobre Jace, por favor.
Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition for this ISBN here. 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...
2023 reread: It is currently 4 A.M. I stayed up to push through 300 pages of frustration and extreme eye rolls because I refuse to carry this in my luggage while I'm on vacation back home.This is truly the worst case of a filler book I've ever had to sit through. ( though to be honest it's more of a link to get to the second arc but i dont care enough rn whatever) I can not tell you just how much i dislike all the relationships (except for Malec and that's mostly bc I love Magnus. He is the only man I respect in this universe)So many redundancies. This could've been a 100 pages long novella and it'd have sufficed.I could show you all the parts where Jace and Simon are communicating and acting more like people who might be attracted to each other then the ship aka clacy shows up on page and cassie is spoon feeding me all this crap about how it can only be clary for jace or vice versa and all I can think about is the bar for a loving relationship and communication is truly in hell .Lord forbid we have more than one LGBTQ+ couple in a book. We already hit the diversity quota for the day.All of these characters are like if you took the WORST and MOST EXTREME characteristics of a teenager going through puberty and splashed that shit show around. Not a single one of them is sane or responsible. All of them just have to be impulsive and fall in love at first sight. Truly a curse to be a fond early 2000's YA fantasy reader. *Sigh*
Este libro se me ha hecho algo más pesado por el desarrollo lento que tiene. Los principales protagonistas intentan seguir con sus vidas tras la guerra contra Valentine, pero suceden muchos problemas: un enemigo invisible empieza a acosar a Simon, aparecen Cazadores de Sombras muertos en territorio de subterráneos... Y Jace empieza a tener extrañas pesadillas en las que Clary está involucrada. Personalmente, el problema entre Jace y Clary se me antoja demasiado rebuscado y complicado, y es por eso que no me terminó de gustar mucho. Además, ¡qué manía con que todas las cosas malas le pasen a Jace! A veces, creo que Clary es como intocable o algo así.En definitiva, se me ha hecho un poco más lento para leer y el problema de Clary y Jace se me antoja rebuscado. Por eso, le doy 3 estrellas.