City of Lost Souls (Mortal Instruments) [Tapa blanda]

I love this series by Cassandra Clare! I know a lot of people are getting sick of how Cassandra has chosen to write book after book. I was also a little hesitant at first, and thought that the series should've ended at City of glass. But I just can't seem to get enough of Jace!

In City of lost souls Lilith, the demon has been destroyed and Jace and Sebastian are missing. Clary, not getting any help from the Clave, decides to go out and find them herself. Alec, Simon and Isabelle tag along, of course!!
When Clary and Jace meet she feels that he's changed. Hanging around her evil brother, Sebastian, has made Jace into a different person. He's acting like him and Sebastian are close friends, and that he actually likes him. They soon find out that Jace has been bound to Sebastian, and killing one of them would kill the other as well. Since the Clave is determined to destroy Sebastian, Clary and her friends must find a way to save Jace.

The cover of this book was so different from the other book covers in this series. But I do feel like it did justice to the story. There was a lot more romance than there was action, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Since the previous books were all so action packed I feel it was the right move by Clare to slow down a little.
The first 100 or so pages were a little slow, but as soon as Jace came back in the picture the story started moving, fast.
I did love the chemistry between Clary and Jace, again! Jace was hot as a baddie!! Still as charming as always. Clary believed that Jace could be saved, it was kind of heartbreaking actually. But I loved how Isabelle, Alec, Magnus and Simon got involved. I had missed Magnus!!
I loved how Cassandra focused a lot on Isabelle and Simon's relationship as well. That part of the story earned some extra points.

What kind of threw me off was the relationship between Clary and her brother Sebastian. I don't understand how Clary could be checking his body out, kind of creeped me out.

Overall I did enjoy City of lost souls! It does not end in a cliffhanger, which is a relief since almost every book in this series has ended in one. I cannot wait to read the next book!
Loved the book and love this series.

This book is the fifth installment in The Mortal Instruments series written by the amazing Cassandra Clare who doesn't ceased to write books highly heartbreaking and equally addictive.

I'm a fan of Cassandra Clare, so I may not be the better blogger to tell you if it's good or not since I'm too fond of these characters and this world to really criticize these books, but one thing is for sure, it's far better than City of Fallen Angels.

Some of you thought City of Fallen Angels wasn't as good as the first three books of the series and even if I highly enjoyed it, I tend to think it wasn't that good compared to the other books. But City of Lost Souls is exhausting in a wonderful way. I was always on the edge, almost ruining my not so long fingernails.

With City of Lost Souls, you'll laugh with Simon's good words, you'll fear for Jace and Clary, you'll have you heart broken more than once. It's darker than ever and more thrilling than what I expected.

But, because even with the greater books there's a but, I find the beginning a little... I was about to write slow but it's not a good word since the beginning is really important to put everything in order and to give us some pointers to where it's going to go. No, I would say the beginning is a little long before the readers can really feel immersed in the story. Of course, when you're waiting so eagerly a book, you tend to feel so excited by it that you can barely sit down to read in calm.

What to write more? The characters are still so alive - or not so much alive if you think about Simon - , they're showing other sides of them, more human than ever that can't let you cold and you'll love them even more.

Isabelle is a good surprise. I really like her more and more which wasn't that easy, not that I really disliked her before but now I enjoy her dialogue, her actions and her personality. Simon is as great as he was, Alec is moving, Jordan and Maia are cute and Sebastian/Jonathan is... well, you'll judge by yourself.

I'm really not disappointed by this sequel and I'm even confident for the next and last book of this series. I'm afraid for the characters, I'm curious to know how it'll end and I just can't have enough of my fix of Cassandra Clare's novels.

One thing that I find funny and even interesting is the little references about the characters of her next series in the Shadowhunters world that will take place in LA.

So, in a few words, even if I'm more a fan of The Infernal Devices series, I find City of Lost Souls too amazing to not read it even if you were disappointed by CoFA. This book has everything you loved first when you discovered Cassandra Clare. Moreover, her world had not revealed all of its secrets. Don't wait any longer and read this novel. But don't forget to breath!

I love the worlds Cassandra Clare creates. I have read all of her other books several times, but this one let me down. Very little is happening for the first 3/4 of the book. It's mostly the various couples making out with one another. A lot of "His body fit perfectly with hers while laying side by side..." and "He tugged at her curls..." and "...the familiar feel of his lips/hands/tongue/etc..." A lot of description into everyone's hair and bodies. She described Jace as golden literally every single time Jace was mentioned. Despite the lack of plot I ended up with more questions than answers, like why is Magnus so secretive about his past and his father? And why is Brother Zachariah so invested in their lives?

On the bright side, once the "action" stops and the action begins it's pretty good albeit very brief. I also like the Alec/Magnus storyline, it kept me interested in the book. There was very little to love in City of Lost Souls but I'll forgive her because I've loved every other book and I've really come to care about what happens to these characters. I hope the next books are less making out and more story and that they answer my questions.