DNF @ 40% 
 Thank god this is over (meaning I gave up). This has got to be the messiest book I've ever read. 
 To be honest, I was expecting to like this book because I was attempting to channel the dormant preteen girl within me. 
 YET. that did not happen. This book utilizes elementary plot devices and sentence structures to the point of no return. The language was elementary and juvenile. Endless similes and muddled plot, mixed with an undefined magic world that seemed to try to create the "ultimate" magic world using ideas from everyone else. Clare left no stone unturned at trying to create the most "epic" fantasy story ever. I could honestly feel her efforts to be amazing and poetic. 
 The plot itself was weighted down by the attempt at beautiful language and description. THERE WAS TOO MUCH OF IT. This book could have been edited and shortened to a fraction of its current size and read much, much better. 
 The characters themselves were not much better. If at all. 
 Here we have Clary: 
 Then we have Jace: 
 And Simon: 
 Isabelle: (a fifteen-year-old) 
 And some other ones that I don't feel like indicating. 
 ANYWAYS. This book was dull and messy and there are better YA fantasy books out there to read.