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Oh City of Glass. First you sucked and then Alec and Magnus Bane had a scene together and suddenly you started getting better. Coincidence? I think NOT.
Which begs the question, WHY did I not get more Alec? Or more Magnus Bane? Or more both? Because while Clary did manage to redeem herself towards the end of the book (why were you so boring initially Clary? Why?) and I transitioned from 'eww Jace, what a lame Edward-like individual' to 'what did you DO Jace, how is it possible that I like you now?' Alec and Magnus still managed to be about a hundred times more awesome in the grand total of three scenes they had together. Sorry.
( Cut because just because I think it doesn't count as a spoiler if you can see it from a hundred pages away doesn't mean everyone thinks so. )
The whole book is kind of insanely predictable but after the first 200 pages that becomes less annoying (For real guys. The magic of Magnus and Alec: making literary flaws less irritating since 2007!). I kept reading unsurprised but still wanting to keep going. If you're willing to wait that long for it to get actually interesting it's a decent read. About a B overall.
Which begs the question, WHY did I not get more Alec? Or more Magnus Bane? Or more both? Because while Clary did manage to redeem herself towards the end of the book (why were you so boring initially Clary? Why?) and I transitioned from 'eww Jace, what a lame Edward-like individual' to 'what did you DO Jace, how is it possible that I like you now?' Alec and Magnus still managed to be about a hundred times more awesome in the grand total of three scenes they had together. Sorry.
( Cut because just because I think it doesn't count as a spoiler if you can see it from a hundred pages away doesn't mean everyone thinks so. )
The whole book is kind of insanely predictable but after the first 200 pages that becomes less annoying (For real guys. The magic of Magnus and Alec: making literary flaws less irritating since 2007!). I kept reading unsurprised but still wanting to keep going. If you're willing to wait that long for it to get actually interesting it's a decent read. About a B overall.
