#20 Cassandra Clare - City of Ashes (Mortal Instruments 2)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?
To save her mother’s life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters—never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there, and Simon has been thrown in prison by the Shadowhunters, who are deeply suspicious of a vampire who can withstand sunlight.
As Clary uncovers more about her family’s past, she finds an ally in mysterious Shadowhunter Sebastian. With Valentine mustering the full force of his power to destroy all Shadowhunters forever, their only chance to defeat him is to fight alongside their eternal enemies. But can Downworlders and Shadowhunters put aside their hatred to work together? While Jace realizes exactly how much he’s willing to risk for Clary, can she harness her newfound powers to help save the Glass City—whatever the cost?
The Mortal War is over, and sixteen-year-old Clary Fray is back home in New York, excited about all the possibilities before her. She’s training to become a Shadowhunter and to use her unique power. Her mother is getting married to the love of her life. Downworlders and Shadowhunters are at peace at last. And—most importantly of all—she can finally call Jace her boyfriend.
But nothing comes without a price.
Someone is murdering Shadowhunters, provoking tensions between Downworlders and Shadowhunters that could lead to a second, bloody war. Clary’s best friend, Simon, can’t help her—his mother just found out that he’s a vampire, and now he’s homeless. When Jace begins to pull away from her without explaining why, Clary is forced to delve into the heart of a mystery whose solution reveals her worst nightmare: she herself has set in motion a terrible chain of events that could lead to her losing everything she loves. Even Jace.
Uff - ich hab es aufgegeben.
Ich finde das Settting und die Prämissen der Bücher super interessant. Aber die Hauptcharaktere holen mich so gar nicht ab. Leider werden die wirklich interessanten Nebenfiguren immer nur angerissen, da man nicht zu weit von den Hauptfiguren abweichen soll... -.-
Vielleicht bin ich mittlerweile einfach zu alt für das "oohhh xx" - "oohhh yy" Gedöns. In anderer YA-Mädchen-Fantasy stört es mich nicht so sehr wie hier (Göttlich-Trilogie, Edelstein-Trilogie nur als Beispiele). Zudem stört mich auch der zeitliche Rahmen zwischen Band 1-3 und Band 4. Bände 5 und 6 habe ich aktuell nicht zu Hause und bin schwer am überlegen, ob ich sie mir überhaupt antue, nachdem bei Band 4 die Augen gar nicht mehr au sdem Rollen rauskamen (war für mich echt schwer zu lesen)
Twilight hat schon seine Berechtigung - aber war damals schon einfach nicht meins und Mortal Instruments schlägt stark in dieselbe Kerbe.
insgesamt abgerutscht auf 2,5 von 5 verdammten Liebenden
#23 Genevieve Cogman - The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library 1)Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, which harvests fiction from different realities. And along with her enigmatic assistant Kai, she's posted to an alternative London. Their mission – to retrieve a dangerous book. But when they arrive, it's already been stolen. London's underground factions seem prepared to fight to the very death to find her book.
Adding to the jeopardy, this world is chaos-infested – the laws of nature bent to allow supernatural creatures and unpredictable magic. Irene's new assistant is also hiding secrets of his own.
Soon, she's up to her eyebrows in a heady mix of danger, clues and secret societies. Yet failure is not an option – the nature of reality itself is at stake.
Ein Buch, auf das ich durch die Tanelorn Reading Challenges gestoßen bin.
Auch hier mag ich die Prämisse sehr und bin nach dem Ende mit den vielen Fragezeichen und Lösungen durchaus versönt, da ich mich tatsächlich auf das nächste Buch freue. Dennoch war das Buch manchmal ein wenig zu ... wenig? over the top? offensichtlich? ex machina? Kann es nicht genau einordnen. Wäre es alleinstehend, würde ich es schlechter bewerten.
3,5 von 5 Büchereiausweisen
