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.
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