REVIEW: City of Ashes (#2) - Cassandra Clare

City of Ashes (#2) - Cassandra Clare
Series: The Mortal Instruments
Publisher: Walker
Format: Kindle
Pages: 476 Pages
Rating: ★★★

Goodreads Blurb

Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what's normal when you're a demon-slaying Shadowhunter, your mother is in a magically induced coma, and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? If Clary left the world of the Shadowhunters behind, it would mean more time with her best friend, Simon, who's becoming more than a friend. But the Shadowhunting world isn't ready to let her go — especially her handsome, infuriating, newfound brother, Jace. And Clary's only chance to help her mother is to track down rogue Shadowhunter Valentine, who is probably insane, certainly evil — and also her father.

To complicate matters, someone in New York City is murdering Downworlder children. Is Valentine behind the killings — and if he is, what is he trying to do? When the second of the Mortal Instruments, the Soul-Sword, is stolen, the terrifying Inquisitor arrives to investigate and zooms right in on Jace. How can Clary stop Valentine if Jace is willing to betray everything he believes in to help their father?

Thoughts

I had high hopes for this book, but it just didn't reach these, I found it to be a filler book, and not my favourite of the series.

I found the story somewhat slow going, and not wholly memorable, it was OK and I did like that it carried straight on from where City of Bones had left off so you were able to go straight from the first book to this one.

I loved Magnus Bane, and I love the chemistry between Magnus and Alec.

There isn't really much that I can say about this book. it was OK but not the greatest in the series, and I did carry on with the series (which I am glad about as the books did get better).