Clary Fray just wants her life to go back to normal - but that turns out to be impossible. For one thing, her mother is still in the hospital, in a mysterious coma. For another, she and her brother, Jace, have fallen under a cloud of suspicion now that the Shadowhunter world knows that Valentine is still alive - and that Jace and Clary are his son and daughter. Not to mention that someone in New York is killing Downworlders and draining their blood, creating a climate of suspicion that sends Downworld Manhattan to the brink of civil war.

When the Silent Brothers are murdered and the second of the Mortal Instruments, the Sword of Souls, is stolen, the terrifying Inquisitor is dispatched from Idris to investigate. She clearly harbors a personal grudge against Jace, and she drives a wedge between him and his adoptive family. When Clary's romance with her best friend, Simon, starts to heat up, Jace feels abandoned. But has he, as the Inquisitor accuses, joined up with his father?

Then Simon is turned into a vampire and kidnapped by Valentine, who intends to sacrifice him as part of a bloody ritual that will make the Mortal Instruments his own forever. Jace knows he needs to save Simon's life, for Clary's sake. But what if he's too late? What if Valentine has already made the Mortal Instruments his own?

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Cassandra Clare
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Natalie Moore
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March 13 2008
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English
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Simon & Schuster Audio
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Listening Length	12 hours and 20 minutes
Author	Cassandra Clare
Narrator	Natalie Moore
Audible.ca Release Date	March 13 2008
Publisher	Simon & Schuster Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B0725MBPP5
Best Sellers Rank	#1,314 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #3 in Paranormal Romance for Teens #8 in Paranormal Romance for Young Adults #9 in Teen Fiction on Difficult Situations

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Zombiecidal89

Another winner

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 28, 2021

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Another great book by Clare. Honestly, you get lost in the shadow hunter world quite easily. Teen book or not, it was a great read!

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Ivana Farella

Very Pleased

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 6, 2021

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Item came in perfect condition and arrived earlier than expected.

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Gesua

Amazing condition

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 10, 2021

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So happy with this book! It looks brand new.

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Sandra

Très bon livre et accrocheur

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on August 7, 2014

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Je ne pouvais poser le livre, j'étais accroché attendant la suite. En lisant une infime partie du troisième, je me rends compte que cet auteur a beaucoup d'imagination et nous plonge facilement dans ce monde fascinant des vampires, chaseuts d'ombre, fées et lyvan... bonne lecture pour tous les ages meme s'il est classé pour ados...

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Mindy Carriel

i Haven't read yet

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 18, 2020

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I love it

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i love the serious

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 15, 2014

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i love the serious, read the first book and had to order the second. if youre thinking its a teen wolf/vampire book, its actually much better. the movie did not do the book justice so make sure you dont judge whether to read it or not from the movie!

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Fine

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 21, 2016

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Okay here's what happeneed, my package had like little holes in it and it affected the book just a bit but I don't know if this package was well handled.

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Joan D.

In good shape

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Rinalikesreading

A great read for fantasy fans

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 5, 2017

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I'm loving this series and feel no hesitation in buying the next one each time I finish one. I'm on the fifth book now. This isn't just for young adults, I'm married with kids and still enjoying it hugely.

I've tried a few of these fantasy series, trying to find something that can follow the brilliance of JK Rowlings' Harry Potter, Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials, Robin Hobbs' original Farseer trilogy or Philip Rothfuss' The Name of the Wind. I'm not saying this is quite at that level, but it comes far closer than dozens of similar books.

It may be that the only thing holding it back from that very top slot is modern publishing methods. Most of the shadowhunter series are sold as full price kindle books, but sadly, the final proofreading has been rushed and a few typos have slipped through. Luckily, the high quality of the writing shines through and you can forgive this. Cassandra Clare is such a great, pacy storyteller that I can't put the books down!

I reserve 5 stars for books that feel life-changing, move me deeply, or give me a unique perspective and perhaps I'm too old for these to do that for me. I would have given this four and a half if I could. What these books give me is a huge amount of entertainment and escapism.

The world is intriguing and makes sense, you can really feel immersed in it. The characters feel real, are full of charisma and are easy to identify with. The cast of characters develops realistically over time, they almost come alive on the page. The dialogue is incredibly natural, full of genuine emotion, hilarious at times and good enough for a screenplay. I also really like the way the characters experience and deal with real life issues.

I'd recommend this series to any fantasy fan.

