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Le miroir mortel by Cassandra Clare, Julie Lafon

sophie_bellpepper's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

amelia036's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

lylahxx's review against another edition

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3.0

“People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you live your life that matters.”

A great storm is coming and Clary and her allies must be prepared.

zutsie's review against another edition

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5.0

Continuing my binge, I zipped right on through this one, and it is without a doubt my favourite of the bunch so far. It's a great read that answers questions, does its thing, builds on a fantastic story so far, and is really immersive.

We return to the world of the Shadowhunters, and ideas that have been taking shape in my mind since the first book have started to come to fruition here, and it has been awfully rewarding. Also, there was a plotsie that happened that had us all cheering, because nobody really believed the whole thing of Jace and Clary being related (right? Or my denial was so strong). I think it would have been more ballsy if Clare had left that one there, that would have been the shocker of note, so I think we were all really just waiting for her to correct things. Anyway.



Our favourite characters are back, and we get to journey to Alicante, the city we have heard so much about and never been to, so it is fascinating to read about the city and the laws. Jace is his tortured self, and reading about him and Clary is painfully heartbreaking. I loved reading about Luke assembling the Downworlders to work with the Shadowhunters, to potentially unite against Valentine, because unity is strength. While we are on that topic, we get so much more insight into Valentine and the monster that he is and it is properly horrifying. Ick man, that man is cuckoo katchoo! What a dark bastard, but great for us who likes a good villain.

So many events take place in this book, and you are so hooked you just race on through it to learn more. The characters, too, change and grow in this, becoming even more real, and the relationships between characters grows more complicated in some instances, and less in others, but all the while moving towards something. I do so love reading about this world, it is fascinating. I really hope that they speak more about the concept of parabatai, it is such an enthralling idea, so painful and yet so full of hope.

City of Glass breezes by. It is chock full of action and plot developments, character growth and revelations, and I adored every second of it. The others have entertained me, but this one ensnared me. I was so hooked. I feel like I loved this one so much that I can't collect myself enough to really review this and express myself properly. Plus alllllll the Jace in this. Phew!

byanya's review against another edition

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  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

My favorite book of the series so far.

City of Glass is so much better than City of Bones and City of Ashes.

I was expecting to things to resolve and characters learning the truth… And Heaven making justice, and Valentine getting what he deserved was so pleasant to read.

Although, they not founding Sebastian Jonathan’sbody makes me very suspicious… I feel he ain’t really dead and we’ll have to deal with him again in the next books. 

emlihn's review against another edition

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4.0

I waited a very long time between reading City of Ashes and City of Glass. I actually considered not finishing the series because I didn't particularly care much for City of Ashes. But when I heard about how amazing the Infernal Devices series was, I realized that the only way I could get there was to suffer through the rest of the Mortal Instruments books, which is why I chose to listen to City of Glass instead. Boy was I surprised at how much I enjoyed this book.

The story was fast paced and the action was easy to follow. It actually felt like the conclusion of a series (which technically it was). The characters were significantly less irritating to me than the previous books, and Ms. Clare seemed to keep the previous books' love triangle to a minimum. The main reason I didn't want to continue with the series is the love triangle. While her character descriptions aren't always the best and I found it difficult to picture what everybody is supposed to look like, she does describe the world that she's created in satisfying detail. Alicante sounds beautiful.

Normally I can predict most YA plot twists toward the beginning of the book, but not this one! I was surprised at how often Ms. Clare surprised me. I was truly emotionally attached to these characters in this installment, even though I didn't particularly care what happened to them in the previous books.

This was a fantastic book, especially since I went into it with such low expectation. I truly loved it. I particularly loved listening to it. Natalie Moore was a joy to listen to. I am surprisingly excited to continue on with the Shadowhunter series.

camdensbooknook's review against another edition

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4.0

Okay! Deffinently the best book of this series! I really liked this one! One, because everything I wanted came together FINALLY! And two, it was just exciting and action packed through the whole thing! Very good!

esthersweet08's review against another edition

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5.0

*Primera lectura: enero 2014*
*Segunda lectura: marzo 2016*

ariadnace's review against another edition

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4.0

3,5 stars

missgrayreads's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5