WARNING: MAY SPOIL PARTS OF THE FIRST BOOK FOR YOU!
This is the second book in The Mortal Instruments Series, a set of books in which a girl, Clary, is thrown into a magical world of vampires, werewolves, faeries, demons, and Shadowhunters, the protectors of humankind.
This book puts more focus on the strange powers that Jace and Clary have, and Jace's relationship with his father, who is, coincidentally, the bad guy.
Jace is cast under suspicion for consorting with Valentine, and his word is worth nothing to those who accuse him.
Meanwhile, Clary is dealing with her mom, who has been unconcious since Valentine sent the Ravener to attack her in book 1.
Of course, the bad guy has furthered his plans, and raised the Great Demon of Fear, which takes the shape of whatever scares you most.
While this book does have your typical black-and-white characters: Clary, Jace, Alec, and Isabelle are the good guys, Valentine is evil, and has no good in him, it has plenty of people to cover the middle ground: faeries, Downworlders, and even the Clave.
This is an action-adventure story with some mystery involved, but it is also about finding yourself, family, trust, and realizing that the adult figures, and those who have been in charge as long as you've known, can be wrong, and can be more selfish and blind than you ever would have thought.
This is an above-four-star book!
-Olivia
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