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I got City of Ashes as a christmas present from my younger cousins, last year. I had finished City of Bones a month before and I didn't have enough cash (because I bought other books) to buy it. So I was really looking forward to read it. I bought it with me on my summer holiday just after christmas. I sat by the pool and finished it in a day. From the minute I opened the book, I knew it was going to be fantastic, and I wasn't wrong.

I loved all the characters just as much, they are all perfectly written, except they didn't have perfect personalities, especially Jace. He was even more foul-tempered, and cruel, the same. I like Alec even better as well as Clary. But I still liked Alec the best, I liked the minute he entered the book.

Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what's normal when you're a demon-slaying Shadowhunter, your mother is in a magically induced coma, and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? If Clary left the world of the Shadowhunters behind, it would mean more time with her best friend, Simon, who's becoming more than a friend. But the Shadowhunting world isn't ready to let her go—especially her handsome, infuriating, newfound brother, Jace. And Clary's only chance to help her mother is to track down rogue Shadowhunter Valentine, who is probably insane, certainly evil—and also her father.

To complicate matters, someone in New York City is murdering Downworlder children. Is Valentine behind the killings—and if he is, what is he trying to do? When the second of the Mortal Instruments, the Soul-Sword, is stolen, the terrifying Inquisitor arrives to investigate and zooms right in on Jace. How can Clary stop Valentine if Jace is willing to betray everything he believes in to help their father?

In this breathtaking sequel to City of Bones, Cassandra Clare lures her readers back into the dark grip of New York City's Downworld, where love is never safe and power becomes the deadliest temptation.

This book is truly amazing!!