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A review by milointhewoods
City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
1.0
if i’m being honest, i despise incest storylines. i don’t understand why someone would want to write one; how anyone can find them at all compelling; and i don’t understand any level of attraction between siblings.
i also really don’t like reading about rape, or sexual assault, especially when a story could easily have not included it. quite a large portion of this book i didn’t enjoy.
i only plowed through it because i absolutely adore some of cassandra clares other series and wanted to understand the basis for the world. i don’t think clary and jace are anywhere near as good primary characters as emma and julian are or james and cordelia. also quite a lot of the side characters aren’t really developed in this story, but go on to be developed later in other books.
it’s not all that bad, and i’ll probably reread it as a marathon or something in the future, but i just don’t like reading about incest. also it’s clear that cassie clares writing develops impressively in the coming series.
there are some enjoyable parts, i think the ending is really sweet and also leads on well to the further novels in the universe, and i do really like reading the little nods to other series and the references because i think it shows a skill for developing worlds. to conclude, this is probably cassies worst series, but it’s not awful. i did prefer the original trilogy to the addition trilogy though.
i also really don’t like reading about rape, or sexual assault, especially when a story could easily have not included it. quite a large portion of this book i didn’t enjoy.
i only plowed through it because i absolutely adore some of cassandra clares other series and wanted to understand the basis for the world. i don’t think clary and jace are anywhere near as good primary characters as emma and julian are or james and cordelia. also quite a lot of the side characters aren’t really developed in this story, but go on to be developed later in other books.
it’s not all that bad, and i’ll probably reread it as a marathon or something in the future, but i just don’t like reading about incest. also it’s clear that cassie clares writing develops impressively in the coming series.
there are some enjoyable parts, i think the ending is really sweet and also leads on well to the further novels in the universe, and i do really like reading the little nods to other series and the references because i think it shows a skill for developing worlds. to conclude, this is probably cassies worst series, but it’s not awful. i did prefer the original trilogy to the addition trilogy though.