City of Ashes: The Mortal Instruments A Book Review

City of Ashes: The Mortal Instruments A Book Review

**SPOILERS**

I would have to say this installment of The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare was pretty compelling. A lot of tension between characters and some action and comedy with it. Clary, Simon, and Jace face Valentine who is Clary and Jace's father in a Demon/Nephilim battle to the deaths. Naturally there's a relatively happy ending and many supporting characters involved.

Pretty much the sum of the story is. As being Valentine's son and being accused of spying on the Clave for him A woman who is the Inquisitor is bent on her beliefs that Jace has betrayed the Shadowhunters and inprisons him to be questioned by her superiors.

**Spoiler Alert**

Jace is used as a pawn by the inquisitor as a trade between the Mortal Instruments Valentine had acquired and his son. She threatened to kill Jace if the Instruments were not returned thinking Valentine genuinely loved his only son. Turned out she was wrong and provided her sincerest apologies to Jace and helped fight in the battle on Valentin's ship. Valentine was on a mission to collect the blood of Downworlder (werewolf, Warlock, Faerie, and Vampire) children  to convert a sword to summon Demons and ultimately cause an apocalypse. 

Cassandra Clare is talented in writing riveting stories That engulf you in the world she imagined and wrote on paper. I actually enjoy her style and am looking forward to receiving the next installment in the mail to continue on the journey of Clary and Jace.

City of Bones: The Mortal Instruments A Book Review

City of Bones: The Mortal Instruments A Book Review

This novel I started forever ago but never quite got into. I was bored and saw it sitting in my collection so I decided to give it a second try. That is where I got hooked. I started on January 4th and finished a week later. I had seen the movie a while ago and at one point really liked it. As I got further into the book however, I started to like the movie less and less. It was nothing like the book and I don't mean that positively. It was a completely different movie but just so happened to share the same title.

This book was sort of boring at first but the more the characters developed, the better it gets. I thought the ending was interesting as well as the twists and turns around every corner. Cassandra Clare, I must admit has one hell of an imagination. The idea of Nephilim (half angel half human) being demon hunters who drink from a cup to become what she calls Shadowhunters is an interesting direction to take. I also liked the fantasy aspect. How it includes warlocks, vampires, werewolves, and mentions of faeries,

This book is about the 15 year old Clary Fray who witnesses a slaying at a club called Pandemonium. She is then located by a shadowhunter named Jace who is curious about how she was able to see them. When Clary's mother gets kidnapped, Jace and Clary, with the help of Isabelle, Alec, and Clary's best friend Simon go through danger trying to find her mother's capture. Her mother's secrets are exposed and there is plenty of betrayal and Drama.

My favorite character must've been Jace. He was charming, and cocky, a bit sarcastic. I'd have to say he was actually the most amusing character in the book. To me, he had the most personality of the crew.

Overall i'd sy this was a decent read when you give it a fighting chance. I don't see how people could hate it so much as a couple reviews I have seen. That may just be me. If you are into light romance, supernatural, fantasy, drama, this is the book for you. I am looking forward to getting the second installment to the series City of Ashes to continue on the journey of this motley crewe.

The Hobbit: A Book Review

The Hobbit: A Book Review

I just finished this one after a long period of time. I don't know why it took so long when it's a classic and honestly not bad of a book. J.R.R Tolkien has a unique imagination and has become a beloved author of many tales. I had been going in and out of my reading blocks and just forgot to read it though i had breezed through other books. Reading this book I switched it up between E-Book and the paperback pictured above.

As everyone must know from either film or novel, This book is about the creature Hobbit  who goes on an adventure with dwarfs to claim back a treasure that was lost to the Dwarf king Thorin. The treasure was being guarded by a dragon named Smaug and this was a tale of their trials and triumphs. I find this book extremely creative filled with Elves and trolls. It was a great book but a little slow of a read.

This was a great prologue to The Lord of The Rings and now watching the movies of the same title some exchanges between Bilbo and Gandalf make more sense. I have an "ah that's what he was referring to" moment. I know it must've been silly to read the book after seeing the sequel's but I'm just a bigger movie buff I guess.

There was a reason I decided to read this book. I had watched the first Hobbit movie and I got to the second movie and their were event gaps that weren't existent in The Lord of The Rings movies. I had decided to read the book to see if it would fill in the missing pieces. Then when I saw how tiny the book was made me wonder how the hell they managed to squeeze three movies from it's contents.

But anyway, The book wasn't so bad, just dragged on partly however that just might be an unpopular opinion.