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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Book Review- City of Fallen Angels *spoiler free*

Released on April 5th, 2011
Source- Book from publisher & bought
5 stars- A Fabulous Edition to the TMI series

The Mortal Wa is over, Clary Fray is back home in New York, ecited about all the possiblities before her. She's training to beome a Shadowhunter and to use her unique power. Her mother is getting married to the love her life, Downworldsers and Shadowhutners are all at peace at last. And most important of all Clary can finally call Jace her boyfriend.

But nothing comes without a price.

Someone is murdering the Shadowhunters who used to be in Valentine's Cirecle, provoking tensions between Downworlders and Shadowhunters that could lead to a second bloody war. Clary's best friend, Simon, can't help her. His mother just found out that he's a vampire and now he's homeless. Everywhere he turns, someone wants him on their side along with the power of the curse that's wrecking his life. And they're willing to do anything to get what they want. At the same time he's dating two beautiful, dangerous girls, neither of whom knows about the other.

When Jace begins to pull away from Clary without explaining why, she is forced to delve iont the heart of a mystery whose solution reveals her worst nightmare: She herself haas 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 in City of Fallen Angels (quoted from the book's jacket).

There is something about Cassie's writing that lures me into each of her books and leaves me wanting more. I can't get enough of her fascinating, intriguing world building and her addicting characters. You know the characters whom you just can't seem to read enough about? City of Fallen Angels is full of pleasant and shocking twists and turns with some of my beloved characters, and with other previously mentioned TMI series characters. Cassie has a talent for making me invest so much of myself emotional with her characters. One moment I'm sighing over a scene between Jace and Clary or Magnus and Alec and the next I'm either fuming over something a character did or on the verge of tears at one of her gut wrenching scenes, and then laughing out loud at the next scene from Jace or Simon's snarky lines.

What I love about Cassie's writing is she isn't afraid to make her characters suffer and in the process she leaves me feeling emotional vulnerable as I feel a connection to her characters. I've not read a series that has a such a large cast of characters were each one adds something unique to the story and each one is a character I've come to enjoy and care about, well for the most part as there's a few I'd like to go all shadowhunter on. Like the other books in the TMI series, City of Fallen Angels picks up not long after City of Glass ends. Cassie is able to refresh our memories of what happened at the end of City of Glass in a manner that doesn't feel like it's a huge summary of what happened, but just enough to see through the eyes of Jace, Clary and Simon how they were effected and why they're feeling the way they are. I loved that the story has a lot of Simon's point of view. Simon to me is a character who's grown a lot since the start of the series. Some of my favorite scenes of his are the fabulous snarky lines he and Jace say to one another.

I really can't get enough of her characters and her stories. She adds just the right amount of romance (oh yes there's a few sizzling scenes with Jace and Clary), action, anguish, settle humor, character growth and plot twists that keep me completely engaged with her book, but at the same time leaving me wanting so much more at the end. Cassie blurs the lines of paranormal and reality perfectly. Her words come alive and make me feel like I'm here, apart of her world. Cassie is a phenomenal writer and is someone who makes me think as she takes me along for an enjoyable ride and always leaves me wanting more.... one more kiss between Jace and Clary, one more page of her story, one more scene so the book doesn't have to end.

City of Fallen Angels is a fabulous edition to the TMI series. It's an exciting, enticing read that will suck you right back into her dark, twisted, dangerous shadowhunter world. City of Fallen Angels is definitely the darkest of the series so far, and now I am anxiously waiting to find out what happens next in COLS. That ending.... UGH! It's brilliant. I definitely recommend picking up this book today! It's a must have to for all TMI fans.

17 comments:

  1. I am so excited to read this book! I am (not very patiently) waiting for it to come in the mail so i can go ahead and lock myself up for a few hours!

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  2. I just finished COFA and was blown away by it. Cassie did a fantastic job of continuing the story without making it feel like a repeat of the first three books. It feels like COFA is the beginning of a new series, one that has me worried about the fates of all our favorite characters. I cannot wait to see what COLS holds because with the way Cassie ends COFA, you know it will be good!

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  3. I'm still waiting on mine to get here. COFA and Red Glove shipped yesterday, so hopefully I won't have too long to wait. I will be doing a lot of reading over the next few days. Thanks for the reviews :)

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  4. It was hard writing the review without gushing over everything that happens, and not have spoilers. It's a fantastic read! Cassie throws everything into this story and there's a lot of surprises. I can not wait to hear what you guys think of the book.

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  5. It's really hard to write a spoiler-free review of this, MMs, and you DID IT. CoFA is the best of the TMI series and now I need to finish the audiobook as my re-read. :D

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  6. While waiting for my special edition to arrive to France I bought the ebook and finished it yesterday evening !
    I agree with you MM's, it's really hard to write a review without spoilers !
    Cassie did it again, a fantastic book !
    It's gonna be really hard to wait until City of Lost Souls ...

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  7. Great review, i've got COFA in my hands right now and i'm about 180 pages away from finishing it. I absolutely love it.

    Mocha from A Cupcake and A Latte.

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  8. SO EXCITED!!!!! What you said about Cassie not being afraid to have her characters suffer is so true. I think that's why I respect her so much as an author.

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  9. I finished reading/ reviewing this yesterday and I cannot agree more with what you said!

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  10. Thank you so much for all your comments! I'm looking forward to chatting w/ you guys about it on our forum!! I totally want to re-read it again and I just finished it early this morning.

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  11. that ending KILLED ME

    i loved it loved it

    jordan kyle <3

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  12. I'm still waiting for my copy of CoFA to arrive (stupid B&N!). I pre-ordered it, but it hasn't gotten to me yet :(

    Great review though! When I read the first 3 I was enthralled in the story. Cassie deserves some serious kudos because she certainly knows how to balance the full spectrum of emotions and keep her stories completely captivating. I cannot wait to read it.

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  13. Great Review!! Thanks for giving such an amazing insight to COFA!!! I can't wait to read it!! Just waiting for from B&N online!

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  14. Your review make me want to pick this book up NOW!!! I <3 Cassie's writing too, and love Simon, Jace and Clary...

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  15. I feel the pre-order pain. I did the same thing and am sitting her waiting. Well, not sitting here, I have a TON of books to finishe, so I'm actually in the middle of Wither at the moment, but it was hard to walk past it on the shelves at Wal-Mart and not buy it. I just have to be patient. At least I know it will be worth the wait. I'll definitely post something in the discussion are after I read it.

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  16. Just finished the book last night.. And it was crazy - how it got so dark compared to the other TMI books.. But its pretty awesome!.. Argh!.. I can't believe I still have to wait for another year - for CoLS.. Oh well.. At least Clockwork Prince will come in Sep - fingers crossed! - J

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  17. Nikki- Thank you so much! I hope you have received by now! Wait till you read the letter from Jace!!!

    Amy- Thank you so much!! I can't wait to hear what you think about it.

    Girls- WHAT!?!? You haven't read it yet. lol I would have brought it with me to Houston and read it out loud to you. :P

    Jennifer- It will definitely worth the wait!!!

    Jing- Cassie said the books would get darker, and COFA definitely got darker. I know! I can't wait another year.

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