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.

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.