<< ”Lead us from the unreal to the real - he read aloud - Lead us from darkness to light. Lead us from death to immortality. ”>>
-Cassandra Clare
Synopsis
What price is too high to pay, even for love? When Jace and Clary meet again, Clary is horrified to discover that the demon Lilith’s magic has bound her beloved Jace together with her evil brother Sebastian, and that Jace has become a servant of evil. The Clave is out to destroy Sebastian, but there is no way to harm one boy without destroying the other. As Alec, Magnus, Simon, and Isabelle wheedle and bargain with Seelies, demons, and the merciless Iron Sisters to try to save Jace, Clary plays a dangerous game of her own. The price of losing is not just her own life, but Jace’s soul. She’s willing to do anything for Jace, but can she still trust him? Or is he truly lost?
Love. Blood. Betrayal. Revenge. Darkness threatens to claim the Shadowhunters in the harrowing fifth book of the Mortal Instruments series.
Opinion
⭐5/5
Author: Cassandra Clare
Serie: Shadowhunters; Mortal Instruments
ISBN: 1442416866
Publishing House: Margaret K. McEldery Books
Pages: 546
Jace is missing, and the Clave has given up, they're not going to look for him ... for now. And when, Clary, who has not been able to do anything to find it, because the Clave has prevented it, learns this,she explodes. Clary, is absolutely sure that Sebastian has kidnapped Jace and is torturing him to get information. So she, along with Isabelle, Simon and Alec, are going to seek help with who else they hate, with the Seelie Queen.
But, in her search for the payment she demands from them, Clary, who hides to avoid being seen by Sebastian and Jace ..., realizes that Jace is more willing than helping her brother. However, this Jace is not HER Jace.
And when Jace searches for her and asks her to go with them, she doesn't hesitate to do it, because that's the only way she can be sure that Jace is safe. Her only communication with New York is Simon, yet she can be discovered at any time by her brother. Clary doesn't trust Sebastian, yet she decides to give him a second chance.
Meanwhile Isabelle, Alec, Magnus and Simon are looking for a way to break the link between Jace and Sebastián. However, not everything is quiet in the streets of the Big Apple, Maureen is the new leader of the city's vampire clan, and she is a little bloodthirsty.
Alec, fears of his own mortality, so he will seek help from the person who never thought he would listen to any advice, Camille Belcourt.
<< ”To hunt at night is black. For death and pain, white. In a wedding dress, gold. And the enchantments, in red. ”>>
-Cassandra Clare
Since the book began, I wanted to know where Jace was.
The end of the City of Fallen Angels definitely made me want to read this book immediately. That this book will begin with Simon's story, it definitely motivated me to keep reading.
City of Lost Souls was a book that kept my emotions on the surface. Although, from the beginning we know what is the main plot of this book, we do not know which is the second plot that this book has (by this, I mean Sebastian's plans), which adds mystery and suspense to this book . Adding, that Clary, lives with the enemy as a kind of spy, definitely kept me with the creeps. Not only that, that Alec, Simon, Magnus and Isabelle were exposed to high-risk situations, with dangers that no other shadowhunter has done before, definitely kept me in the leaves of this book.
In previous reviews of the books in this saga (Mortal Instruments) I mentioned that they are heavy readings, since each book contains a lot of information about what happens in the story. I have to change my mind with this book. Cassandra Clare, did a great job describing these scenes, not only adds more perspectives so we can read the full picture of the story. She gives more excitement to all these scenes, and by this I mean, that she goes deeper into each character, in relation to her emotions and her thoughts. And this is something I loved.
For this reason, we can read that the characters have matured, they are no longer the children that Cassandra presented to us in the first three books. They now know where they want to go, what they want to do in the future, and how they want to live their lives. This is reflected in Clary and Jace, who despite all that they lived with Valentine, continue to discover new facets of themselves, facets that they will decide if they want to keep or eliminate.
As I mentioned earlier, Cassandra gives us more insight into each character, and for this reason we get to know what each one's fears are in being in a relationship, especially Isabelle and Alec. Who fights their own internal battles to face these fears, and be able to be with those they love.
Although, it is a book in which we know the characters more. It is also a book that gives us more perspective on Sebastian's true plans, and, what is the plot of the last book of this saga.
If you want a fantasy book full of mystery and suspense, this is the right book, Dreamers.
-Daydream, 🌻🌻
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