Summary: Clary Fray finds that there is so much more to the world the night she sees Jace Wayland murder a demon. She is soon trapped in a world with Shadowhunters, Downworlders, demons and many other things she never thought was real. Clary sets out to find her stolen mother with her new Shadowhunter friends and finds out a couple things about herself along the way.
Non-Spoiler Review: I read The Infernal Devices prior to reading this series and I loved TID so much that I can't even think about it clearly without crying. The Mortal Instruments, unfortunately, paled in comparison to that. It was action packed, but still slow. I think Cassandra Clare could have left it as just a trilogy and I think I would've liked the series better if it ended with the third book because it is my favorite out of the six.
You really have to push through some of the books. The main character, Clary Fray is pretty annoying because her decisions are usually impulsive and she doesn't think clearly. Jace is an okay male character, but I definitely liked Will Herondale from TID better;)
Spoiler-y Review: The saddest/best part of these books was Simon Lewis. That guy was just dragged into all of this by Clary and he chose to stay by her because he knows how to love someone. He's so adorable and geeky and funny, so I'd totally date him. Plus, at the end of City of Heavenly Fire, he loses his memory, which he doesn't deserve, but he does anyways so that Magnus wouldn't die AND IT'S THE SWEETEST/SADDEST THING IN THE WORLD. When he becomes a shadowhunter, he should be Clary's parabatai because YES. The villains in this story were well thought out, especially Sebastian. I have friends who adore Sebastian, whereas I think he deserved to die. Jonathan(the one who emerged when Sebastian had fallen) didn't deserve it, but Sebastian could go throw himself off a cliff for all I care. Valentine was different... he thought that what he was doing was right and he loved. Sebastian nearly RAPED his sister. We also have the complicated love story that is Clary and Jace. For the first 3 books, they think that they're brother and sister, but yet still have feelings for each other. In the 4th book, they can be together, but Jace gets possessed and at the end you're like WTF??? In the 5th book, Jace is Sebastian. In the 6th, we finally get to see them together after a 5 book wait. I don't know if it was worth it. I really enjoyed how they incorporated TID characters into this with Will, Jem, and Tessa, even though Tessa's part was smaller than I thought it would be. In conclusion, I hope Cassandra Clare continues to write in this fascinating world she created because her stories are really good.
Rating: 7.5/10
Would I Recommend It: Read The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare before this one because it has spoilers for those books and because those are a lot better. In general, if you like bad-ass characters and fantasy, give this a try:)
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