In the last book, Clary stabbed Jace with the Archangel Michael's sword, Glorious. The power of the sword was that it destroyed evil within good, but if the evil outweighed the good, than the soul was killed. In Jace, evil was only the bond that made him bonded and loyal to Sebastian. However, that was now gone, and now Jace is Jace, only with a little tweak.
The power bestowed in the sword was Heavenly Fire, and when Jace was stabbed, the sword dissolved into his body, making the Heavenly Fire run through his veins. If you ask me, this is just freaking awesome. Now stronger, faster, and better than ever, can Jace defeat Sebastian?
Sebastian has proved countless of times that the Clave cannot defeat him alone. Sebastian and his endarkened army attacked several institutes and turned about 400 shadowhunters to endarked. Although he failed to succeed in an attack against the London Institute, he killed the entire Praetus Lupus, including Jordan, leaving a message for all downworlders that if they ally with the Clave then they will be killed with them but if they did not then they will be spared.
Crap, is what is going through ever clave member's head. How can they win this war when they cannot match their strength? In a battle at the Citadel, where the Iron Sisters forge the shadowhunter weapons, Jace ended up just flying throught the endarkened effortlessly with the heavenly fire flowing through his blood. Like a piece of cake. But Sebastian was still faster, and stabbed him in the shoulder only for the heavenly fire to attack back through the blade in Jace's chest making Sebastian flee.
About halfway through this book, I am seeing the world through countless views. There's action everywhere through every character and every place inside and outside of Alacante, where the Clave City Hall lies. The author has done a really good job with this, switching from point of view through point of view, having multiple different character stories entwined together to make this novel the novel it is. Building the intensity to make what a last book of a series be the best ending of a complete overall story. Flawless with the imagery, details, expansion of imagination to use with the massive concrete details. It is hard to not imagine the characters and their expressions, the setting, the surroundings, the way they move and act and react. I look forward to writing more of this novel, especially to finding out how it will all end.
Saturday, November 8, 2014
The Mortal Instruments: City of Lost Souls
Alright, so I already finished the book, and it just left me in complete desperation to open the last novel of the series. Not any different from the first four novels, while reading I was able to envision everything in my head as I was reading, like a movie. Although the movie for the first book, City of Bones lacked a majority of the book's plot and detail. Anyways, City of Lost Souls left me in shock.
Jace and Clary without a doubt are 100% in love with each other. In fact that is why Clary took the risk of joining Sebastian and Jace when they came for her, on their conquest on rebuilding the world. Clary knew, however, that Jace wasn't being himself and that was why she went along, to see how to, if she could, save him. But, at least she had a plan. She knew Jace and Sebastian were traveling through dimensions, so she stole the Fairy Rings, and gave the other pair to Simon. The ability of the Fairy Rings were that they were able to communicate through each others' minds, without speaking, and without a limited distance. Little to know, however, that Sebastian have been allies with the Fairies and planned it all along. Yet, this was only the beginning of what the ending was.
Everything began to move faster and faster, along with the tension of the novel. It worked out perfectly if you ask me. The author as always used beyond what enough description and action could be. After Clary found out Sebastian's true plan, to rise endarkened shadowhunters by rising Lilith from the dead and extinguishing all other shadowhunters by killing them or turning them to be endarkened, and extinguishing the world of the downworlders too, she did the unthinkable.
It was impossible to kill Sebastian without killing Jace, and vice versa because they were linked with demon blood. That was until Simon summoned the angel Raziel. After finding only useless ideas, summoning the angel was the best option for Magnus, Isable, Alec, Jordan, and Simon. Magnus being the warlock that did all the magic, Isabelle being Simon's undefined girlfriend, and Alec's being Isabelle's brother and Magnus' lover, and Jordan being Simon's protector from the Praetus Lupus. The reason why the vampire (Simon) summoned Raziel was because he was the one who wore the mark of Cain, that prevented Raziel from killing him instantly because it was against the Heavenly Orders to ever summon an angel. To get to the point, Simon had his Mark of Cain stripped from him in exchanged for Michael's sword "Glorious" because that was the only weapon that could be used to harm Sebastian without harming Jace. It rid evil in a soul, and if the evil outweighed the good, than it would've dissolved the source killing it. So now, killing Sebastian was back into the equation of winning a war that they were losing.
Nonetheless, getting Sebastian was still impossible. The nearest chance they had was when Magnus, Alec, Isabelle, Jocelyn (Clary's mother), and other clave members, ambushed Sebastian and his endarkened warriors during a ritual where they turned Luke's sister into and endarkened. They managed to win the fight, but only because Sebastian had fled. However, before he fled, Clary escaped from him, and ran towards Simon who then gave her Glorious. And then the unthinkable happened. She couldn't get to Sebastian with Jace, under a spell, blocking her. So, she ran Glorious through Jace's chest.
Honestly, this book ended perfectly. The author gave the element of surprise better than ever expected. And now, the begin the last book of this amazing series. City of Heavenly Fire.
