Can't believe it took me so long to find the book and then read it... But it was worth it. I've loved every single book in The Mortal Instruments series, and think Cassandra Clare has a great imagination. I don't know if you've read the rest of the books in the series, but you should totally read them.
Synopsis:
The demon Lilith has been destroyed and Jace has been freed from her captivity. But when the Shadowhunters arrive to rescue him, they find only blood and broken glass. Not only is the boy Clary loves missing–but so is the boy she hates, Sebastian, the son of her father Valentine: a son determined to succeed where their father failed, and bring the Shadowhunters to their knees.
No magic the Clave can summon can locate either boy, but Jace cannot stay away—not from Clary. When they meet again Clary discovers the horror Lilith’s dying magic has wrought—Jace is no longer the boy she loved. He and Sebastian are now bound to each other, and Jace has become what he most feared: a true servant of Valentine’s evil. The Clave is determined to destroy Sebastian, but there is no way to harm one boy without destroying the other. Will the Shadowhunters hesitate to kill one of their own?
Only a small band of Clary and Jace’s friends and family believe that Jace can still be saved — and that the fate of the Shadowhunters’ future may hinge on that salvation. They must defy the Clave and strike out on their own. Alec, Magnus, Simon and Isabelle must work together to save Jace: bargaining with the sinister Faerie Queen, contemplating deals with demons, and turning at last to the Iron Sisters, the reclusive and merciless weapons makers for the Shadowhunters, who tell them that no weapon on this earth can sever the bond between Sebastian and Jace. Their only chance of cutting Jace free is to challenge Heaven and Hell — a risk that could claim any, or all, of their lives.
And they must do it without Clary. For Clary has gone into the heart of darkness, to play a dangerous game utterly alone. The price of losing the game is not just her own life, but Jace’s soul. She’s willing to do anything for Jace, but can she even still trust him? Or is he truly lost? What price is too high to pay, even for love?
Yeah, a long synopsis, but this book couldn't be explained in any other way. Every book int The Mortal Instruments seems to have every single detail ready to be important in the next book. Everything that happens seems calculated, and that's something I love.
I don't usually love the main girl character in some books, but Clary in TMI is one of the few I do, besides Hermione in Harry Potter and Rose in Vampire Academy. But usually, the main girl makes me nervous.
I love Clary because of how her character is built. Her personality, her love for Jace and her stubborness are some of the things I admire in her. I love how she always does everything she can, even if it's really stupid and dangerous for her. But that's how she is. Reckless.
And then there's Jace. During the whole book, he's "possessed" by Clary's evil brother Sebastian, who's real name is Jonathan. He's not the real Jace, and Clary doesn't know what to feel towards him, doesn't know if she'll be ever to make the real Jace come back to her. She doesn't know if that person standing in front of her saying he loves her has anything of the old Jace inside.
The whole book is about finding out what Sebastian's plans are and how to make Jace come back, the real one. Clary goes alone with them, risking her life and her love for Jace, while her friends, Isabelle, Simon, Maia, Jordan and Alec, with Magnus, try to help from the distance.
Isabelle and Simon discover unknown feelings, while Alec struggles with his fear of growing up while Magnus stays immortal. Maia and Jordan try to solve their differences after all those years, while Luke, the leader of the werewolves of New York, is about to marry Clary's mom, Jocelyn. While they struggle with their own problems, they have to deal with evil Sebastian trying to make dark Shadowhunters and help demons.
In a world where demons and angels live as well as humans (who don't know about them at all), things like love, friendship and family can make a difference between being evil as a demon or being good as an angel.
I totally recommend the whole series to anyone who wants to read something different, a different world where demons and angels exist, where witches and wizards are immortal and vampires don't sparkle, and where being a werewolf means having a family.
Have you read it? Did you like it? :)
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