City of Ashes (Mortal Instruments)
By Cassandra Clare
Book two ~ The Mortal Instruments
Clary Fray’s life is anything but normal. Now that she is a shadowhunter and her mom is in a coma due to a magical spell that was placed on her, and she can see downworlders such as faeries, and vampires, Clary just wishes that she could go back the her normal life before all this happened. Now that Simon and Clary are become more then just friends she wants the normal life more then ever. But the shadowhunters are not wanting to let her go. Clary has only one hope to save her mother, to hunter down her rogue, insane, evil, shadowhunter father Valentine. And to make things worse someone or something is killing downworlders in New York, and Valetine might be behind it all.
When the Soul-Sword is stolen the Inquisitor is sure that Jace is teaming up with thier father Valentine. And then Clary thinks things could not get worse then the worst of the worst happens to Simon. Can Clary hand off of this and figure out how to get to Valentine if her brother Jace is helping him.
Clary has a wonderful spark about her that just draws you in and helps bring you into her world. She is a character that feels out of place, like many teenagers do. She is someone I remember being when I was a teenager.
I really like this book. It was one of those books that you pick up and have a hard time setting it down. And when you do set it down all ou can think about is getting back to it to see what happens next. There is something new and exciting happening around every corner.