Name: The Mortal Instruments 04. City of Fallen Angels
Rating: 3.260869565217391 (23 reviews)
ISBN: 9781406362190

 Cassandra Clare

Simon Lewis is having some trouble adjusting to his new life as a vampire. He hardly sees his best friend Clary, who is caught up in training to be a Shadowhunter and spending time with her new boyfriend. Simon decides he needs a break and heads out of the city, but sinister events are following him.

The Mortal Instruments 04. City of Fallen Angels

Francesca G

2014 rating: 3 stars
2019 rating: 4 stars

Well that was unexpected. One whole star of enjoyment above its original rating. As for City of Ashes, I remembered very little of this one, but one thing I didn't remember at all was how much focus we get on Simon. Oh man, Simon is such a well-written character.

Either way, I always thought this book was kind of useless. City of Glass has an ending that doesn't necessarily require another book after it, but to be honest, this time around I wanted to read the continuation of the story so much that I think the reason for my enjoyment was mainly that it satisfied me massively. 

Also, it is true, you 
  must
 read The Infernal Devices before you read this one, because it makes Alec's and Magnus's storyline so much juicier. 

All in all, really liked this one even though the beginning is too slow in my opinion.

Sophie Elaina 

I’m sad to say I really didn’t like this book. There are a lot of questionable decisions made by certain characters that made this so unbearable for the majority of the time. I can say I’m intrigued by where it leaves of in the end and really am excited to read City of Lost Souls now that a lot of the plot points that I had conflicting feelings on are finally wrapped up. Fingers crossed the next book will cure some of my bad feelings. I kind of think Clockwork Angel has ruined me, that book was so far superior than this! Anyway, on to The Clockwork Prince yay!

Simone Endres

I read this book years ago, but i remember that i really did not care about Simon AT ALL so this was hard to read for me :D 

Jessica 

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  “Hearts are breakable," Isabelle said. "And I think even when you heal, you're never what you were before".” 


My reread of The Mortal Instruments, in preparation for the new television adaptation Shadowhunters, continues with City of Fallen Angels. Serving as the fourth book in the expanded series, we see our favorite Shadowhunters and Downworlders return in a new mystery set a brief time after the events of City of Glass. It is also the weakest book of the series but does a decent job at setting up for this second arch therefore it doesn't dampen my love for this incredible series.

Now that The Mortal War is over, Sebastian (or Jonathan) and Valentine are dead, and the truth has all been revealed, our favorite kids think that they can finally sleep safely at night. Now, they can head back down the path of whatever normal is meant to be–for some that means hunting, for some that means love, some that means acceptance, for the Lightwoods it means mourning the loss of Max and others it means training.

And then there’s avoidance. 

But we’ll get to that later. I’m going to start with characters. 

Continued @ BOOKEDJ.

Charlie Donaldson-Shaw

Freya Cardwell

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 - most importantly of all - she can finally call Jace her boyfriend. But nothing comes without a price. Someone is murdering the Shadowhunters who used to be in Valentine's Circle, provoking tensions between Downworlders and Shadowhunters that could lead to a second, bloody war. And when Jace begins to pull away from her without explaining why, Clary 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.

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