GUEST REVIEW: City of Heavenly Fire - Cassandra Clare

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PUBLISHER: Walker Books
FORMAT: Paperback
BUY IT: Waterstones
RATING: 5 Stars

SUMMARY

Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Chaos and destruction overwhelm the Nephilim as Clary, Jace, Simon, and their friends band together to fight the greatest evil they have ever faced: Clary's own brother. Nothing in this world can defeat Sebastian - but if they journey to the realm of demons, they just might have a chance - Lives will be lost, love sacrificed, and the whole world will change. Who will survive the explosive sixth and final instalment of the Mortal Instruments series?

REVIEW

Yes, it’s a review for City of Heavenly Fire. The book is finally here. I’ve waited so long for this day and I’ve read it all. I have so much to say about this book and honestly I can’t write a non-spoilery review for this book because I need to discuss everything in this book. So if you haven’t read the whole Mortal Instruments series and the whole Infernal Devices trilogy, here’s where you leave. But seriously read Cassandra Clares’ books because they are absolutely fabulous and they improve a lot. Don’t give up after City of Bones, they improved so much. Now go if you haven’t read it because so many spoilers. This review is going to be all over the place because there is so much to talk about.

If you’re here, I’m guessing you’ve survived City of Heavenly Fire. Honestly, it wasn’t too bad. It wasn’t a bloodbath as she had let on. I had waited so long for this book as I read City of Lost Souls back in 2012 and honestly it was a big wait. This isn’t one of my favourite series and it does really annoy me but I really wanted to know what happened. I had to wait an extra day as it came out an extra day in the UK and then when I went to go pick it up first thing, the order hadn’t come and I had to wait an extra 3 hours! Having to waste time in town for 3 hours and wait for the book was just painful. Then when I came home, I couldn’t read it because my brother became ill and I had to look after him. I read it slowly but I got through it. Now lets start with the review because I have a lot to discuss.

BE WARNED, THERE ARE SPOILERS! Click through if you've already finished the book.

- Sofia.

(http://fifisofa.wordpress.com/)

GUEST POST: The Mortal Instruments Series

I have recently read The Mortal Instruments series. I have read many reviews about this series of books with a negative perspective however I’m proud to say that I disagree with all these opinions. I must admit I started this series with some reluctance but I loved it because these books take you on an adventure in a realistic yet surreal way. You have ordinary people like Clary and Simon (kind of ordinary, they change through the series) and then mysterious people like Jace, Alec and Isabelle.

Order of the Series

1. City of Bones
2. City of Ashes
3. City of Glass
4. City of Fallen Angels
5. City of Lost Souls
6. City of Heavenly Fire

Click through to read more. This is partly of a recap of the series before City of Heavenly Fire so contains spoilers.

City of Heavenly Fire Book Party

To celebrate the release of City of Heavenly fire, we're holding a very special fan party. It's going to be in store as usual, on the 31st May at 7-9pm.

If you have been to any of our previous Fan Parties you'll have an idea how much fun they are, but this time instead of a quiz we've got:

 

A special video from Cassandra Clare and professional nail artists and Rune painter!

 

Like the sound of that? Well, each person will recieve a goody bag with bookmarks and a poster, and we normally addsome other super cool things in there too. We put all of our children's books on Buy One Get One Half Price too, so if there's something you've always been meaning to read you can grab yourself a bargain.

 

Did I mention we have some limited edition tshirts in our raffle too?

 

We all need to give @WalkerbooksUK a tweet to say thank you!

 

Tickets are limited to 100 and are £1. You can purchase them in store or over the phone on 0121 633 4353. Parents won't need a ticket, but are still allowed to have some of our cake.

 

Tweet us @yabirmingham if you have any questions.

 

See you there, Shadowhunters!

Coming in May

Here's a preview of the great books coming in store in May. Are any of these on your wishlist? You can preorder any of them in the Children's section for a £3 deposit, or Reserve and Collect them from our store when they are published to receive the website price. Click on the pictures to find out more. Please note that these are all paperback releases, so some may have been out already been out in hardback.

If you preorder Cassandra Clare's CITY OF HEAVENLY FIRE for a £3 deposit in store, you'll be automatically entered into a draw to win a goody bag of £30 worth of books chosen by us. And we have fabulous taste... What are you waiting for??

Here's our stores chosen top picks for the month:

 

You must must must look out for WE ARE LIARS. It's going to be HUGE. You heard it here first...