City Of Glass – JenniElyse

Title: City of Glass
Author: Cassandra Clare
Series: Mortal Instruments #3
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult
Spice: 0.5 / 5
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 541
Reason Read: Play Book Tag
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Also in this series: City of Bones, City of Ashes, City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls, City of Heavenly Fire

My Thoughts

CITY OF GLASS was way more intense than the first two books. I had to take several breaks to let my heightened nerves relax. I’ve been trying to figure out a way to explain the intensity of this series to people who ask me what the books are about and this is what I’ve come up with:

Imagine the frustration with the love triangle situation in ECLIPSE and add in the suspense and edge-of-your-seat feeling from the last three Harry Potter books or even THE HUNGER GAMES. Unlike the Twilight Saga or Harry Potter, the books don’t just deal with one of those situations at a time. They deal with both intense situations throughout the entire series and it just escalates with each one. I was literally captivated by the story within the first chapter of CITY OF BONES and my captivation hasn’t waned since.

This ending is probably the best ending to a series I’ve ever read. I know I haven’t read a lot of series at this point, but I still feel that way. Neither the story nor the ending felt contrived. It didn’t feel like it was forced to go a particular way to meet the author’s expectations. The characters grew and they still acted like you expected them too. Most of the conflict was resolved, but some of it was left open for future possibilities. The ending wasn’t too fluffy or over-the-top, yet it left you satisfied. I’m very pleased with how things turned out and I can’t wait to read the stories again in the future.

Update: When I read this for a third time, I listened to the audiobook and really enjoyed it. I thought Natalie Moore did an amazing job with each of the characters. Thankfully, there weren’t any issues with the structure of the audiobook like there was with CITY OF ASHES, which made for a better read.