City of Ashes is the second installment of Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments Trilogy. Action-packed and fast-moving right from the beginning, it doesn’t give you the usual, expected time to get used to your surroundings before it gets going. Taking up where City of Bones left off, Clary’s mother is still in a coma, Valentine is still evil, and Jace is still complete snarkiness. read more
Description: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 fClary 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?
In this breathtaking sequel to City of Bones, Cassandra Clare lures her readers back into the dark grip of New York City's Downworld, where love is never safe and power becomes the deadliest temptation.
“City of Ashes is the second installment of Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments Trilogy. Action-packed and fast-moving right from the beginning, it doesn’t give you the usual, expected time to get used to your surroundings before it gets going. Taking up where City of Bones left off, Clary’s mother is still in a coma, Valentine is still evil, and Jace is still complete snarkiness.
The majority of the Shadowhunters believe Jace is in cahoots with Valentine, and that he knows why Valentine stole the Mortal Cup; the Inquisitor of the Clave has arrived and is trying to get to the bottom of the mess. Clary is attempting to help Jace as well as attempting to keep her loved ones safe, which isn’t always easy when you’ve just discovered that werewolves, vampires, warlocks, fair” read more
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