City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments, #6) in Q&A with Cassandra Clare

Sep 24, 2010 Joyzi marked it as to-read

Shelves: book-series, fiction, author-american, ya-books, fantasy, vampires, paranormal-romance

9.2013

*still hyperventilating -- CRAP, need to find a brown bag first*

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Dec 17, 2010 Ekram rated it it was ok

Shelves: ya, urban-fantasy, romance, 50-of-2014

Cassandra is every publisher's dream. Fast writing that pulls you in and sells so well, stories interweaving within series so one feels like you have to read them ALL to know all the details, maddening, but a wonderful marketing strategy. This ended with a lovely bow atop everyone's stories and not so subtle hints of where the loose ends would lead--another probably best selling series. ...more

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Aug 05, 2010 Sophie Riggsby / allthingsequilateral rated it it was amazing

Shelves: dont-tell-others-youre-my-fave, hot-boys-with-swords

*Review posted on Page Turners Blog on 6/30/2014*

You guys know that I'm a huge fan of Cassie's, so I can't even begin to describe my level of anxiety in reading this final Mortal Insturments' story. Let's just say that using Spinal Tap's 1-10 amp scale, I hit 11.

I'm going to assume everyone's read the first 5 TMI books, so SPOILER WARNING, I may talk about things that happened in those, but I solemnly swear that I will not spoil City of Heavenly Fire for you. What I will say is that Cassie left *Review posted on Page Turners Blog on 6/30/2014*

You guys know that I'm a huge fan of Cassie's, so I can't even begin to describe my level of anxiety in reading this final Mortal Insturments' story. Let's just say that using Spinal Tap's 1-10 amp scale, I hit 11.

I'm going to assume everyone's read the first 5 TMI books, so SPOILER WARNING, I may talk about things that happened in those, but I solemnly swear that I will not spoil City of Heavenly Fire for you. What I will say is that Cassie left no stone unturned. She gives us EVERYTHING, and I do mean EVERYTHING we wanted to see. All loose ends are tied up and then in those 725 pages, she gives us even more.

Reading the final installment of a long series is like leaving your friends at graduation. You're not sure what will happen to them after you go your separate ways. I was expecting a feeling of loss, but instead Cassie's writing gave me a feeling of satisfaction. Yes, there are the promised deaths, and plot twists that you DID NOT SEE coming, but there are these quiet, lovely moments between each of the characters that I didn't expect. And that's what makes this a long story. Those moments. I think that the one consistent criticism I read about City of Glass was that readers did not get a good dose of payoff for all the suffering (Jace and Clary especially) that occurred. Well, we get it here. There is lots of reflection on growth from all the characters, and it's in their point-of-view.

They are very different people from the characters we first met in City of Bones, but they are also very true to themselves. For those of us who missed the comedic moments that were lacking in City of Fallen Angels, oh my, is the snark ever back. It flies back and forth in their sharp-witted banter and it provides much relief from their serious task of finding and confronting Sebastian.

Do I have a criticism? Well, you know me, I can't read a story without the Red Edit Pen in My Head going "click" at least once, so let me try to do this without any spoilers. There is a major character who has a moment in the story (toward the end) that I thought was unnecessary. Sometimes, it's better if a character stays very defined and we don't see a blurring of lines. Okay, that was vague, but when you read it, I promise, you'll think, oh okay, THIS is what Sophie was a tad eye-rolly about. For me, the moment was unnecessary and it took away from the character's arc.

But overall, this last volume sits on my shelf proudly next to my Harry Potter series, because it is a pretty darn perfect example of a master story-teller at her finest. ...more

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Apr 09, 2013 Abby rated it really liked it

I was glad to finally have a conclusion to this series. I felt that Clare should have ended the series after the third book. Saying that though, I did think that she gave a good ending to all the characters. It did feel that things were resolved well for all of them. I also loved the crossovers of the Clockwork Princess characters. I was really hoping for that and Clare did not disappoint. I did feel that she could have cut about 100 pages out of the book though. She was setting up for her next ...more

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Aug 23, 2013 Likka Garcia rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-i-own, series-challenge-2014

A satisfying conclusion to the series. Can't wait for the Dark Artifices. I want more shadowhunters because if you've read this book, you'll know that it isn't over yet. Words just wouldn't be enough to describe what I feel about this book right now. Scratch that. I meant this whole series!

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Aug 08, 2010 Laurie(Time Stand Still) rated it it was amazing

This was everything I hoped for an then some. There were things that tied back to other things in past books that at the time I just considered and extraneous detail, creative fluff or just typical of the character but in the end when it all came together it was important on a larger scale. I am blown away how authors can plan these little things and then bring it all together across several books. I would love to see Ms. Clare's outlines for this series and the prequel. ...more

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