City of Glass – Book Review

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City of Glass is the third book in the Mortal Instruments series. If you want to read it, read the first two books first!!

When I wrote my review of City of Ashes, I specifically said that one of its pitfalls was a confusing and overcomplicated plot. City of Glass defintely improved on that. The plot was clear and concise and it wrapped up very nicely in the end.

As the title suggests, City of Glass takes place in Alicante, the capital of the Shadowhunter country, Idris. First of all, it's actually the first title that isn't totally irrelevant to the actual story—for example, City of Bones had very little to do with the City of Bones itself; in fact the city had a bigger prominence in City of Ashes! Whatever, I'm getting off topic. The setting of Alicante added a lot of freshness to the series as well. It was interesting to see Clary try to adapt to a city so different from her hometown.

The ending wrapped up the book quite nicely. Without saying spoilers, the ending was surprisingly big (for lack of a better word). It was quite strange for a book that's in the middle of a series, but most certainly not unappreciated.

City of Glass ended up better than both books that came before it. The Mortal Instruments is becoming one of my favorite series.

Final score: 9.3 out of 10

Next book: Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein

– Nick