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City of Lost Souls (The Mortal Instruments, #5)
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bookshelves: book-series, young-adult-fantasy, 2023-reads, 3-stars, audiobook, lgbtqa, re-read
Jan 31, 2016
bookshelves: book-series, young-adult-fantasy, 2023-reads, 3-stars, audiobook, lgbtqa, re-read
Read 2 times. Last read January 3, 2023 to January 4, 2023.
3 Stars
Well... this re-read isn't going to plan is it. In the second section of TMI I gave City of Fallen Angels 2 Stars and now this 3 Stars and I honestly just have a mix of so many feels. I don't know how to explain it because this series is something that made me enjoy reading again, and when I've re-read I'm just rolling my eyes. I mean I know I'm not the intended Target Audience anymore, I just thought because I absolutely love TID it may be similar, but yeah...
So I think I'm going to get my main gripe off my chest and throw it into the world. The thing that I hate so much about this series? It's Clary. I just don't like her, I think she's so ignorant to the world with these Jace shaped love goggles on and I want to just shake her and tell her to see sense. Out of all of the characters in the Shadowhunter world I just can't with her. The level of selfishness she goes to in this book, not letting Jace go, pretty much forcing Simon to tell her mum where she's gone and get the brunt. She drives me insaneeeeeeeee. As she is a main character it's so hard for me to just kind of push her to the side of my vision because everything she does just boils my blood.
Dare I say this... I think I will. I was low key bored. NOTHING happens for so long of the book. SO LONG.
Still not over Alec and Magnus with Alec being shitty over him being immprtal and has had multiple partners... Please for the love of god get over it.
My love for Simon and Izzy is just ever growing it would seem, I need something to root for in this series and I have decided I choose them.
The last 100 or less pages it definitely picked up and you can see it's setting up Heavenly Fire. I always think to myself why do I not remember a lot of this series and it all makes sense!
Now the biggest shock of them all... am I... ME, begining to like Jace? Maybe it's just the Herondale aspect but here we are.
Honorable mentions:
- All of the references to Infernal Devices (WILL HERONDALE)
- Erm, Jace doesn't like Ducks, this should be a Will thing only just saying...
- Sebastian is awful and I love it :) :) :)
- Sneaky sneaking Faeries
- Luke saying such kind things about Clary and saying she was his, my lil heart
- Sebastian was creepy and in an incest way and it made me feel ill.
- Why are Maia and Jordan a thing?
Overall, I have come to the conclusion... I am legit sick to death of Clary.
The End.
All Cassandra Clare Reviews:
The Infernal Devices
Clockwork Angel - 5 Stars
Clockwork Prince - 5 Stars
Clockwork Princess - 5 Stars
The Infernal Devices (Manga) Reviews:
Clockwork Angel - 5 Stars
Clockwork Prince - 5 Stars
Clockwork Princess - 5 Stars
The Last Hours
Chain of Gold - 4 Stars
Chain of Iron - 5 Stars
Chain of Thorns - 4 Stars
The Mortal Instruments
City of Bones - 5 Stars
City of Ashes - 4 Stars
City of Glass - 4 Stars
City of Fallen Angels - 2 Stars
City of Lost Souls - 3 Stars
City of Heavenly Fire - 4 Stars
The Eldest Curses
The Red Scrolls of Magic - 3 Stars
The Dark Artifices
Lady Midnight - 5 Stars
Lord of Shadows - 5 Stars
Queen of Air and Darkness - 5 Stars
Well... this re-read isn't going to plan is it. In the second section of TMI I gave City of Fallen Angels 2 Stars and now this 3 Stars and I honestly just have a mix of so many feels. I don't know how to explain it because this series is something that made me enjoy reading again, and when I've re-read I'm just rolling my eyes. I mean I know I'm not the intended Target Audience anymore, I just thought because I absolutely love TID it may be similar, but yeah...
So I think I'm going to get my main gripe off my chest and throw it into the world. The thing that I hate so much about this series? It's Clary. I just don't like her, I think she's so ignorant to the world with these Jace shaped love goggles on and I want to just shake her and tell her to see sense. Out of all of the characters in the Shadowhunter world I just can't with her. The level of selfishness she goes to in this book, not letting Jace go, pretty much forcing Simon to tell her mum where she's gone and get the brunt. She drives me insaneeeeeeeee. As she is a main character it's so hard for me to just kind of push her to the side of my vision because everything she does just boils my blood.
Dare I say this... I think I will. I was low key bored. NOTHING happens for so long of the book. SO LONG.
Still not over Alec and Magnus with Alec being shitty over him being immprtal and has had multiple partners... Please for the love of god get over it.
My love for Simon and Izzy is just ever growing it would seem, I need something to root for in this series and I have decided I choose them.
The last 100 or less pages it definitely picked up and you can see it's setting up Heavenly Fire. I always think to myself why do I not remember a lot of this series and it all makes sense!
Now the biggest shock of them all... am I... ME, begining to like Jace? Maybe it's just the Herondale aspect but here we are.
Honorable mentions:
- All of the references to Infernal Devices (WILL HERONDALE)
- Erm, Jace doesn't like Ducks, this should be a Will thing only just saying...
- Sebastian is awful and I love it :) :) :)
- Sneaky sneaking Faeries
- Luke saying such kind things about Clary and saying she was his, my lil heart
- Sebastian was creepy and in an incest way and it made me feel ill.
- Why are Maia and Jordan a thing?
Overall, I have come to the conclusion... I am legit sick to death of Clary.
The End.
All Cassandra Clare Reviews:
The Infernal Devices
Clockwork Angel - 5 Stars
Clockwork Prince - 5 Stars
Clockwork Princess - 5 Stars
The Infernal Devices (Manga) Reviews:
Clockwork Angel - 5 Stars
Clockwork Prince - 5 Stars
Clockwork Princess - 5 Stars
The Last Hours
Chain of Gold - 4 Stars
Chain of Iron - 5 Stars
Chain of Thorns - 4 Stars
The Mortal Instruments
City of Bones - 5 Stars
City of Ashes - 4 Stars
City of Glass - 4 Stars
City of Fallen Angels - 2 Stars
City of Lost Souls - 3 Stars
City of Heavenly Fire - 4 Stars
The Eldest Curses
The Red Scrolls of Magic - 3 Stars
The Dark Artifices
Lady Midnight - 5 Stars
Lord of Shadows - 5 Stars
Queen of Air and Darkness - 5 Stars
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Reading Progress
Finished Reading
January 31, 2016
– Shelved
March 14, 2020
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book-series
December 31, 2021
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young-adult-fantasy
January 3, 2023
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Started Reading
January 3, 2023
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22.8%
"Clary is legit in her own Jace land when it comes to all things in the Shadowhunter world and just doesn’t get it 😂"
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January 4, 2023
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2023-reads
January 4, 2023
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3-stars
January 4, 2023
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audiobook
January 4, 2023
– Shelved as:
lgbtqa
January 4, 2023
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re-read
January 4, 2023
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Finished Reading