I enjoyed this. It was easy to read and gave off the air of pretentious thespians well. I found I preferred the later acts more and the epilogue was probably my favourite part. I enjoyed the way the events shaped and affected the characters thoughts and behaviours alot. Was a cute little read to be honest, only real complaint was it didnt overlly stand out to me. Thats all. 8/10 would recommend.

To say this was phenomenal is an understatement. This debut novel by Shalini Abeysekara was a work of art. I loved every moment of it. This is slated to be a duology and I intend to preorder and devour the second book the moment it hits the shelf. I digress slightly. The book has an easy to understand magic system, mystery and political intrigue as well as a sizzling main male character who is morally bleak in all the right ways. The main female character is strong willed, intelligent and unlike most novels not stunningly attractive. It is a refreshing romantasy that does not fall into the typical clichés. The book had me hooked from start to finish. I saw the twists a mile off but I didn't mind that predicatibility the prose flowed beautifully and it was a joy to read. Trigger page included in the front of this novel, always worth researching before starting. Keep your mind healthy and happy while reading please!

This book is a lovely addition to The Family Upstairs. It doesn't hit quite as well as the first book but feels like a book to tie up and conclude loose ends from the first one which was a phenomenal read.

As a conclusion to the first half of the mortal instruments is a testament to YA of it's time. This was a perfectly satisfactory and it neatly wrapped things up. I feel as if the character development of the main characters is actually a little sparse whereas secondary characters have plentiful character development over the three books. Either way. I enjoyed it and will be moving on to the infernal devices for the next part of my read along. I feel a much needed break from Clary and Jace despite being heavily invested in Magnus, Luke and the Lightwoods.

Read as part of a local bookclub. This was a light hearted read. It wasn't anything stellar or mind boggling. It was a nice quick and easy read about revenge going too far. Enjoyable.

I loved this book. It was light and wholesome and really interestingly done. The whole premise was something I personally hadn't encountered before which was refreshing and gave the whole story something extra. 10/10 elicited too many emotions out of me though.