City of Glass Summary

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       The book City of Glass is the 3rd book of the series The Mortal Instruments. It took place in a world much like our own. However, the difference is that there are mythical creatures such as vampires, werewolves, and faeries. There are also these special people called Shadowhunters. These human beings have the ability to draw designs called runes onto their skin to get superhuman strengths. Jace, is the main male character, he is a Shadowhunter and is very good at hunting demons. He is very arrogant, but in a funny way. He is also very caring to people who he likes. Clary is the main female character. She is also a Shadowhunter, however, she doesn't have the training to fight bad creatures.  But, her ability to draw any rune that no one has ever seen to give others powers makes up for the above fact. Isabelle, Alec, and Max are Jace's siblings, and thus are also Shadowhunters. Clary and Jace are told that they are long lost sister and brother, but before they knew this fact, they had already developed feelings for each other.

       In this book, Clary's mom was drugged by her ex- husband (named Valentine), and the antagonist, with this magical potion that put her in an deep sleep. Clary who clearly loves her mother travels to Idris, which is the capital of the mythical world. There, a lot of Shadowhunters gather to discuss battle strategies to defeat Valentine, who is trying to collect 3 Mortal Instruments that, when used together, can summon the Raziel angel who will grant one wish to it's caller. Valentine is trying to destroy the Clave- the head of the Shadowhunters- and has already collected 2 of the Instruments (The Mortal Sword and the Mortal Cup), so it's very important that he does not get the Mortal Mirror, or he will demolish the Shadowhunters. Jace and siblings are staying at their close friends house in Idris. Here lives Aline and her cousin Sebastian. Clary decides to surprises Jace and shows up at where he's staying. But Jace takes this very badly because he wanted Clary to stay in New York, so he throws harsh words at Clary, who leaves heartbroken.

       As she leaves, Clary talks to Sebastian and finds him to be a piece of art and spends a day with him. They talk to Magnus Bane who says that he would be able to wake Clary's mother if the Gray Book could be found. He freezes Sebastian so that he doesn't hear the location of the sacred book. He tells Clary where the book is hidden. After this conversation, Clary and Sebastian spend the rest of the day together. Jace and Clary find the Gray Book and gives it to Magnus. During all of this time, Clary's best friend, Simon, is locked in Shadowhunter jail and the only other person he can talk to says his name is Samuel. In the late middle of the book, it is revealed that Sebastian is actually an imposter. His real name is Jonathan and he's working for Valentine as a spy. He had killed Jace's little brother Max and hurt Isabelle very badly. Sebastian flees to help Valentine again.

       After all is said and done, Clary's mom (Jocelyn) wakes up and secretly travels from New York to Idris to surprise Clary. Then, these two have a mother- daughter talk about their past. It turns out that Jocelyn's first born son was surreptitiously given demon blood by Valentine when he was still in her womb, thus making this son a monster. This little boy eventually grew into Jonathan (aka Sebastian).  Jocelyn said she couldn't love this boy, so when she became pregnant with Clary, she ran away. Before she left, though, Clary had been given angel blood, as did Stephen Herondale's son, who happened to be Jace. Delighted by the fact that the boy she loved wasn't related to her, Clary hurries to tell Jace only to discover that he had run to find Sebastian and revenge him for all the pain he'd put all the Shadowhunters through. Meanwhile, Clary and others are trying to find ways to beat Valentine when he would show up to fight them with hundreds of demons.

       When Jace finally finds Sebastian, they duel to the death. Sebastian has the upper hand with the demon blood and training from Valentine. But, as he is about to stab a sword through Jace's heart, a whip slashes his hand off. This whip belonged to Isabelle who traced down Jace to help him avenge their brother's death. Eventually, Jace and Isabelle kill Sebastian.

       In Idris, Valentine has collected all 3 Mortal Instruments and has sent his demon army off to finish the Shadowhunters. As he is in the process of summoning Raziel, Clary shows up and tries to stop him. Valentine hates Clary and is ready to kill her when Jace comes to her rescue. Valentine kills Jace and lets Clary live while he summons Raziel. Raziel hears of his horrible plan and kills Valentine in an instant. Meanwhile, the badly wounded Clary is given the one wish and she uses it to give life back to Jace. Soon afterwards, the demon army disperses without the control of Valentine. In the end Valentine is dead, the Clave regains its power, Jace and Clary can finally admit their love for each other, and Joselyn is awoken and engaged to her best friend, Luke.