Tag: the mortal instruments
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The Gang is Back Together in Cassandra Clare’s The Lost Book of the White
I couldn’t wait to get back into the wonderful world of Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu’s The Eldest Curses Trilogy, and I was so very happy to see the gang back together for another adventure. I did love the random selection of characters in The Red Scrolls of Magic, but there is a nostalgia with…
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My Thoughts on Cassandra Clare’s The Dark Artifices Trilogy
It has been over a year since I read The Dark Artifices Trilogy by Cassandra Clare, but I wanted to hold off on writing this review because I wanted to get through the original series first. That took longer than expected with the seven-month break between reading the fifth and sixth books. Now that The…
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My Thoughts on Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments Series
The Mortal Instruments series has been a beloved fantasy series for me since I was a kid. It probably isn’t far-fetched to say that The Mortal Instruments series built the blueprint of what I perceive to be engaging YA fantasy, and set the bar for my fantasy reads as I moved through my teen years…
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Cassandra Clare’s City of Heavenly Fire is Everything
It’s been seven months since I posted my review of City of Lost Souls, more than seven months since I last read a book within the Shadowhunter Chronicles. When I picked City of Heavenly Fire up to reread and finish my reviews for The Mortal Instruments series it was like falling into bed after a…
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The Penultimate Nail-biter City of Lost Souls
It’s funny the things you remember as you’re reading something. Cassandra Clare’s City of Lost Souls, for example, is a book that was a little murky for me except for two crystal clear snippets in my mind and oh were they just as punchy as the first time. I love the relationship shifts in this…
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City of Fallen Angels is a Wild Ride
There are things I absolutely love about this books and then there’s Jace. References and relationships that made my heart flutter and then there’s Jace. Killer plot devices and action sequences. And then there’s Jace. Let me start by saying it’s not as serious of a hate as I’m painting it out to be. Jace…
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City of Glass – This Is What I Have Been Waiting For
It’s here! It’s here! The explosive midpoint to the Mortal Instruments series is here! Cassandra Clare’s City of Glass truly marks the beginning of the signature Cassandra Clare shadowhunter novel. We’ve got a short timeframe, quick pacing, high tension and high stakes, a full array of character perspectives and movements, motives and internal conflicts riddled…
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Should City of Ashes Be a Book?
Let me ask you a question – when you recall the events of Cassandra Clare’s incredible Mortal Instruments series, do you remember this book? Can you tell me the plot? The key events? The subplots and extra threads woven into this book? I’m hoping the answer is yes to at least the latter questions because,…
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Where It All Started – City of Bones
I remember reading City of Bones back in 2011 for the first time. I must have loved it because I read the entire series via ebooks (I find it very hard to read anything longer than a novella via ebooks thee days) and I was so excited to watch the movie that came out a…