Clary has learned that the key to saving her mother lies within the Glass City. Despite the fact that Jace doesn’t want her there, she is determined to do what she has to for her mom.

At the halfway point of this book, I decided to quit. It was grossing me out with the brother/sister situation that I mentioned in my review for the previous book. I don’t like being a quitter so I was bothered by my decision to quit… I was in a terrible situation! I ended up finishing the book. Still not sure how I’m feeling about it.

On one hand, the plot twists were great. I was shocked on more than one occasion. There was a lot of action and the stakes were incredibly high. I loved that part of the book. When I think back to the beginning of the first book, I like the story as a whole. The overall concept is really good.

On the other hand, I was repeatedly bothered by the sibling romance. Could we not have made this story work without that?!? This isn’t cute or romantic! It’s concerning! I can’t tell you how many times I cringed because of this. Another interesting observation I’ve made is that I have no patience for sitting down and reading this book. But I liked the audiobook well enough to keep going. My theory is that the story is slow paced and it doesn’t seem as bad if I’m listening to it while doing something else.

SPOILER ALERT! We finally learn that Jace and Clary are not brother and sister. I knew this was coming, but it couldn’t come soon enough. If you couldn’t tell, this has really been an issue for me. Am I alone in this? The thing is, even if we knew they weren’t actually brother and sister, they didn’t. And they were willing to ignore that and act on their romantic feelings. I’m still cringing!!! I will never get over this. I’m surprised by how loved this series is with incest as one of the main components to the story. I’m sorry, but I just don’t get it. It’s too prevalent for me to brush it aside.

At this point, I’m not sure if I’ll keep going with the next book. I’m very curious about the other series connected to the Shadowhunters so I might keep going with the audiobooks. But I also feel like the ending of this book resolved everything. I think I’ll take a break and see what happens.