City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments, #6) in The Wide Web of Friends in YA Books

Feb 17, 2012 Booknut 101 rated it it was amazing

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From cave kisses and twin thrones to weddings and funerals, City of Heavenly Fire is an epic read.

Be prepared to cry both happy tears...and many, many sad tears.

Because Cassandra Clare has done what Cassandra Clare does best: she's given us a tale filled with our favourite characters and plenty of chances for these characters to make a mess of things, almost-die, kiss, and throw about snarky commentary (and then almost-die again).

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Jun 26, 2012 .:Alexis:.鉃� we鉂ive鉂nd鉂reathe鉂ords rated it it was amazing

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*bows down to Cassandra Clare*

WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE MY LOVE FOR THIS SERIES/FINAL BOOK!!

Tears were definitely shed....BOTH HAPPY AND SAD!!
Perfect conclusion to a phenomenal and beautiful series.
I would be lying if I said I wasn't going to miss these characters. It was a bittersweet moment reading the last couple of pages because I knew it was eventually going to come to an end and I did not want it to be over at all.

I'm so happy with the way things turned out in the end. All my questions were an ...more

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Oct 22, 2013 Amber rated it liked it

I am so emotionally drained right now. The moment I saw the last page, I just about lost it. I read the first book in this series in seventh grade and a little over five years later, I finally have to say goodbye to all the characters. This was why I put off reading it for so long. Not gonna lie, I cried each and EVERY time they mentioned will or the fact that Herondales are amazing and sexy. I cried for good guys and bad guys and the fact that this is a conclusion. There were minor things that ...more

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Jun 24, 2013 Ally Bryan rated it it was amazing

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Still perfect second time around. Now to Bane Chronicles

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Jun 12, 2012 Angele | adominiquereads rated it it was amazing

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鈥淲e are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.鈥�

1st read: 5/5 stars
2nd read: 5/5 stars

It was a long time ago since I've read this, and I totally forgot a lot of details. But it still did not fail to make me weep at the Brother Zachariah, Tessa, and Emma and Julian and all the Blackthorns moments. It just had so much more of an impact after reading all the other Shadowhunte ...more

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Jan 29, 2013 Stephanie rated it it was amazing

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This book was by far one of the best books I've ever read. One of the best conclusions to a series. I was so drawn into this book. Not as if that's a shocking thing considering this entire series has always had me wrapped around its finger. I would and always will recommend this series/book to everyone.

Clare really out did herself with the conclusion of this series. I was so sad to see it end but I thought she ended it perfectly. She gave us just enough, torment, sadness, action, death and happi ...more

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Jun 28, 2013 Parmida Reads rated it it was amazing

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ok. I had to wait two weeks before I wrote a review about this book.I stayed up until 9 AM to finish it and then i cried myself to sleep. I really did.
This book was everything I needed and more. I cried,I cried so hard it was worse than all the clockwork princess crying because all those feelings came rushing back and in the Epilogue I was crying so hard I had to muffle my sobs in my pillow.
Heartbroken, In a good way. In this book i GASPED many times. When I found out about the seelie queen and ...more

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Nov 17, 2013 Sofia rated it it was amazing

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In the last installment of Cassandra Clare's bestselling series "The Mortal Instruments", Clary and her friends have to save the world (of course!). They still find the time to agonize over their love lives. go shopping for christmas presents... Even when they find themselves quite literally in hell, they still worry about their relationships, one of them even gets drunk. In real life, these guys wouldn't have lasted a day in that war.

The writing is not terrible, but Read this review on my

In the last installment of Cassandra Clare's bestselling series "The Mortal Instruments", Clary and her friends have to save the world (of course!). They still find the time to agonize over their love lives. go shopping for christmas presents... Even when they find themselves quite literally in hell, they still worry about their relationships, one of them even gets drunk. In real life, these guys wouldn't have lasted a day in that war.

The writing is not terrible, but it isn't exactly good, either. At one point, Clare compared stalactites to "electrified icicles". Ugh.

There's no shortage of corny moments, either. I don't want to spoil too much, but at one point a vampire dies because they were tricked into drinking holy water, and their skin peels back until only the bones are left and then those crumble to ash. That's freaking ridiculous, how on earth am I supposed to take that seriously?

Most of the kissing scenes were boring and read like something out of a fan-fiction.
There's a sex scene, about half-way through the book and I don't like it's handled. I can see why Clare tried to keep it vague, since it still is a YA novel, and you can't put a too explicit sex scene in there. This one's vague enough that it was hard to understand what was going on. I would have preferred it if Clare had made the scene fade to black, like she did in "Clockwork Princess". Also, who the hell packs up for Hell and brings condoms along?

Yet, in the words of immortal poets Icona Pop, "I don't care. I love it!"

For all the cheesy and trashy moments, for all the inconsistencies, for all the dumb things the main characters do, I still enjoyed this novel very much. It's a lot of fun, and it kept me hooked (any book that can keep me up until two o'clock twice in a row deserves an honorable mention).

The humor is great, as always, and I even caught myself laughing out loud several times.

I also don't mind all the relationship drama, despite the fact that it is unrealistic. The only couple I cared about in book five were Magnus and Alec, but this time around I found myself rooting for all of them - Jace and Clary, Izzy and Simon, Jocelyn and Luke鈥�
I especially enjoyed the platonic relationships, which were well-developed in this novel. I was glad for the fact that Alec and Jace's friendship and their parabatai bond was expanded upon, since in the previous books almost no details were given about it.

Even tough they sometimes did some pretty dumb things, the characters were very likable. Even Alec, whom I have never liked all that much, became much more fun and interesting in this book, as he finally stood up for himself, instead of spending all his time scowling and wallowing in his insecurities. I am now glad that he and Magnus broke up in the last book, having to go through the pain of heart-break made Alec into a much stronger and interesting character.
Clary, who in the previous books only had a couple of badass moments and had to be saved more often than not, had some time to train and became an actually skilled warrior. I had fun reading about her, something that didn't happen when I read the previous two books. She's not only powerful, strong and determined. Most of all. she's clever and scheming. I like that in a main character.

Despite the fact that I know that this book has flaws, I enjoyed it very much, and I still recommend it, if you're in the mood for something fun and adventurous and you like YA and Urban Fantasy.
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May 31, 2014 Maira rated it it was amazing

this part was epic and was much better then the 5th part. I loved the ending ad the way with which the writer tied down all loss ends in the story. It was fast but very detailed and thank God the ending was not rushed. I had a great time reading this series and i am very happy with the way it ended :P

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Mar 04, 2014 Yelena Bosh rated it liked it

A good ending to the series but I just wish I finish it last year when I was still interested in Jace and Clary's story. Don't get me wrong, I love The Mortal Instruments but at this point in time, I have for sure moved on from this type of story.. :) ...more

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Aug 18, 2013 Szidonia rated it it was amazing

Shelves: can-t-wait-to-read

So much to say... This book was honestly great! I loved it! I loved that we were introduced to Emma and the Blackthorn's from the next series and that the ending was sweet for everyone. It made me laugh, and cry and it did not disappoint. ...more

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Sep 25, 2013 Kristy Brown rated it it was amazing

I cannot even begin to know what to say, except that I feel as though I've been on a great journey with these books and I already miss the characters, especially Jace. Fabulous just fabulous... ...more

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