Clary's life has been turned upside down -- demons are real and her mother's in a coma. She's getting closer to Simon and her newfound brother Jace. But she's ready for it all to go back to normal. But someone in New York City is murdering Downworlder children -- is her father, Valentine, behind it? I'm actually writing this review from the vantage point of mid-way through book 5, but this series is frustrating. I'm enjoying it -- a lot -- and the tension is high -- but it feels like the actual plot is subsumed by the romance sub-plot more often than not. And I mean, I've barely done *anything* but read this series since starting it last week. I don't think I'm going to write separate reviews. But seriously -- Clary and Jace need to be cut a break at SOME point. Gah.