Jace and Clary without a doubt are 100% in love with each other. In fact that is why Clary took the risk of joining Sebastian and Jace when they came for her, on their conquest on rebuilding the world. Clary knew, however, that Jace wasn't being himself and that was why she went along, to see how to, if she could, save him. But, at least she had a plan. She knew Jace and Sebastian were traveling through dimensions, so she stole the Fairy Rings, and gave the other pair to Simon. The ability of the Fairy Rings were that they were able to communicate through each others' minds, without speaking, and without a limited distance. Little to know, however, that Sebastian have been allies with the Fairies and planned it all along. Yet, this was only the beginning of what the ending was.
Everything began to move faster and faster, along with the tension of the novel. It worked out perfectly if you ask me. The author as always used beyond what enough description and action could be. After Clary found out Sebastian's true plan, to rise endarkened shadowhunters by rising Lilith from the dead and extinguishing all other shadowhunters by killing them or turning them to be endarkened, and extinguishing the world of the downworlders too, she did the unthinkable.
It was impossible to kill Sebastian without killing Jace, and vice versa because they were linked with demon blood. That was until Simon summoned the angel Raziel. After finding only useless ideas, summoning the angel was the best option for Magnus, Isable, Alec, Jordan, and Simon. Magnus being the warlock that did all the magic, Isabelle being Simon's undefined girlfriend, and Alec's being Isabelle's brother and Magnus' lover, and Jordan being Simon's protector from the Praetus Lupus. The reason why the vampire (Simon) summoned Raziel was because he was the one who wore the mark of Cain, that prevented Raziel from killing him instantly because it was against the Heavenly Orders to ever summon an angel. To get to the point, Simon had his Mark of Cain stripped from him in exchanged for Michael's sword "Glorious" because that was the only weapon that could be used to harm Sebastian without harming Jace. It rid evil in a soul, and if the evil outweighed the good, than it would've dissolved the source killing it. So now, killing Sebastian was back into the equation of winning a war that they were losing.
Nonetheless, getting Sebastian was still impossible. The nearest chance they had was when Magnus, Alec, Isabelle, Jocelyn (Clary's mother), and other clave members, ambushed Sebastian and his endarkened warriors during a ritual where they turned Luke's sister into and endarkened. They managed to win the fight, but only because Sebastian had fled. However, before he fled, Clary escaped from him, and ran towards Simon who then gave her Glorious. And then the unthinkable happened. She couldn't get to Sebastian with Jace, under a spell, blocking her. So, she ran Glorious through Jace's chest.
Honestly, this book ended perfectly. The author gave the element of surprise better than ever expected. And now, the begin the last book of this amazing series. City of Heavenly Fire.
Friday, October 24, 2014
City Of Lost Souls (Entry #3)
Wow... Wow... Wow... Almost done with the book, and it is still making me thirst for the next page and the page after. When Jace goes missing, and then comes back out of nowhere with the son of Valentine who once tried to destroy the world but was killed by the angel Raziel, Clary's brother, Sebastian.
Basically, Valentine only saw weakness and failure and a destroyed force within the shadowhunter realm, and wanted to "purify" it by first, erasing the existence of it with an army of downworlders (demons, vampires, werewolves, witches, greater demons, etc,). However, when he summoned the Angel Raziel, after killing Jace, and asked for his favor, Raziel only saw darkness in him and spat on him, killing him instantly. He then revived Jace at the request for Clary who was there paralyzed witnessing everything. Yet, that wasn't the end of Valentine's legacy.
Sebastian had followed Valentine in his mission, died in a battle with Jace. However, a high powerful witch, Lilith, recovered his body and kept him barely alive. Since Jace had died and then been revived, his protection wards against possession were vanished and it gave Lilith the opportunity to use it to her advantage. She possessed him to lure Clary to her, using her as a chess piece to lure Simon, who could revive Sebastian at full power.
Simon was just a normal human, until he was bit and turned into a vampire. However, in the middle of one of Valentine's battles he was drained of his blood and left to die, but Jace had let Simon feed off of him to help him recover because Jace knew how much Simon meant to her as a brother. After that, it allowed Simon to walk in daylight even though he was a vampire. Still, Clary did not want to take another chance of that happening, and with Clary's ability to create new runes (runes are what give Shadow Hunters the abilities they have such as being fearless, silent, stronger, faster, etc., but only they could bear the runes because if a mundane were to bear one it would kill him instantly), she gave Simon the Mark of Cain that would smite any death threatening force. However, because he was a vampire, he would have been able to feed from Sebastian, reviving him with the vampire blood. It would not have turned Sebastian however since he was still born a nephilim, a servant of heaven that possessed Angel blood. Lilith's plan did not end successfully however, as when she tried to struck Clary, Simon jumped in front of the hit, causing the Mark of Cain to smite Lilith.
Back to City of Lost Souls, although Lilith's plan did not turn out successful, Sebastian was still partly alive and Lilith had manage to bond him to Jace. To move forward, Sebastian possessed Jace and made him bond with him and now they're both about to burn down the world reviving Lilith and opening a whole that would allow demons to come through. Creating a war that would last to the last survivor.
