A review by bookchainedsoul
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

I love this world and these characters so much. I think this book is a good in-between book. There is action and character development and a good buildup to the third book. While this instalment is personally my least favourite in the series, I think it still has a lot of merits and is worth the read to get to the third book if nothing else. I find this book to be somewhat slow at times (comparative to the other books in the series) with a lot of chapters that just feel unnecessary (good to read if you love the characters and just want character story and development though!). Overall I still enjoyed this book and managed to whizz through the whole thing in one sitting, so for any fantasy reader that hasn’t already read this entire series - I definitely recommend!

I will always recommend this series as a whole so it is very difficult for me to write the review for this book alone (as I have loved the entire franchise for years) but either way, this book is worth the read just for the sake of getting to read the series as a whole.