Firstly, I think that City of Fallen Angels is the best book of Cassandra Clare's career so far. It's not my favourite of this series, but it was her strongest publication to date. To start out with, I took a long time to warm to Simon through the course of the first three novels. Throughout CoG I grew up love him and that love only grew in CoFA. In previous books I often breezed quickly through any parts not directly related to Jace and Clary - not here. I really enjoyed dipping in and out of the stories of all the characters and even considering writing some fiction at one point for Jordan and Maia - something I would NEVER have considered doing for ANY couple than Clary and Jace before. This cast of characters is probably my favourite in YA fiction today.They work so well together and constantly make me laugh, cry and wish I could be one of them.
Speaking of Clary and Jace, I wish they could have had just a little time as a normal -as normal as they can be, anyway - couple. Things were going wrong straight away. The ending was fantastic, my favourite of the whole series so far because Cassandra knows how to do twisted and heartbreaking but this was just fabulous. You really thought things were going to be okay - until Clary said those fateful lines - "I'll be right back. Five minutes."
Also, I really just need to comment on what a incredible character Jace Wayland (oh I don't even know to call him anymore) is. Ask anyone: I love Jace Wayland. I mean, he's beautiful and sarcastic and intelligent and he tells his girlfriend he loves her by quoting lines from ancient Italian books to her - get me a man like that, now! But Clare has weaved such an incredible character. His self loathing, covered by sarcastic comments and dry humour, his tortured soul but his deep to the core goodness, his truly beautiful love for Clary - I would cite Jace Wayland as my favourite fictional character any day. Every time it gets darker for him, I become even more entranced with him (similar to Will Herondale. I have a thing for broken, tortured hot guys I guess.) By the ending of CoFA I was flabbergasted and in tears. I cannot wait for the release of City of Lost Souls. This series is without a doubt my favourite YA series.
City of Fallen Angels deserves nothing less than 5 out of 5 stars!
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