City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

What's it about?:
A murderer is loose in New York City ...

... and the victims are Downworlder children. Clary Fray and her fellow Shadowhunters have a strong suspicion that Valentine, Clary's father, may be behind the killings. But if he is the murderer, then what's his true motive? To make matters worse, the second of the Mortal Instruments, the Soul-Sword, has been stolen, and the mysterious Inquisitor has arrived to investigate, with his eyes vigilantly targeted on Clary's brother, Jace.

Clary will need to face some terrifying demons and even more terrifying family decisions. No one said that the life of a Shadowhunter would be easy.

My Thoughts:

I really thought that this was a wonderful sequal to City of Bones. In City of Bones, alot of questions are unanswered. In City of Ashes, alot of the questions are finally answered and you learn alot more about the different creatures that live in the Shadowhunter world. However, there are alot of unanswered questions that I have to wait to be answered until City of Glass but that's normal in a series and it's nothing that is going to drive you TOO insane.

There is alot more drama and problems in this book aswell compared to the first book. Which made it a little more interesting. Valentine def. stepped up and got alot more evil while Clary got more confused.

But anyway, I really enjoyed this book and I can't wait to read the next book in the Mortal Instruments series!

Number of pages: 453

Stars: 5

Books Read: 51 in 2010