City of Lost Souls

Death is scheduled on the calendar; not interrupting anyone too much, creating volunteer charity work to do. Solving various problems at crime scenes and tying up loose ends in the days afterward. The victim is always the area the crime scenes are in; the deceased has a first & last name. Money is a bit separate from area company supply stores; therefore, is directly applied to a person's worth. The calendar is first priority set by companies for their supplies and employee schedule; money is for worth. Emotional language is reserved for the weather and never agrees well with characters. It usually their scene and they want to use their words for the area; weather ones just don't fit. They always lose their argument.

Sebastian has kidnapped Jace and no one can discover where he has taken him to. The Clave has de-prioritized the search for Jace, and Clary must wait in painful anxiety for two weeks before she can even begin the desperate pursuit of her boyfriend, Jace. In dire urgency, Clary and a few friends visit the Seelie Queen to ask for her help in ascertaining where Sebastian is detaining Jace. But when Jace surprises Clary with his sudden and unexpected appearance at her house, Clary finds herself confused and stupefied by Jace’s startling condition. An invitation is extended out to Clary to come with him and Sebastian as a potential cohort to her brothers’ diabolical plans. Clary must decide whether there is a boundary between honorability and abandoned immorality that can be crossed in the salvation for the one person that matters to her. From the glassy emerald-colored waters of the Venice canals to the cobblestone and lantern-lined streets of Prague, Cassandra Clare introduces us with delirious and lustrous portrayal the lucent world of the Shadowhunters and the other fantastical creatures that live alongside them. In the "City of Lost Souls" there is a careful treatment of the characters which reveals with subtlety, the delicate passions, the tenacity, and the flaws which give so much substance and validity to the personalities of Clary, Jace, and Sebastian. There is a universal question prevalent in the story, of whether the blood which runs through our veins can make us corrupt and amoral or sane and righteous depending upon the characters of the people we share this blood with. This conflict of having a murderer of a brother and a villainous criminal of a father torments Clary and adds dimension and overall depth to this sparklingly-woven adventure of the fatal test of love and blood.

Jace, where oh where did Jace go ? This guy gets himself in so much trouble. Now he's disappeared along with the evil Sebastian's body. Of course everyone if frantically trying to figure out what happened. They just went 'poof' gone, no clues left behind. Their search is hampered by the Clave's investigations. Red tape rearing it's ugly head, it's even here. There belief that Jace and Sebastian are both dead comes crashing around them with the stabbing of somebody near and dear to the gang. Life hangs, death is near and nobody knows what to do. Clary can't let him go, she can't let him be dead, never again. The doomed adventure begins. There is major dark mojo and twists to discover. People have changed, or have they ? The only way to know is to jump into the black and hope for a light. My only complaint- It was very good, except the Jace/ Clary- connecting, not connecting, getting together/staying apart..endless teasing. It is time to bring them together or tear them apart this is getting ridiculous ! I know it is YA, but this author has had them to the point of banging the bedpost for 5 books now, 5 ! She makes it so important in the story, they think about it, get all hot and bothered only to pull away at the last moment. This one was the worst for dragging it out for yet another book.