First reading: 22nd Feb - 8th March 2011 
 Second read: 21st - 24th August 2016 
 Full review can also be found on: Paein and Ms4Tune's Book Blog 
 Well that was more exciting than I remember and I thoroughly enjoyed picking up on all the subtle little secret hints as to exactly WHO Jace is, or at least who it seems Jace is, from all the PINTEREST SPOILERS I've been finding for myself. 
 There was so much to love in this book. Raphael returning, Simon, Clary and Jace all learning more about themselves and Alec trying to be fearless, but not quite getting there...I think he showed more than he realised though and I hope it came across to the right people! 
 Unfortunately there was also a lot to dislike too. Valentine. The fact Simon was angry at Clary because she only loves him like a brother, which upset her and caused her to be angry at Jace because she didn't love HIM like a brother, which upset Jace, which annoyed Simon......(you get the picture.) Valentine, The Inquisitors methods and Valentine, to mention a few. 
 I didn't like how Clary was treating Jace at all, but then in the end he has a really good point - he wasn't listening to her and maybe if he had, she'd have treated him better. I also didn't like how Simon was treating her either. He was angry at the way she felt, but still tried to push her into feeling the way he wanted her to. (In a way reminiscent of Adrian in Vampire Academy) But I also don't like Clary's habit to instantly pick apart and judge other girls her own age, though I guess this is accurate to society right now, cause we can't have girls liking each other and supporting each other and telling each other they look good, they might stop wasting money on pointless 'beauty' products and accidentally take down the patriarchy. So, so far I'm annoyed at the main love triangle, not a bad start! (yes, love triangles and I hate them, but I'm here for Malec - which is also sort of a triangle, but whatever, it's easier to put up with.) I have to say I think Clay is annoying me in different ways this time which is nice I guess. 
 My heart hurt a little bit for Magnus, whenever Alec pushed him away or denied their relationship, that's got to hurt and I get the feeling that Magnus is more into this that Alec, but I also wonder if that's really true (more PINTEREST SPOILERS again...). I know Alec sort of stumbled into this relationship - not that he doesn't want to be there, but more that he didn't expect Magnus to want him to be there, so I'm not exactly annoyed at him because I know he's still building himself up for this, but I kind of am a little bit... 
 As for Valentine, I don't know what happens to him at the end of all this but it better be freaking good because all this plotting he's done and the horrors that are hinted at and not yet reacted to are vast! I believe Clary likened him to Hitler and she might just be more right than she knew! 
 Then we have the Inquisitor. I hope this storyline continues on later, I man I'm guessing a little more of it comes to light at least. I hope we find out what she said to Jace and I hope he gets to understand it too. 
 First review: 
 This one took me so long to read because I hit a section that made me think "Oh for godsake!" then put it down for a week (while I was posessed by a story I'd been thinking about writing...) finished it the day after picking it up again however ^______^