Level 2- Lenore Appelhans Review

Level 2 (The Memory Chronicles) Review

Author: Lenore Appelhans
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Language: English


Summary:

Since her untimely death the day before her eighteenth birthdaym Felicia Ward has been trapped in Level 2, a stark white afterlife located between our world and the next. Along with her fellow prisoners, Felicia passes the endless hours reliving memories of her time on Earth and mourning what she's lost-family, friends, and the boy she loved, Neil.
Then a girl in a neighboring chamber disappears, and nobody but Felicia seems to recall she existed in the first place. something is obviously wrong. When Julian-a dangerously charming guy Felicia knew in life- comes to offer Felicia a way out, she learns the truth: A rebellion is brewing to over throw the Mortai, the guardians of Level 2.
Felicia is reluctant to trust Julian, but then he promises what she wants the most-to be with Neil again- if only she'll join the rebels. Suspended between heaven and Earth, Felicia finds herself in the center of an age-old struggle between good and evil. As memories from her life come back to haunt her, and as the Mortai hunt her down Felicia will discover it's not just her own redemption at stake.... but the salvation of mankind.

Review:
I had high expectations for Level 2, and while those hopes weren't completely crushed, Level 2 is an okay book. The main character, supporting characters, lack of character development almost made me stop reading, but the idea and weirdness surrounding Felicia and Level 2 kept pushing on. While this isn't one of my favorite books of the year, I am interested to see what the next book would be like.

I think Felicia is a O.K. character. She doesn't have much of a personality, yet guys supposedly be all over her. I don't get it. I mean she may be pretty (Though the model on the cover is kinda creepy looking with that make-up and all), but yes, it's completely believable that two guys love her *eye roll*.

The concept of the Net and everything to do with Level 2 is pretty intriguing, but everything else sort of sucks. I mean I had no idea what was going on. The whole ending made no sense whatsoever. I mean I get it, I know what happened, but a hint or two would have been nice, but most of the time, I ended have to go and re-read a certain sentence or paragraph just to make sure what I read.
Also, the world-building was kind of fell apart for me. I still have no real idea what Level 2 looks like or what it feels like to be there. I have no idea how people "plug in," though I assume it has something to do with their hands in those cuffs they use in their...pods shells...chamber-things.



What I liked:
* The idea of a Level 2, an afterlife/purgatory between Level 1 (Human world/Earth) and the next, after Level 2. And what these souls do to pass time is that they revisit/relive their own memories or rent other people's memories when they were on earth.

* It was good to know that this book isn't one of those love triangles.
I had thought this book would have been a love triangle for Felicia between Neil and Julian. But it's totally not. In fact, it seem to me that Felicia only loved Neil. Julian, I think he's a player. He probably is, because while there were some good moments between him and Felicia, I didn't think that he was good enough for her. Those moments when he said that he "loved" her, I was like "Pssh! Stop lying! Because she loves Neil!"

* When we finally learned how Felicia died, and who was revealed of who caused it (I'm sure it  would have been a bit obvious) I couldn't help but shrieking out of shock. I should've known, but I'm bad at mysteries, so when I figure out things like this, I go into a happy shock.

*The memories of Felicia's life when she was on Earth.
While I do like the concept of Level 2, I was starting to like the idea of a stand alone novel of Felicia's life when she was  alive (just without the supernatural/paranormal element added within the story if it was possible)



What I didn't like:
* This is a little complaint: the pacing. When I first read this book, I found myself distracted and couldn't get into it as much as I wanted to. The pacing for me was a bit slow at first, but then it kicked up in the middle, fell flat a tiny bit, then kicked back up again. I did find myself like some parts, but then I find myself skimming quickly through the pages till something good happened.

*The ending. It was just... it didn't really make me go "OMG! I WANT MORE!" It was more like "That's it? Really?" But this book will defintely have a sequel, since it did have a sequel-cliffhanger hanging like that.

* the concept and world-building of Level 2. There's no real description of what it looks like. So, I came to concluded it was a sort of purgatory level. People relieve their lives over and over, or other people's lives but nobody moves on (maybe?). I just didn't get this world of a empty whitewashed room after room with nobody understanding what was really going on because I surely didn't. What the purpose was of having the people trapped in this level on how it got back at God?  Was Felicia the only one with the power to overthrow what the Morati was doing? What made her so special, because she could remember and function longer before she had to plug in?
So many questions...so many questions...questions hopefully soon to be answered in the next book.


