Still Reading the City of Lost Souls....

       Got a bit of reading in this weekend and the book is getting really good. Jace, an arrogant yet charming teenager, is still bound/possessed by a mass murderer named Sebastian, so if one gets hurt the other does too. Clary, now however, decides to join Jace (her boyfriend) and Sebastian as they travel through dimensions of time to see if she can get some information about Sebastian's new plan to cause destruction. Magnus Bane, one of the Shadowhunter's good friends, has summoned the Prince of Demons- Azazel- to see if he has a weapon that can kill Sebastian but leave Jace unharmed. Azazel does have a plan, but the price is too high for the ShadowHunters-Isabelle, Alec, Jocelyn- to agree to.

        The book, at this point, starts switching between Clary's world and that of her other ShadowHunting friends. Clary is fighting demons with Jace and Sebastian and traveling the world with them too.  Simon, a vampire, is Clary's best friend and has the Mark of Cain. This means that anyone who tries to harm him will receive the damage sevenfold.  He is also trying to save Jace because he knows that if Jace dies, Clary would be devastated for the rest of her life. After much thought, Simon has devised a plan that the other ShadowHunters had shot down earlier. He was going to summon an angel. This seems impossible because the person who summons an angel always gets smoldered to ashes before any words can be exchanged. However, because of the Mark of Cain, Simon believes that he can summon an angel and not get harmed. Obviously the others object because there are still a lot of faults to this plan that could result in Simon being dead. In the end however, Simon is able to persuade them that he owes Jace and Clary this favor.

        Even though this book/series is very gripping and fun to read, I kind of feel that it might be dragging out a little too much. By the third book, the main antagonist had died, and there aren't many big problems. Thus, the fourth book, I feel, had no suspense or an interesting plot until the last 50 pages. I'm more than halfway done with the fifth book and so far, the characters are only talking and thinking about plausible plans, but no action has been taken yet. However, I still really enjoy the series and can't wait to get more reading done :)

Below is a little interview with the author- Cassandra Clare: