I will admit, I debated whether to make a blog post on this series just because these are directed towards a younger audience but then I realized that it’s what I read. I enjoyed the series and I wanted to share that. Maybe there is someone else out there like me who might also think that The Mortal Instruments is a forgotten dream to read. Well, I’m here to tell you it’s not. It’s an amazing series and you should definitely read it.
“Because the world isn’t divided into special and the ordinary. Everyone has the potential to be extraordinary. As long as you have a soul and free will, you can be anything, do anything, choose anything.”
city of heavenly fire
Plot Summary
Sixteen-year-old Clary barges into the world of Shadowhunters. With the help of her new Shadowhunter friends, Alec, Isabelle, and Jace, she has to find a way to save her mom from the clutches of Valentine, the villain of the first three books. She uncovers hidden secrets while on her journey.
Throughout all the events, her childhood best friend, Simon, sticks by her side, eventually having his own role to play in the story. Relationships come together and fall apart in the series. Along with fighting against the evil in the world, Clary must overcome her own familial issues.
Books four through six, shift to a new villain that they must defeat and save the world in doing so. Truths become lies and things may not be what they seem.
Review
Cassandra Clare seems to have the entire Shadowhunter world mapped out. Inconspicuous details in one book could be an important factor in the next.
The Mortal Instruments is absolutely amazing! The character development is fantastic and Clare’s writing got exponentially better, in my opinion, as the books went on. She never let any side characters take away from the two main characters, Jace and Clary.
Cassandra Clare’s plot points are striking. She got characters in certain places that helped push the plot along. Every character had a purpose. Every. Single. One. She never added someone that didn’t play a role in the overall plot of the story which is awe-inspiring.
“Or maybe it’s just that beautiful things are so easily broken by the world”
city of fallen angels
If there is one character that I, personally, didn’t enjoy, it was Jocelyn. She was always against everything. She also didn’t want Clary and Jace to be together, so she’s already on my annoying characters list. I remember when she opened for (figurative) mouth I would yell into my friend’s Kindle with my utter annoyance at her presence.
Since I was debating on writing this book review, I didn’t really look at it in a more analytical perspective until the last book. Once I got to the final novel in the series. I was between consuming the rest of the story and not reading at all so that I didn’t finish the series.
Another thing that I felt was overdone was definitely some of the descriptive language. I remember one scene that Clary described someone’s eyelashes for a whole paragraph. I felt that could have been a few pages shorter if she left out this minute details.
The Mortal Instruments was a great read. You can definitely catch me rereading this series if I’m ever in a book slump.
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