City of Heavenly Fire

" In this dazzling and long-awaited conclusion to the acclaimed Mortal Instruments series, Clary and her friends fight the greatest evil they have ever faced: Clary's own brother.

Sebastian Morgenstern is on the move, systematically turning Shadowhunter against Shadowhunter. Bearing the Infernal Cup, he transforms Shadowhunters into creatures out of nightmare, tearing apart families and lovers as the ranks of his Endarkened army swell.

The embattled Shadowhunters withdraw to Idris - but not even the famed demon towers of Alicante can keep Sebastian at bay. And with the Nephilim trapped in Idris, who will guard the world against demons?

When one of the greatest betrayals the Nephilim have ever known is revealed, Clary, Jace, Isabelle, Simon, and Alec must flee - even if their journey takes them deep into the demon realms, where no Shadowhunter has set foot before, and from which no human being has ever returned...Love will be sacrificed and lives lost in the terrible battle for the fate of the word in the thrilling final installment of the classic urban fantasy series The Mortal Instruments! "

City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

Book 6 of The Mortal Instruments

725 pages

I have been a fan of Cassandra Clare's books for a couple of years and reading The Mortal Instruments' last book was pretty depressing as I turned one of the last pages and read the end. I think that if you stuck with the books long enough and read them and waited for them as long as you have, then you grow with them. From the first book to the last book, we've laughed and cried and about threw our books out the window in anger. We've grown up with the characters and I guess that's what makes book series so special.

Many of us started off reading City of Heavenly Fire with a million questions and a growing fear for our beloved characters. Death for some of them was inevitable. Sebastian would never have allowed any of them to go free without any pain or injury.

Like the other five books before, City of Heavenly Fire makes us crave more and more and more! The characters' laugh-inducing comments and steamy little scenes when no one else is around makes me wish this wasn't the end. Side by side with the happy moments, there were moments between the characters that brought tears to my eyes and moments where my anger could have been as deadly as the Heavenly Fire that courses through Jace's veins. When I spent my days reading this book, my feelings went from anguish to laughter and sadness to a feeling of content. It's no wonder there's millions and millions of copies sold in over 30 languages!

As many fans know, the ending of The Mortal Instruments will not be our last moment dealing with the Shadowhunters. Last year, we said goodbye to the characters of The Infernal Devices(TID) and next year, we'll be saying hello to The Dark Artifices(TDA). In City of Heavenly Fire, we catch a couple scenes with characters from TID and characters from TDA. It was wonderful seeing the characters interact and seeing how Clare artfully weaves their stories together.

There were many things that happened within this book that I had never even imagined could happen. Like most good authors, Clare neatly wraps loose ends up. Unlike other authors, she creates new loose ends that are most likely going to be tied up in TDA.

All great things come to an end and I can't say that I imagined a better ending for The Mortal Instruments.
Ave Atque Vale Mortal Instruments,
Amor verus numquam moritur

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Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare GIVEAWAY

"Tessa Gray should be happy - aren't all brides happy?
Yet as she prepares for her wedding, a net of shadows begins to tighten around the Shadowhunters of the London Institute.
A new demon appears, one linked by blood and secrecy to Mortmain, the man who plans to use his army of pitiless automatons, the Infernal Devices, to destroy the Shadowhunters. Mortmain needs only one last item to complete his plan. He needs Tessa. And Jem and Will, the boys who lay equal claim to Tessa's heart, will do anything to save her."

Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
Book 3 of The Infernal Devices
568 pages

Tessa Gray had agreed to marry Jem Carstairs, a Shadowhunter that is slowly dying because of his reluctant addiction to yin fen. What's worst is that Tessa is also in love with another, Jem's parabatai--Will Herondale.

As you know, this is the last book in The Infernal Devices series. This is most likely the last time we will ever read about our beloved London Shadowhunters. But, Cassandra has stated that she is working on a series, initialed TLH, about the next generation from our Shadowhunters.

Like all of Cassandra's other books, there is pain, suffering, hopelessness, death, and happiness all at once. Most of her fans have already become accustomed to this, but Clockwork Princess is the most dreaded one yet. This is, in fact, the first series of hers that has officially ended.

Tessa Gray is a strong lead character that many of us have seen ourselves in. Why? Of course it's because of her fondness for books. She quotes, reads, lives and breathes in the words of books. She changes, rapidly, from the somewhat terrified New Yorker to a girl that can definitely hold her own. There's an usual thing about her though... She has the power to Change into another person by just holding onto an object of theirs. "With great power comes great responsibility," said basically every wise character in fiction. Tessa is wanted by Mortmain because her power can destroy the Shadowhunters she's come to know and love.

Mortmain is a mundane that was raised by a warlock couple. They had raised him as their own and he had come to love them as his parents... Until one day, his parents are killed without reason. Resentful of Shadowhunters and seeking revenge, he constructs an army of clockwork creatures to kill all of the Shadowhunters. He has planned everything through and through.. All he needs to complete his plan is Tessa, but the Shadowhunters she's befriended are not willing to go down without a fight.

Will Herondale is witty, humorous, beautiful, and deadly to his enemies. He, like Tessa, lives and breathes the words from the pages of his favorite books. He is like a rose with dozens of thorns to stop you from going near him. Will was cursed so that all he loved and all that loved him would die. As we know from Clockwork Prince, he, with the help of warlock Magnus Bane, discovered that his curse was nothing but a lie from a devious demon. In love and desperate to make things right, he confessed his love to Tessa. It was all to no avail for Jem had proposed to her just moments before and Tessa had told him that she did not return his feelings for her at all. In Clockwork Princess, he is sad but at the same time happy. If he would not get the love of his life, he would do everything to ensure that Jem and Tessa would stay together. He knows that Jem is dying and he will do whatever he can to stop it. When Jem is close to dying and Tessa is still in danger.. Who will he stay with--his love or his parabatai?

Jem Carstairs is dying. He's known for all his life that he would die and leave his parabatai behind. He is determined to live as long as he can with Tessa, even if that time is quickly ticking. Jem is calm and careful unlike his blue-eyed parabatai. He and Will are near inseparable. As Mortmain is getting closer to taking Tessa away from them all, how can he possibly try to save her life when his is draining away?

There will be twists, turns, and every road block imaginable for the Shadowhunters of the London Institute. The Consul is growing ever doubtful if Mortmain is really coming to take Tessa and destroy all of their race. Jem is dying and there is nothing they can do. When it comes time for the final battle, who will side with them?

There will be tears and you will want to throw the book a couple of times or scream out in your sadness, but it will all be worth it. Cassandra ties up all of the loose ends of the series(also managing to answer some questions we had about The Mortal Instruments) and make it all work in a way that is uniquely its own.

Not so surprisingly, the ending is exactly as I wished it to be. As many fans said, the ending is bittersweet. As bittersweet as it is, you will absolutely love it.

Using Cassandra's own words:
Ave Atque Vale Infernal Devices


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