City of Glass was all I have come to expect from young adult urban fantasy author Cassandra Clare and more.  After having several painful months to wait between City of Ashes and City of Glass, I had plenty of time to ponder the mystery behind the experiments performed by Valentine on Clary and Jace, along with the origin of their birth. I am proud to say that my original hunch about Jace’s parentage was right on. However, I did not have the …» more

City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare is the adrenaline-pumping second installment in the Mortal Instruments trilogy. I was skeptical that Clare could make the second book as great as City of Bones, but I was pleasantly surprised. Still torn between their feelings toward one another and the distance they must keep from one another, Jace and Clary must team up again to face the evil Valentine, the man they now know to be their father. But is he really their father, or is he merely manipulating them like pawns in his newest game of  taking the blood of each type of downworlder to gain control of the demonic world? City of Ashes is filled with suspense, …» more