Name: The Mortal Instruments 05. City of Lost Souls
ISBN: 9781406362206

 Cassandra Clare

Clary and the Shadowhunters struggle to piece together their shattered world after a betrayal by one of their own leaves them reeling.

The Mortal Instruments 05. City of Lost Souls

Francesca G

2014 rating: 4 stars

Well, the 2019 rating is still 4 stars because, as said for City of Bones, only Clockwork Angel and Clockwork Princess are deserving of a 5 star rating in Shadowhunters (and let's face it, I didn't enjoy City of Lost Souls nearly as much as I enjoyed those). 
It was pretty good though, despite being so incredibly slow. Also, Clary is all shades of unbearable and her being the protagonist is like the worst thing that could happen to this saga. 

Other than that, there is only one other thing that I have to say about City of Lost Souls, and that is, FUCK ME UP GOOD.

Sophie Elaina 

Not my favourite Cassie Clare so far... I think The Infernal Devices may have ruined me. Those characters are something else. I think if I’d not watched the show already then I would’ve enjoyed this more, but since I knew a lot of what was coming it made the twists a little anti-climatic. But nonetheless I’m really excited to see how the series ends in City in Heavenly Fire. But next up is Clockwork Princess and I’m definitely not prepared.

Rating: 2.5 Stars

Jessica 

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  “I know about parabatai,” said Magnus, an angry, dark undercurrent to his voice. “I’ve known parabatai so close they were almost the same person; do you know what happens, when one of them dies, to the one that’s left —?” 


I can’t believe I’m almost done with my reread of the entire TMI series but here we are! Cassandra Clare still has me hooked all these years later and rereading the novels feels like I’ve been greeted by an old from. Onto one of my favorite novels in the entire series: this little guy is by far one of the funnest and darkest of the entire run; Cassandra as usual does the best with her plots.

Teenage angst, action, romance and mystery follow us–and in this installment we see even more descriptive locations that will leave us with hearts in our eyes just as much as our bones will chill by the events scattered about. In terms of suspense and comparison to the installments that came before it, City of Lost Souls rivals City of Glass.

In the aftermath of events in the previous book, our second to last installment picks up right where we left off. Mostly City of Lost Souls begins with one question: where is Jace? which follows into who is Jace, now? The answer is not simple, but what ever is?

Due to the attempts of Lilith in resurrecting him, Sebastian has been brought back from the dead and is now tied to Jace. 

Continued @ BOOKEDJ.

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