City of Fallen Angels

 After reading City of Fallen Angels I was a little surprised that the author did not stick to her original plan and end the series with the third book, City of Glass. In this book the group all has returned from Alicante and is back home for about six weeks. Every single person seems to have been paired off; Clary and Jace, Alec and Magnus Bane, Jocelyn and Luke, and Simon, Maia, and Isabelle (yep, Simon has two girls for a bit). Shadowhunters from the old "circle" are being murdered and no one seems to know who is behind it. Their throats are cut and they are being placed in other Downworlder's territories, leaving a lot of finger pointing. The murders eventually lead to Camille, the world's oldest vampire. She is cunning and not to be trusted, but swears to the Shadowhunters and Magnus Bane that she is not acting of her own volition. She was summoned to commit these crimes. The Clave (along with Simon, Clary, Isabelle, Alec, Maia, Jordan, and Jace) soon find out that Camille is the least of their worries. The dead Shadowhunters, dead and deformed babies, hooded cult followers, and the resurrection of Sebastian/Jonathan all lead to the world's oldest greater demon, Lilith. There is definitely a struggle between good and evil in this novel and it seems as though evil may be the victor.
 I think one of the things that really bothered me with this book was the relationship between Jace and Clary. He was isolating himself from her just as they first became an official couple. He was having bad dreams and they were running into his personal life. It almost seemed as though Clare had reincarnated Twilight's Edward through Jace. He had the mentality that if I love her, I have to stay away so she doesn't get hurt.
"I can't talk to you, I can't be with you, I can't even look at you." - A little harsh, huh?!
While it ended up making sense in the end (kind of), it was really annoying.

Clary, for me, is just an irritating character. She seems clueless most of the time and puts herself into situations that could easily be avoided. One scene that I just found ridiculous was in Jace's bedroom at the Institute. Jace and Clary were being intimate, Jace grabs a knife, and almost stabs Clary. It was just odd that Clary gets extremely upset when Jace ignores her, but if he almost stabs her she's not freaking out and quick to forgive  him.

While I do think The Mortal Instrument series should have ended a book ago, I will do my best to finish. It was a quick, easy, and interesting read. I'll be interested to see where the series goes from here.