Series Finished

The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare was such a great series of books. After finishing the last book City of Glass it just left me wanting more. More of the characters and more from the story. I found myself online in a frantic search for anything Cassandra Clare may have written. I found out that she has, in the past written some great fanfics for great fantasy stories as Harry Potter, and Twilight. I also found out that she is currently in the process of writing a new series. A prequel called The Infernal Devices. One that sticks to the world that she created in The Mortal Instruments. A world with downworlders, vampires, werewolves, fayre folk and of course more shadow hunters. Here is the overview to the series.

A thousand years ago, the Angel Raziel mixed his blood with the blood of men and created the race of the Nephilim. Human-angel hybrids, they walk among us, unseen but ever-present, our invisible protectors.

They call themselves Shadowhunters.

The Shadowhunters obey the laws set down in the Gray Book, given to them by the angel: their mandate is to protect our world from the interdimensional parasites they call demons, who travel from world to world, razing and destroying everything in their path. Theirs is also the task of keeping the peace among the warring Downworlders: the human-demon crossbreeds we know as warlocks, vampires, werewolves, and faeries.

In their duties they are aided by the mysterious Silent Brothers. Their lips and eyes sewn shut, the Silent Brothers rule over the City of Bones, the necropolis below the streets of Manhattan that holds the dead bodies of slain Shadowhunters. The Silent Brothers keep the archival records of ever Shadowhunter ever born. They also watch over the Mortal Instruments, the three divine objects the Angel Raziel gave to his children. One is a sword. One is a mirror. And the last is a cup.

For a thousand years, the Nephilim have protected the Mortal Instruments. But that was before the Uprising, the civil war that almost tore the Shadowhunters' secret world apart. Though Valentine, the Shadowhunter who started the war, is long dead, the wounds it left behind have never healed.

Fifteen years have passed since the Uprising. It's August in New York; the streets blistering with heat. Rumors run rampant through Downworld that Valentine is back, at the head of an army of Forsaken warriors.

And the Mortal Cup has gone missing...

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Well, I am not really sure what to say without spoiling the book for all those who have not read it yet, all I can say is that if you are interested in the Gothic underworld, and have ever daydreamed about the creatures in fantasy coming to life you will enjoy this book and will be wanting to be Clary, Jace or Simon by the end of the series.

Total Time-30.5 hours during approximately a week