I'm warning you this paragraph is full of shallow nonesense. Those who know me know I usually like dark-haired guys -even in books. A blond guy has to have something extra -especially in books- Bones from Night Huntress or even Jace for Mortal Instruments pulled that off ;). So when I read William had dark hair and blue eyes I was excited to find a hero that could both be hilarious and look like I like them to. And yet, halfway through the book I realized that in my mind, while I was picturing the scene I was reading, William was a tall blonde. Why you ask? Simple, HE IS JACE. Seriously. I mixed them up because they are literally THE SAME CHARACTER. The same humor, the same inner struggle, the same cockiness... Had I read this one before Mortal Instruments things would have gone differently. I was also happy Tessa was a brunette! We don't get many brunettes... PR heroines are always either redheads or have raven black hair. There's always the occasional blond but still. And I actually liked her. 
 Now, off land of shallowness, I gotta say, I loved the ending. Happy the author didn't pull a 'I'm your brother' on us, but still rather pleased about how things went between Tessa and Will, because otherwise it would be too easy. And actually Will being a jerk made me like him even more. I hate when all men seem to go on their knees for the heroine. 
 The setting was probably what I liked most. I'm a sucker for Victorian Times and London. The dresses and the institute being a church looking like a castle were awesome. Yet, I feel most of this was not exploited, the characters could've visited more locations but they were in the institute most of the time. 
 Another thing I loved about this book was Jem. He was such an interesting character, but then again, there's absolutely no chance of him ending with our leading lady. Either he'll die, and that will pull Tessa and Will together, or he'll end up with Sophie (Who, BTW, is really Maia from MI), which makes more sense since it would explain why the author (view spoiler)[killed Thomas. (hide spoiler)] 
 My one complaint: Why wasn't Will really drunk? I know YA authors don't want to corrupt young people's minds but sometimes a drunken character is endearing! He'd be clumsy and sexy (as long he's not the puking kind) and he'd start spilling the beans and opening up his feelings, you know? When I read that scene I was like, 'Yes! This is gonna be fun!' but then no, he wasn't. 
 I haven't really made up my mind as to whether I like this or Mortal Instruments better. I know they probably are two versions of the same book, but I think this one wins. Mainly, because there's no Clary in it and secondly, there's no incest. Oh, and did I mention Jace has black hair in it? LOL. 
 You know, the author said we should read Infernal Devices before City of Fallen Angels, because over there we'll see characters from both series come together so I'm extra excited to read that one, even if I felt MI series already had an ending. Cassandra Clare's books are all very similar and predictable, but what can I say, as so happens with Susan King's books, I love every version!