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Cecilie Ekeli cecilieekeli — ** spoiler alert ** Oh, boy! Did I discover a major plot twist? Just in case, I'm checking this as Spoilers. Page 278 and on: Hodge looks from Sebastian to Jace and asks for Jonathan. When Jace speaks up, Hodge says, "Not you." Later we find out Sebastian is the devil incarnate when he's caught working for Valentine. But isn't Jace supposed to be the one that's part demon? (Or so we learned earlier in this installment of the Mortal Instruments series.) And why, after learning that they are siblings, are Jace and Clary still attracted to each other? True, it causes major irony, which in turn spikes the reader's interest, but wouldn't the author (Cassandra Clare) make the two not attracted to each other after the initial shock (and disgust) she gave the readers in City of Bones? So I'm thinking, no way are they related. I've been thinking that for some time, but now I'm finding concrete clues that they aren't. And I'm getting way excited. Besides the romantic aspect, the rest of the book is awesome. Page 298: Sebastian Verlac isn't really Sebastian Verlac, the Penhallows' cousin. Which means it's possible that he's Valentine's son. Page 302 and on: The real Sebastian is dark-haired, but the man pretending to be Sebastian is truly blonde. Also, the only way to take down the wards of the city is to sneak demon blood in, but doing so is impossible. But Valentine's son--the one who was born with demon blood--would easily be granted into Alicante because he is a Shadowhunter. Sebastian is a spy; being Valentine's son would make him the perfect infiltrator, because he has both demon and Shadowhunter blood. Page 344-5:Luke says Jace reminds him of someone he knew years ago--but he wasn't thinking of Valentine. Page 399 and on: The way Jocelyn describes Jonathan is nothing at all like Jace. She admits later that he's really Celine and Stephen's son. After Stephen died, Celine committed suicide, and Valentine and Hodge cut the baby out of her. Valentine had been giving Celine potions mixed with angel blood, so Jace really has angel blood, just like Clary. Haha. Even though Clary isn't really Jace's sister, she's still kissed her brother--Sebastian. Page 498: Jace said incredulously to Clary, "You could have had anything else in the world, and you asked for me." -----The above was a collection of status updates (and spoilers) that wouldn't fit in the box----- Have you ever read a book so good that you forget to breathe? That your eyes never once drift of the page, or so much as blink, and time slips by without you giving it a thought? Or have you read a book that put a smile on your face so great that it hurt? Even in the bad parts, the book was so exciting and heart-racing that all of the above "symptoms" applied. I have not found a book or series comparable to this one. It's one of a kind. The happy ending wasn't too much and too unbelievable, so I'm left on a good note. I'm just . . . wowed. Cassandra Clare knows how to intertwine all the genres--romance, action, fantasy, and drama. I'm a bit sad to see the Mortal Instruments series end, but I expect more from this fantastic author in the future. So I'm good. :)

Aurore De auroredeleeuw — READ THIS BOOK! It basically changes your life- great writing.

Renad Ahmed _een2_ — George Martin has created perhaps the most organic "lived-in" world since J.R.R. Tolkien. You feel as if you are getting a glimpse, but only ever a partial slice, of an actual world. Part of what makes this world feel so organic is its historical plausibility--but this work is not historical fiction. It is true fantasy, setting on another world with a radically different orbit (and, hence, seasons) than Earth (or perhaps it is set on Earth in the far, far future). However, every event that happens in Martin's series (excepting the magic) is believable because things like that really did happen in Europe's Middle Ages. Again, Martin isn't fictionalizing Earth history, but he is giving his world a history that is plausible because comparable things actually happened on our own. The first book is the best of the series because it introduces so many strong, complex characters and such a vibrant political world. The rest of the series, while still exciting to read, gets lost a little in dense plotting. Nonetheless, I dare describe Martin's series as the best fantasy series since THE LORD OF THE RINGS.