Conclusion:
This book was OK for me. I was going a bit crazy for this book, but when I read it, I felt a tiny bit disappointed, and then that disappointment went away when something good happened, but it fell flat for me again.
There's not much action in this book, more of like an adventure, romance sci-fi-like kind of novel. But, there are some pretty good action scenes.
I just think I may need to re-read this book so I can get into it like I would do with the other books that I have read.
Level 2 is a good book, and I would defintely try the sequel if there was one (which I am sure there will be)

I would give this book a 4.0/5

Soon To Be Reviewed Books

These are the remaining books that I have not read or received yet.
I am currently reading Lenore 2 by Lenore Appelhans.
But the rest of these will soon to me mailed to be next week and the week after (Early February)



Soon to be reviewed:

Level 2
Author: Lenore Appelhans

Summary:
     Since her untimely death the day before her eighteenth birthday, Felicia Ward has been trapped in Level 2, a stark white afterlife located between our world and the next. Along with her fellow drones, Felicia passes the endless hours reliving memories of her time on Earth and mourning what she’s lost—family, friends, and Neil, the boy she loved.

     Then a girl in a neighboring chamber is found dead, and nobody but Felicia recalls that she existed in the first place. When Julian—a dangerously charming guy Felicia knew in life—comes to offer Felicia a way out, Felicia learns the truth: If she joins the rebellion to overthrow the Morati, the angel guardians of Level 2, she can be with Neil again.

      Suspended between Heaven and Earth, Felicia finds herself at the center of an age-old struggle between good and evil. As memories from her life come back to haunt her, and as the Morati hunt her down, Felicia will discover it’s not just her own redemption at stake… but the salvation of all mankind.

The Archived
Author: Victoria Schwab


Summary:       The Archive, an otherworldly library, contains the bodies of everyone who has ever died. But when the Archive is compromised from within, sixteen-year-old Mackenzie Bishop must use her skills as a Keeper to identify the traitor and prevent violent Histories from escaping into our world.




Everneath
Author: Brodi Ashton

Summary:
      Last spring, Nikki Beckett vanished, sucked into an underworld known as the Everneath. Now she’s returned—to her old life, her family, her boyfriend—before she’s banished back to the underworld . . . this time forever. She has six months before the Everneath comes to claim her, six months for good-byes she can’t find the words for, six months to find redemption, if it exists.
      Nikki longs to spend these precious months forgetting the Everneath and trying to reconnect with her boyfriend, Jack, the person most devastated by her disappearance—and the one person she loves more than anything. But there’s just one problem: Cole, the smoldering immortal who enticed her to the Everneath in the first place, has followed Nikki home. Cole wants to take over the throne in the underworld and is convinced Nikki is the key to making it happen. And he’ll do whatever it takes to bring her back, this time as his queen.
     As Nikki’s time on the Surface draws to a close and her relationships begin slipping from her grasp, she is forced to make the hardest decision of her life: find a way to cheat fate and remain on the Surface with Jack or return to the Everneath and become Cole’s queen.


Everbound
Author: Brodi Ashton

Summary:  
        Nikki Beckett could only watch as her boyfriend, Jack, sacrificed himself to save her, taking her place in the Tunnels of the Everneath for eternity—a debt that should've been hers. Now she is living a borrowed life, and she doesn't know what to do with the guilt. And every night, Jack appears in her dreams, lost and confused and wasting away. No matter how she tries to reach for his hand, she can never find it.

        Desperate for answers, Nikki turns to Cole, the immortal bad boy who wants to make her his queen—and the one person least likely to help. But his heart has been touched by everything about Nikki, and he agrees to help in the only way he can: by taking her to the Everneath himself. 

        Nikki and Cole, along with Cole's bandmate Max, descend into the Everneath, only to discover that their journey will be more difficult than they'd anticipated—and more deadly. From a Lake of Blood and Guilt to Sirens' alluring tricks to insurmountable walls of rock and flame, the trio is given every reason to turn back and give up. But Nikki vows to stop at nothing to save Jack—even if it means making an incredible sacrifice of her own. 

The Madman's Daughter
Author: Megan Shepard

Summary: 
         Sixteen-year-old Juliet Moreau has built a life for herself in London—working as a maid, attending church on Sundays, and trying not to think about the scandal that ruined her life. After all, no one ever proved the rumors about her father's gruesome experiments. But when she learns he is alive and continuing his work on a remote tropical island, she is determined to find out if the accusations are true.
         Accompanied by her father's handsome young assistant, Montgomery, and an enigmatic castaway, Edward—both of whom she is deeply drawn to—Juliet travels to the island, only to discover the depths of her father's madness: He has experimented on animals so that they resemble, speak, and behave as humans. And worse, one of the creatures has turned violent and is killing the island's inhabitants. Torn between horror and scientific curiosity, Juliet knows she must end her father's dangerous experiments and escape her jungle prison before it's too late. Yet as the island falls into chaos, she discovers the extent of her father's genius—and madness—in her own blood.

