City of Fallen Angels

City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare is a very exciting and thrilling book to read. It is the fourth book in The Mortal Instruments series and covers things like love, killing, demons, demon slayers, angels, werewolves, vampires and things of that nature.

In City of Fallen Angels, you follow three of the main characters, Simon, Clary, and Jace, as they experience their own separate adventures, while still somehow being connected to each other. All of these characters stories add to the story, and give you a better understanding of what is happening throughout the book. A lot of this may be a little confusing, but it will all make sense.

Jace has grown up his entire life training, acting, and thinking like a Shadowhunter, and he is very skilled at what he does. Most of this book, he is motivated by one person. This person is Clary, his girlfriend. However, in this book he gets possessed by Lillith, a Greater Demon, who forces Jace into doing her bidding for her. She gets into his head and demands that he bring Clary to her so Simon will be more motivated to bring her "child", Sebastian, back to life. She believes Sebastian's demon blood will allow him to come back to life.

Clary was just a girl. Until the first book in this series when she discovers she is actually a Shadowhunter. Shadowhunters are the heroes of this world. They help defend humans and Downworlders (vampires, werewolves, faeries, and warlocks) from demons. In this book, she starts her Shadowhunter training and soon discovers that she will have to use these skills a lot sooner than she thinks, and it might have to be against Jace, a person she thought she would never have to hurt.

Simon is a vampire. And in this world, the myth about vampires getting scorched in sunlight is true. Except this rule doesn't apply to Simon. He can walk in sunlight and not get the slightest bit burned. Because of this ability, many Shadowhunters, vampires, and werewolves call him "Daylighter". Simon is pursued throughout the book by many different, not so nice, creatures that all want him to join their side. At one point he even gets tricked into going to one of the worst demons in history to try and bring Sebastian back to life. This demon thinks that turning Sebestain into something like a vampire will make him come back to life. Sebastian is Clary's brother who everyone assumed to be dead beyond the point of return.

In the final chapters of this book, these three characters come together. Clary helps Jace break free of Lillith's spell. Jace then defeats Lillith in a long, grueling and painful battle, but it's too late. Simon has already taken some of Sebastian's blood, and Sebastian has taken his. Now Sebastian has an even greater chance at coming back to life.

I loved this book, but there is one thing I would change about the book and that is how it ends. It sounds like there is going to be another book added to the series. If there isn't another book, it's one of those endings that will make you think of your own ending, and I personally don't like those stories. If you are thinking about reading this book, I suggest you read the other three books first. Grade A-