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City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
4.0
3.75/5 stars, I'll be merciful and round it.
"I don't want to be a man," said Jace. "I want to be an angst-ridden teenager who can't confront his own inner demons and takes it out verbally on other people instead."
Oh brother... and sister.
By the Angel, I hope this goes without saying that I'm spoiling some Shadowhunter plot points in this. But here I am, saying it anyway.
I'll pretend the "incest" plot line doesn't exist for a few minutes (yes, you heard me correctly) as I try to write the first part of this review.
This book was a book. It had great pacing and some interesting plot points. I laughed a lot. I tried my best to acknowledge the good, I really did. But I truly don't have much to say on it.
Magnus Bane? I love you. Alec? I love you. Isabelle? I love you. Even Simon? I love you. Clary and Jace, however....
Okay, look. I know Clary and Jace aren't actually related. You now know they aren't actually related. But in this book? THEY think that they're related. This is why this "incest" plot line is DISGUSTING. I get it in some parts. They weren't raised together, They fell for each other before they knew, blah blah blah. But nothing gives me the major ICK vibes quite like finding out I liked someone who is RELATED TO ME. I've taken a whole star away from this book just for this. It could've been 4.75.
Magnus and Alec are great, though. Love those guys. They can keep doing what they're doing.
"I don't want to be a man," said Jace. "I want to be an angst-ridden teenager who can't confront his own inner demons and takes it out verbally on other people instead."
Oh brother... and sister.
By the Angel, I hope this goes without saying that I'm spoiling some Shadowhunter plot points in this. But here I am, saying it anyway.
I'll pretend the "incest" plot line doesn't exist for a few minutes (yes, you heard me correctly) as I try to write the first part of this review.
This book was a book. It had great pacing and some interesting plot points. I laughed a lot. I tried my best to acknowledge the good, I really did. But I truly don't have much to say on it.
Magnus Bane? I love you. Alec? I love you. Isabelle? I love you. Even Simon? I love you. Clary and Jace, however....
Okay, look. I know Clary and Jace aren't actually related. You now know they aren't actually related. But in this book? THEY think that they're related. This is why this "incest" plot line is DISGUSTING. I get it in some parts. They weren't raised together, They fell for each other before they knew, blah blah blah. But nothing gives me the major ICK vibes quite like finding out I liked someone who is RELATED TO ME. I've taken a whole star away from this book just for this. It could've been 4.75.
Magnus and Alec are great, though. Love those guys. They can keep doing what they're doing.