Well, I was so excited about this book. It is the last in The Mortal Instruments series. I would still recommend that everyone who likes teen fantasies read them. She is a really good author. Her writing is very vivid and you can really "see" everything that is going on. Plus it's very original and exciting. At the end, of course, everyone who you want to end up together does, but it's anti-climatic. Plus she throws in something at the end that would only be fitting if there was another book coming in the series, but there isn't one. This is supposed to be the last one. So it just left me wanting a better ending. More closure I suppose you could say. But oh well...
Brief synopsis: It's a world where ALL the mythical creatures exist: Vampires, werewolves, fairies, warlocks and demons of all sorts. The first four are referred to as Downworlders and the others are just called plain old demons. There is a race of people called Nephilim or Shadowhunters. They have angel blood in them and they are there to protect humans by fighting all the demons. They have special magical weapons and use "runes-marks they draw on themselves with a special instrument" to help them with fighting, protecting and healing. Of course there is a teen love story/triangle b/w Clary (a mundane/human that doesn't know she really is a Shadowhunter) and Jace (a Shadowhunter rebel) and Clary's best friend Simon (who has interesting twists of his own in the second and thrid books). Plus a few other love stories/triangles thrown in there for fun. All up against one big creepy bad guy named Valentine who is also a Shadowhunter but wants to kill on the Downworlders and even resorts to using demons to do so.
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I am going to have to check out this series. I just finished one and was looking for something new to start.
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