Review of The Mortal Instruments: City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

Review of Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments: City of Heavenly Fire

Released May 27, 2014

This is the synopsis listed on Amazon.com:

Shadowhunters and demons square off for the final showdown in the spellbinding, seductive conclusion to the #1 New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments series.

Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Chaos and destruction overwhelm the Nephilim as Clary, Jace, Simon, and their friends band together to fight the greatest evil they have ever faced: Clary’s own brother. Sebastian Morgenstern is on the move, systematically turning Shadowhunter against Shadowhunter. Bearing the Infernal Cup, he transforms Shadowhunters into creatures of nightmare, tearing apart families and lovers as the ranks of his Endarkened army swell. Nothing in this world can defeat Sebastian—but if they journey to the realm of demons, they just might have a chance…

Lives will be lost, love sacrificed, and the whole world will change. Who will survive the explosive sixth and final installment of the Mortal Instruments series?

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This will be a very hard review for me to write... not because the book wasn't mind-blowingly good, but because after so many years of my life, I have to say goodbye to characters that I have grown very fond of. Like many people, I have spent the past 6 years (& 6 books) of growing with Clary. I have learned about the shadow world & fallen in love with Jace Lightwood... Wayland... Morgenstern... Lightwood... Herondale! I have wished for a happy ending for Magnus & Alec. I have hoped for Isabelle to finally end up with Simon... And now that their story is over, I am wishing for more. I know it is over... but I selfishly want more.

I am happy to say that even though there was more loss in this book than in any of the previous 5, that I grew to love the characters that I hated earlier on through the incredible writing of a true master author. After 4 days of prolonging the inevitable , I finished Cassandra Clare's 725 page finally to the Mortal Instruments series... and I loved every minute of it.

The Dark Artifices: Lady Midnight will be released in Fall of 2015 - Where we will continue the story of Emma Carstairs & Julian Blackthorn that started in CoHF.