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Teresa

Pushy simon

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 29, 2022

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Book two I read this with audio and Book but sadly it was not read word for word.in fact it was midnight in the book and audio said 5am.There was a few like that,plus the fairy queen with a Irish accent felt wrong.
The journey continues for clary.was not happy with Simon he kisses her knowing she is upset about loving Chase,then tells people she is his girlfriend without asking her, then gets pissed at her in fairy court for having feelings for chase. I felt as a best friend he was way to pushy.I did get fed up of her fussing over him.

Rebecca Minton

and this woman knows how to develop characters in a hella bad ass kinda way

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 21, 2016

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This book was a re-read but I did read it a looooong time ago! It was such a homely feeling to return to The Mortal Instruments I started reading these years ago and got half way through Book 3 City of Glass. And then other books took over and then new books came out and I ended up so far behind! But now I'm back and ready to binge read through TMI!

In City of Glass we're not really introduced to many new characters, except for The Inquisitor and Valentine plays more of a role in the second novel. I ADORED the way Cassandra developed the relationships between all the characters, and this woman knows how to develop characters in a hella bad ass kinda way! The book obviously, mainly focuses on Clary and Jace after the bombshell in City of Bones Cassandra shows a slightly tormented relationship and this literally comes to life in the book and it's unreal how good it is to read the way they work together, without actually interacting *that* much! Of course i had SO MANY FEELS for Alec in this book. Alec and Magnus are by far my most favourite pairing of Characters in any book I've ever read. Alec is <3. I just wanted to crawl inside the book and live with the characters.

The storyline was obviously just SO FRICKIN GOOD I mean it's a Cassandra Clare novel for hells sake of course it kicks some serious butt. There's quite a bit of action in this one, which is fast paced and grips you to your seat. I raced through pages of this, and for a novel over 400 pages took me around 3 days worth of reading to read! I just could not put the book down. i was so eager to see what happened to each and every characters. How their storyline developed, what happened and who ended up where. This storyline had such a superb middle and the ending was fantastic but a massive set up for City of Glass, which by the way I've started! I think the way this flowed perfectly from City of Bones was a brilliant way to read it, I didn't have to back track or try and think because the move from book one to two was so perfectly aligned it's just natural to carry on going forward.

My favourite part all together of City of Ashes, apart from being reunited which these perfect characters, was the World Building again. Although we've already been introduced to the Institute and where the novel is set. Cassandra goes into such detail describing the characters moods, the scene, the mood in which you're supposed to read even down to what the weather was like! It's next level descriptions in these books.

All in all it was just so perfect to be back into this novel, have a good re-read and be ready for the next book. It was fast paced, tense and full of action packed battles and sizzling hot chemistry between characters.

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JMD

Easy reading romp

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 19, 2018

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An interesting excursion into a fantasy world which includes all usual suspects. There are many teenage issues raised here across a broad spectrum of attitudes and feelings which like the twilight series engulfs the reader, particularly if you are from this age group. As for myself I enjoyed the diversity of fantastical devices it’s pure escapism. Unfortunately the film was non to successful from memory I thought the casting was not great which is a shame because it would make for a good movie franchise if handled properly, I am told there is a tv series but it’s only been released in the states. Anyway the book is a rollercoaster of a read and easy going if you are into fantasy, would recommend the novel to all lovers of the genre.

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Lilly Heart

Wow wow wow wow

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 7, 2014

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I was a little apprehensive about reading this book, because I loved the first one so much I thought nothing could top that. I a soooo happy to say I was wrong. I think this book is better then the first one. You were introduced to the world of 'shadowhunters' and some amazing characters. This book is so much better, Simon plays a big part, Alex is much better towards Clary, Jase and Clary' s feelings in this book is up for discussion, Even the Lightwoods, play a huge part.
The action in this book is all the way through it.
What I love most in this book and the way the first one was written is the way it is written. It is written in the 3rd person but you see the action from most of the characters. For instance, When Jace, Clary, Luke, Isabella, Alex and Magnus are in Luke's living room arguing, you read about the argument, then you read what Maia does at the same time upstairs in Luke's bedroom while the argument happens.
I have to remember when reading these books anyone under the age if 18 is a child, and most of the characters are even 15 or 16. Clary turned 16 in 'City of Bones' these are young teenagers who fight demons. It's such a great book and I can't wait to read the rest of this series of books.

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