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City of Heavenly Fire
by Cassandra Clare
Okay, so I'm finally adding my review.
I read this in ten hours. No joke. My mom saw me reading it, and then the next day, when I was reading something else, she was like, "That bad, huh?" and I told her, "No, it was fantabulous!" and she looked at me, then at the massive tome on the coffee table, and nearly yelled, "Don't you know how to take your time and savor a book?!"
No, mom, City of Heavenly Fire is not the kind of book to be savored in your first reading; it is to be devoured!
Anyway...from the minute I read the prologue, which holy crap! had my heart racing and my blood pumping, I knew that we were in for a crazy as all hell ride.
A few of my main points, since I don't necessarily want to drag on, and because I've already fangirled and hypothesized and freaked out with my friend, who also read/finished it.
1) I love Emma Carstairs. I love her, adore her and can't wait to follow her in The Dark Artifices. I think she's kick ass, sarcastic, funny and innocently intelligent (in which I mean she notices the things that not everyone would notice). I just...squeeeee!
2) Mark Blackthorn is going to be my baby. No ifs, ands, or buts about it, that two-toned eyed beauty is going to make my heart suffer about a thousand times more in TDA. I'll probably love Jules too, but Mark has already sunk an arrow in me.
3) I loved both Maia and Alec in COHF, for entirely different reasons. I admired Maia's bravery and courage and her strength and I think that she's going to be a kick ass pack leader. That fight for dominance was insane! And Alec, Mr. Sassmaster himself, really stepped up his game. Despite being heartbroken over Magnus, he was much more assertive and take charge, and between that and the most HILARIOUS one-liners EVER in TMI, he became one of my favorites.
4) Herondale cave sex. Must run in the family. Also, HE CHOSE HERONDALE!!!!!!
5) Magnus has got some serious daddy issues, and I have half a mind to go and torture Asmodeus in a very Sebastian-like manner. Speaking of whom...
6) I want to know how Cassandra Clare can make me deplore/sob over a character like Sebastian/Jonathan Morgenstern. Sebastian was cray and his ending was fantastic. I knew right away what was going to happen as soon as Clary stepped into the ring of fire, but still. You go girl! But then, between the dream Clary had and the real Jonathan popping out (WITH GREEN EYES!!) at the end, I was heartbroken for what could've been.
7) Brother Zachariah/Jem Carstairs/Zachariah. Still a badass. Can't wait for more from him and Tessa. Also, I saw the UK comic strip that we didn't get in the US edition and GROSS HYSTERICAL SOBBING WILL!!!!!
8) First, the affair between the Seelie Queen and Sebastian creeped me out. The entire time I was like, "Girl, can't you see that he's only sleeping with you because your red hair reminds him of Clary???". And then, I went on CC's tumblr and saw a post that has me hyperventilating like a long distance runner. We know that faerie women can carry children, Shadowhunter children, with no problem (Helen and Mark Blackthorn) and that the Queen proved interested in what that might be. CC then replied, when asked why the Seelie Queen didn't arrive for the trial herself, that "she had a very good reason for not wanting the Clave to see her." And all I can think about is AWW HELL NO THE SEELIE QUEEN IS PREGNANT WITH THE DEMON SHADOWHUNTER SPAWN OF SEBASTIAN FREAKING MORGENSTERN!!!!!! Considering that TDA is going to be very concerned with the fairies of Seelie and Unseelie, this could prove to be a really bad development.
9) The Clave does not learn. Ever. They are incapable of learning. I want to punch them repeatedly. Forever.
10) SIMON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have this headcanon (slightly supported by UK comic art) that Simon ascends, after which, his memories are restored (since he is now a part of the Shadow world) and he chooses the last name Daylight for his name and the sun as his sigil.
Over all, I did get emotional during this book, but I wasn't all out sobbing like I was by the end of Clockwork Princess (WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Still, it was a fantastic conclusion to an amazing series and I cannot wait for TDA to come out. Also the Simon Lewis Stories or whatever. All the stars for this one!