When I am reading this, I just envision the show Dexter. As if Jace is Dexter and Bryan is Sebastian, because Dexter is the good force of the two, and Sebastian is the ruthless and senseless one who is just willing to see black and white, no shades of gray. Personalities very similar, but still very different. The book has begun to move more faster, however it works perfectly because the intensity is increasing and a book is just disappointing if it drags out a situation too long. I have yet to see how this book ends, I simply cannot wait.
Basically, Valentine only saw weakness and failure and a destroyed force within the shadowhunter realm, and wanted to "purify" it by first, erasing the existence of it with an army of downworlders (demons, vampires, werewolves, witches, greater demons, etc,). However, when he summoned the Angel Raziel, after killing Jace, and asked for his favor, Raziel only saw darkness in him and spat on him, killing him instantly. He then revived Jace at the request for Clary who was there paralyzed witnessing everything. Yet, that wasn't the end of Valentine's legacy.
Sebastian had followed Valentine in his mission, died in a battle with Jace. However, a high powerful witch, Lilith, recovered his body and kept him barely alive. Since Jace had died and then been revived, his protection wards against possession were vanished and it gave Lilith the opportunity to use it to her advantage. She possessed him to lure Clary to her, using her as a chess piece to lure Simon, who could revive Sebastian at full power.
Simon was just a normal human, until he was bit and turned into a vampire. However, in the middle of one of Valentine's battles he was drained of his blood and left to die, but Jace had let Simon feed off of him to help him recover because Jace knew how much Simon meant to her as a brother. After that, it allowed Simon to walk in daylight even though he was a vampire. Still, Clary did not want to take another chance of that happening, and with Clary's ability to create new runes (runes are what give Shadow Hunters the abilities they have such as being fearless, silent, stronger, faster, etc., but only they could bear the runes because if a mundane were to bear one it would kill him instantly), she gave Simon the Mark of Cain that would smite any death threatening force. However, because he was a vampire, he would have been able to feed from Sebastian, reviving him with the vampire blood. It would not have turned Sebastian however since he was still born a nephilim, a servant of heaven that possessed Angel blood. Lilith's plan did not end successfully however, as when she tried to struck Clary, Simon jumped in front of the hit, causing the Mark of Cain to smite Lilith.
Back to City of Lost Souls, although Lilith's plan did not turn out successful, Sebastian was still partly alive and Lilith had manage to bond him to Jace. To move forward, Sebastian possessed Jace and made him bond with him and now they're both about to burn down the world reviving Lilith and opening a whole that would allow demons to come through. Creating a war that would last to the last survivor.
When I am reading this, I just envision the show Dexter. As if Jace is Dexter and Bryan is Sebastian, because Dexter is the good force of the two, and Sebastian is the ruthless and senseless one who is just willing to see black and white, no shades of gray. Personalities very similar, but still very different. The book has begun to move more faster, however it works perfectly because the intensity is increasing and a book is just disappointing if it drags out a situation too long. I have yet to see how this book ends, I simply cannot wait.
Thursday, October 16, 2014
The Mortal Instruments: City Of Lost Souls (2)
Halfway done through the novel, and I'm scared to finish the book. This book has had twists that would make one want to pull their hair out and enter the novel just to feel the intensity and action. The plot of the story is moving more rapidly now, from Jace still being lost and then appearing out of nowhere in the Institute, to Clary finally joining him but with plans to reveal his and Sebastien's plot to "purify" the world from all that is created evil. At this point the story could turn at any point, and the excitement is unbearable. What will happen next? That question always running through your head as you keep turning the page. Will Magnus summon the demon Azazel to retrieve a demon weapon powerful enough to kill Sebastien without killing Jace? Will they instead summon an angel and trap it under spells to give up Michael's sword? How will Isabelle tell her vampire boyfriend Simon who is Clary's best friend that she's fallen in love with him when she cannot tell herself that? So many questions to be answered within the last pages of the novel.
The Mortal Instruments: City Of Lost Souls
First off, just to say, wow. Cassandra Clare, the author, has not let me down yet. Whenever I am reading the novel, it is like a movie screening through my thoughts as I imagine everything happening. I can easily imagine two of the main characters, Jace Waceland and Clary Fray/Morgenstern. Since the first novel of the series, City of Bones, Clare has explicitly described them both for every emotion they had and their physical responses for that emotion. Most specifically Jace. The way Clare fleshed him out was like an angel worthy shadowhunter. Perfect and fearless at fighting demons, wolves, vampires, and any other downworlder. Along with that, his physical appearances were that of an angel to one's eyes, how every girl in the book would just drool over him, the way Clary did, and also the way he was so confident in himself he practically was the most self conceded person who used it to flatter everything he spoke to. Besides the fact that he is the one who killed Sebastien Morgenstern (yes, Clary's brother), although a witch did revive Sebastien and ended up binding himself with Jace (if one cuts, the other cuts, kill one, you kill the other). With being so descriptive, Clare still managed to keep the story ongoing and paced rather fast. In this novel, City of Lost Souls, there are several flashbacks as Clary is trying to save Jace. But it doesn't interrupt the story, it actually helps because it makes you feel like you're that person in that immediate moment.
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