Hi there, it's Filippa! And Oh. My. God. I can't even describe the feels right now. Now that I'm writing this I'm actually at school, and I'm having the worst book hangover ever. I sat up until midnight last night only to finish City of Heavenly Fire. And just a fare warning: there may be spoilers in this entry, so if you haven't read the book and the books before it you're reading this entry on your own risk.
But I'm going to write a book review of City of Heavenly Fire, and there might be some spoilers from the first half of the book, but most of that will be things that the description of the book spoils as well. Enjoy!
So basically Sebastian is, with the powers of the infernal cup, turning Shadowhunters into the so-called Endarkened. He's attacking institute by institute, building an army of Endarkened, and all of the Nephilim has to take precautions. So Clary, Jace, Isabelle and Alec goes to Alicante by portal, along with their parents. But then all the Downworld's council representatives disappears (including Magnus, Raphael, Luke and Jocelyn) and they find out that Sebastian's behind it. But not just that; the Seelie Court helped him and has been on his side for quite some time.
Simon, who was left in New York because only Nephilim and Council representatives were aloud to come to Alicante, was brought to Alicante by Raphael, before he and the other Council representatives disappeared. And when Raphael disappeared Simon was aloud to take his place in the Council for the nonce. But when the council cannot come up with any sort of plan on how to get to Sebastian and bring back the representatives, Clary, Jace, Isabelle, Simon and Alec decides to go to the one place where they believe Sebastian is located along with the people he kidnapped; the demon realms.
And now I won't tell anymore, because if you've read the book you know what will happen, and if you're reading this only to find out more about the contains of the book I will not spoil anything from the second half of the book for you.
But anyways, that is basically what the book is about, and of course the things that happens next; if Sebastian will get his will through and rule the world with Clary by his side; or if they will be able to stop him from destroying their world.
One thing I love about Cassandra Clare's writing is the way she describes the characters; the way she makes them real. It's not just that the characters are amazing separately, but every single one of them has a special relationship with almost everyone else. Some examples are that Clary has her relationship with Jace, her very special friendship with Simon, and Simon has his relationship with Isabelle, his bromance with Jace, his very funny relationship with Alec, and like that it is with almost every one of the main characters.
Talking about characters, I have a really hard time deciding which one if my favourite. Not that I have to decide, but if someone asked me randomly and I had to ask instantly I would probably say "Alec. And Magnus. And Simon. And Sebastian. And Maia. And Isabelle. And Jordan. And Jace." But just as an reflex I say Alec first.
He was my favourite character from the very beginning and he still has a special place in my heart. And later on when Magnus became a more and more important and big part of the series I fell in love with him as well. His personality is just perfect from head to toe and I just love everything he says and does. Malec is and will always be my best and biggest OTP.
Simon and his nerdy-ness also knocked on the door to my heart and invited himself in before I could open the door for him.
But you may wonder why on earth would I write Sebastian as a favourite character? Well I don't really know the answer myself. Just like Simon he invited himself into my heart. But unlike Simon, Sebastian sneaked in through a window and one day I realized that I had no idea of for how long he had been there, it just felt like he had been there forever. I guess it's just that he is such a special character in a way you can't explain. I would actually want to try to describe him, but if I did he would just sound like any other villain that is evil and funny at the same time, and all of that. But he isn't like the others. He really is an original, a one of a kind.
I've also written Maia, Isabelle, Jordan and Jace, but for obvious reasons. You know why I love them don't you? They are just really awesome and there's no more to say about that. And I may have a huge crush on Jordan...
Although I didn't write Clary as a favourite, and I have a tendency to do like that; not like the main character as much as the others. It's always the same with almost every book - I like the main character in the beginning, the first book or so, but then I get really tired of her/him. They all get so suicidal and thinks that they have to sacrifice themselves to save others etcetera. I like Clary though, but not as much as the others.
City of Heavenly fire was a book that always made me think "Wait what, is it like that? Could it really be...? I think I know what's going to happen next, I really do.." But then it turns out in a totally different way. The book always kept me guessing, and so did the five books before. The Mortal Instruments really is an amazing series, it really deserves the place on my top seven list that it got. In my presentation entry I put it on place number four, but I think that if I wrote a new top seven list it would be on first place along with the Harry Potter series and The Maze Runner series, I just can't decide which one of them is better since they are about totally different things. Or I actually think it would take the bronze just because of some certain things that annoys me in the books. But it beats The Hunger Games trilogy (sorry Suzanne Collins...). Not necessarily because of the story, but because of the characters and the world they all live in.
City of Heavenly Fire made me smile and cry and laugh and scream and feel all the sorts of emotions that could possibly exist inside of me, and the ending really touched me and I still don't know what to think of it - should I smile or cry?. It hasn't even gone twenty-four hours since I finished the book and I think I'm going to freak out. If you've read at least the first five books you know that Magnus and Alec broke up, but when they meet again for the first time since that, and when they later on get back together (should i have said "spoiler alert"?). Just all of their scenes together are perfect. Perfection. There's nothing more to say. If Malec isn't your OTP, then imagine how it feels when your OTP have any scenes together... And then multiply that with a thousand... I mean, it's just indescribable how much I ship them.
Moving on (I feel like this entry is mostly about Malec...), I simply just loved City of Heavenly Fire. There were some certain deaths that I cried for hours, it felt like, and I really wished that those people hadn't died.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT STILL HASN'T READ ANY OF THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS BOOKS: I highly recommend the series to all kinds of readers. Even if you don't like fantasy, or let's say that you only read sci-fi, I still think you should give the books a chance, because they are so amazing. You can't really compare the books to any other series, it's so unique. And let's say you love reading drama - then I would recommend the books, too, because there's both drama, action, mystery and humor, and so much more, to it. The only people I would not recommend the series to is maybe the very young readers, since there are some very intimate scenes, in the later books at least. I would give City of Heavenly Fire 10/10 since it was one of the best books in the series, even though some people I loved died. Although the whole series I would give 9/10 because of some things that annoyed me, plus that City of Fallen Angels (the fourth book) was a little boring and tough to get started with.
This entry was very long but I hope you guys enjoyed it anyways, because I really enjoyed writing it. And if you haven't read the Mortal Instruments series I really hope you do so (it's for your own good) and if you have, then I hope we meet some time and can fangirl together (yep, that's my life).
~ Filippa ~
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