I read this in ten hours. No joke. My mom saw me reading it, and then the next day, when I was reading something else, she was like, "That bad, huh?" and I told her, "No, it was fantabulous!" and she looked at me, then at the massive tome on the coffee table, and nearly yelled, "Don't you know how to take your time and savor a book?!"
No, mom, City of Heavenly Fire is not the kind of book to be savored in your first reading; it is to be devoured!
Anyway...from the minute I read the prologue, which holy crap! had my heart racing and my blood pumping, I knew that we were in for a crazy as all hell ride.
A few of my main points, since I don't necessarily want to drag on, and because I've already fangirled and hypothesized and freaked out with my friend, who also read/finished it.
1) I love Emma Carstairs. I love her, adore her and can't wait to follow her in The Dark Artifices. I think she's kick ass, sarcastic, funny and innocently intelligent (in which I mean she notices the things that not everyone would notice). I just...squeeeee!
2) Mark Blackthorn is going to be my baby. No ifs, ands, or buts about it, that two-toned eyed beauty is going to make my heart suffer about a thousand times more in TDA. I'll probably love Jules too, but Mark has already sunk an arrow in me.
3) I loved both Maia and Alec in COHF, for entirely different reasons. I admired Maia's bravery and courage and her strength and I think that she's going to be a kick ass pack leader. That fight for dominance was insane! And Alec, Mr. Sassmaster himself, really stepped up his game. Despite being heartbroken over Magnus, he was much more assertive and take charge, and between that and the most HILARIOUS one-liners EVER in TMI, he became one of my favorites.
4) Herondale cave sex. Must run in the family. Also, HE CHOSE HERONDALE!!!!!!
5) Magnus has got some serious daddy issues, and I have half a mind to go and torture Asmodeus in a very Sebastian-like manner. Speaking of whom...
6) I want to know how Cassandra Clare can make me deplore/sob over a character like Sebastian/Jonathan Morgenstern. Sebastian was cray and his ending was fantastic. I knew right away what was going to happen as soon as Clary stepped into the ring of fire, but still. You go girl! But then, between the dream Clary had and the real Jonathan popping out (WITH GREEN EYES!!) at the end, I was heartbroken for what could've been.
7) Brother Zachariah/Jem Carstairs/Zachariah. Still a badass. Can't wait for more from him and Tessa. Also, I saw the UK comic strip that we didn't get in the US edition and GROSS HYSTERICAL SOBBING WILL!!!!!
8) First, the affair between the Seelie Queen and Sebastian creeped me out. The entire time I was like, "Girl, can't you see that he's only sleeping with you because your red hair reminds him of Clary???". And then, I went on CC's tumblr and saw a post that has me hyperventilating like a long distance runner. We know that faerie women can carry children, Shadowhunter children, with no problem (Helen and Mark Blackthorn) and that the Queen proved interested in what that might be. CC then replied, when asked why the Seelie Queen didn't arrive for the trial herself, that "she had a very good reason for not wanting the Clave to see her." And all I can think about is AWW HELL NO THE SEELIE QUEEN IS PREGNANT WITH THE DEMON SHADOWHUNTER SPAWN OF SEBASTIAN FREAKING MORGENSTERN!!!!!! Considering that TDA is going to be very concerned with the fairies of Seelie and Unseelie, this could prove to be a really bad development.
9) The Clave does not learn. Ever. They are incapable of learning. I want to punch them repeatedly. Forever.
10) SIMON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have this headcanon (slightly supported by UK comic art) that Simon ascends, after which, his memories are restored (since he is now a part of the Shadow world) and he chooses the last name Daylight for his name and the sun as his sigil.
Over all, I did get emotional during this book, but I wasn't all out sobbing like I was by the end of Clockwork Princess (WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Still, it was a fantastic conclusion to an amazing series and I cannot wait for TDA to come out. Also the Simon Lewis Stories or whatever. All the stars for this one!