I was looking over my past ratings for the previous books in the TMI series and realized that this is the first one out of the six that I will NOT be giving 5 STARS to. Of course I'm sadden by this, but when I thought it over...This book didn't really live up to what I was expecting. 
 It rather fell flat. 
 I know...I know...if you've seen this book you'll probably notice that it's pretty thick. Over 700 pages thick. It was bigger than CITY OF GLASS, and since I enjoyed COG I imagined this book would be filled with perfect explanations and adventure that would for sure make me squeal in joy. 
 IT'S SPOILER TIME SO TREAD WITH CAUTION 
 Let me just say that after reading this, 700 pages is pretty bad. Her writing is good, but she's wayyyyyyy too descriptive. I find description to be a good thing, but there are times when describing the same thing over and over and over again can really bother a person. I know that Sebastian has BLACK EYES, you don't need to tell me every time Clary sees him. 
 I'll do what I usually do in my reviews, I'll start with the good and work my way down to the disappointing bad. 
 THE GOOD 
 1. I liked the dreams they all had. (Although I was a little disappointed with Jace's dream, but oh well.) Clary's dream was what hit me in the heart. The idea of her ACTUALLY having a simple life? Then there was Isabelle's dream of her and Simon with an apartment. Alec's dream of being admired. Simon's dream of being a famous rock star? I thought it was something interesting to read and that's what kept me going. 
 2. ???? Idk... Bat? 
 3. Brother Zachariah becoming human again and kicking butt! Awesome! 
 so far the good isn't looking so good 
 THE BAD 
 1. This may be of unpopular opinion, but I didn't really like the ending for Sebastian. If you're going to give us a glimpse of what he COULD have been, the least you could do is keep him alive so that we could get to know the GOOD JONATHAN. But no. Clary stabs him, he turns good, and then he dies. And Clary felt no remorse whatsoever. I understand that she didn't know him, but she could have tried to make a ruin to heal him. She could have tried something. 
 That's the thing that always bothered me about Jocelyn and Clary. Jocelyn is the one who made the bad decisions in the past and she somewhat thought that she could escape those decisions. Although Sebastian was evil, she should have tried to reach out to him as a mother. Instead she constantly provokes him, giving him more reason to hate her. 
 I'll go back to my thoughts of CITY OF LOST SOULS. IN COLS, Cassandra Clare writes Sebastian as a character who is asking Clary is he could ever be forgiven. Then, at the end of the fifth book she completely turns him into a disgusting villain who believes incest is "okay". I really didn't like this sudden shift. I know she was trying to be shocking and all, but that's not the direction. We've already dealt with the whole somewhat "incest" between Jace and Clary in the first three books. Yeah, I know that they weren't really Brother and Sister, but I don't see why the author had to make Sebastian in love with Clary. It was unnecessary and made no point. Make him want her as a sister he wish he had, but not as a lover he needs. 
 I would have love the last two books of this series if she had taken the REDEMPTION road instead. Give me a villain who WANTS to be loved and that's what he's fighting for. Jocelyn told Sebastian that that's what he inherited from her "the ability to LOVE with all your heart." Don't EVER make the villain turn good at the last second just to kill him off. His death was too quick and unbelievable. 
 2. DO NOT GET ME STARTED ON THAT JACE AND CLARY SEX SCENE. No! Okay, having sex the night before the end of the world in a cave connected to another Cave where Isabelle and Simon are sleeping--I can believe. Jace suddenly pulling out a condom... 
 No. That's when I draw the line. Why the hell would he think of bringing a condom to hell? I mean seriously... Are you telling me an ALMOST seventeen year old boy actually thought he was going to get some action in hell while with Clary? Not to mention that he also couldn't touch Clary UNTIL she took out the Heavenly Fire... 
 3. Oh and don't get me started on Jace. I get it Cassandra Clare. He believes he's evil. Boo hoo. He doesn't do a single evil thing in this novel except talk about how the idea of power excites him. Also Clary should think about her mom and what happened when she fell in love with an evil Shadowhunter...maybe being with Jace might only repeat history (just saying). 
 4. Ugh... Emma and Julian. I liked the first chapter about them... The rest of Emma's POV seemed too much. I get it. She's getting her own series. Please, for the reader's sake, wait until you actually release that new series before putting these characters into the current series. Maybe I didn't really care about Emma and Julian. Idk. I just didn't think those chapters were necessary. I feel like Emma is just going to be a female version of Jace. Fun. (rolling my eyes). 
 5. Raphael should not have died. End of story. I was really starting to like his character. Idk why. I just thought he was interesting to read about. 
 I've patiently waited two years for this book. That's not easy. I've stuck with the series since the beginning. I was one of those people who jumped in joy when I heard she was making it a six book series instead of a trilogy. I went to watch the movie on the day it came out and I own all the books. I even bought my little sister The Infernal Devices Manga just so she could fall in love with Cassandra Clare's work too. And look--I've even given this book a graceful 4 STARS instead of a harsher rating. I still love her work. Her writing is well done (verrrrry descriptive). 
 I will say one thing though. I don't intend on reading any of her spin-off series. She's written about Will, Jem, and Tessa. She's planning on writing about their children. She's going to release next year a series about Emma and Julian. Not to mention she has novella's out about Magnus's adventures and I've also heard she's going to do the same to Simon... 
 Ms. Clare. Call me when you're going to write a spin-off alternate universe about the life Clary would have had if Valentine hadn't turned evil. Write about a happy family Clary would have had. Talk about Jonathan as a trustworthy brother and please please please continue on with their would be little sister Valentina. THAT I WILL READ. THAT I WILL PAY MONEY FOR. 
 Other than that... goodbye Shadowhunter World. Glad we've had so much fun together.