City of Lost Souls (angels, demons, adventure)

Book Title: City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare

Thoughts:  When I talked to one of my former students the other day and let her know where I was in the novel, she told me she had finished it, but had put off reading the last chapter for awhile because she didn't want it to end.  I was dreading finishing because I thought this would be the last book; needless to say when I finished the last chapter I thought "Yeah, this series is not over yet!"

Clare begins this where City of Fallen Angels ends.  Because I had read the Infernal Devices series, I have to make sure that I do not mix up the characters.  I need to go back and refresh my memory about the connection that Simon and Maureen and Jordan and Maia have with each other.

In this part of the story, Lilith is dead, Jace and Sebastian are missing, and Clary and her friends are going crazy that the Clave has stopped searching for Jace.  We all know Jace would not die, Clary and him have to end up together......  When Jace and Sebastian come for Clary, she realizes whatever happens to Sebastian will also happen to Jace; they are connected now.  Clary, Simon, Izzy, Alec and Magnus have to come up with a plan to separate Jace from Sebastian but not kill Jace in the process. 

Clare does not just focus on Clary and Jace's relationship in this segment.  We are drawn into other relationships too: Alec and Magnus; Izzy and Simon; Jordan and Maia.  I am looking forward to the next adventure in the Shadowhunters defeating Sebastian, and I'm sure Maureen will become a major problem too.  Clare's writing effectively makes readers lose their souls while reading this series.