Crash (Visions #1) Review

Crash (Visions) Book #1 Review

Author: Lisa McMann
Review Issue Date: January 1, 2013
Online Publish Date: December 12, 2012
Publisher:Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster
Pages: 240
Publication Date: January 8, 2013
Category: Fiction
Series: Visions
Volume: 1


Summary:
Jules lives with her family above their restaurant, which means she smells like pizza most of the time and drives their double-meatball-shaped food truck to school. It’s not a recipe for popularity, but she can handle that.
What she can’t handle is the recurring vision that haunts her. Over and over, Jules sees a careening truck hit a building and explode...and nine body bags in the snow.
The vision is everywhere—on billboards, television screens, windows—and she’s the only one who sees it. And the more she sees it, the more she sees. The vision is giving her clues, and soon Jules knows what she has to do. Because now she can see the face in one of the body bags, and it’s someone she knows. Someone she has been in love with for as long as she can remember.

Review:
Jules Demarco is a normal teenager. She's snarky, spunky, and hilarious. In fact, her life sucks. She drives a truck with balls on the top. Meatballs, that is. But, you get the drift. Her father...has issues. He's a hoarder. A neat, organized hoarder. Jules family runs an Italian family business that's in rivalry with another Italian family business. But, to top off the suckish part of Jules life? She keeps seeing this vision.
A vision of a crash.
A crash whereever she looks, she keeps seeing it, no matter what she does. it won't go away, until she finally does something about it.

Oh, did I forget that she has a crush on her family's rival even though they were totally BFF's one time in their lives? Yep, that's not working out very well either.

Lisa McMann creates a very good story of this book. Crash was like a mystery romance type of YA book. And throughout the story, every time Jules freaks about with this one vision, I was freaking out with her. Especially when she saw---Nah, I'm not going to spoil that good part for you, even though some of you might saw it coming before Jules figured it out.

I loved this book so much, when it ended, I was literally screaming "It's over?! No! No, no, no, no, nooo!! It can't be over!" I was that upset because at the end, it was very good twist and I just stared at the book like, "WHAT?!"

This book is amazing.

What I like:
*Everything. Period.
* Jules: She's snarky, spunky, sarcastic, and laugh out loud funny. Even with this vision she has, she's a fairly good protagonist that I can relate to. Not only this, but she's in love with her BFF, Sawyer, who is also her family's rival.
* Sawyer: The boy of Jule's childhood, and crush, maybe lover. Sawyer's like the popular boy, the one that everyone likes. I think Sawyer is a cool guy, but,  he has a reason why he's been treating Jules the way he does. (Unlike some YA boys who treats the protag with such unncessary jerkiness, it's soo unattractive) but with Sawyer, trust me, he HAS a reason why he's been treating  Jules like moldy cheese. Trust. Me. It's in the book.
* Trey: Jules older brother and gay. He also has a little thing for Sawyer even though Trey is 18 and Sawyer's like, 16. Trey is just as sarcastic and funny as Jules is. This makes me envious because I want Trey as a brother. Hey, Jules? Want to sibling switch?
*The vision: The Crash. That's just it. It's just one vision. A vehicle crashing into a building, going up in flames. 9 people dead. What Jules going to do?
I enjoyed how the visions kept coming back to haunt Jules, taunting her endlessly till she got up and took action. Which she eventually does near the end of the book.
*Everything. Again.

What I didn't like:*Jule's family's rivalry with the the Angotti's.
-I understans WHY, but truthfully, when I learned the backstory of why the rivarly happened. I was rooting for Jules to tell her father and mother off to say to hell with the rivalry with the Angotti's because of her love for Sawyer. But, nope. It didn't happen because in other YA novels, it would ususally happen, the parents will see their errors and then come to their senses and apologize. That didn't happen in this story, which I am also OK for, since in the next book, I think the Italian rivals will get over their stupid arguement and make peace!

What I didn't like:
*The ending
-Total cliffhanger. Cliffhangers mean sequels. And sequels turn out to take forever to come out. Luckily, we don't have to wait till 9 more months left. Still far away!

Conclusion:
While I had never read Lisa McMann's Wake Series and her other previous novels, this is my first. And I love it. I read this book in 4 hours. I'm an avid reader, but for everyone, it's a fairly quick read.
Fans of McMann's work will definitely love Crash. Because, it's amazing, and good and...amazing!
This book has mystery, suspense, drama, romance, humor. All good things. This book will not disappoint (well, for some people it would) but I would defintely recommend this book! I'm gonna say it again, amazing book.

Bang (Visions #2) will be coming out October 8, 2013. Isn't this cover fantasically amazing?

5/5!

Splintered Review

Splintered Review

Author: A.G. Howard
Reading level: Ages 14 and up
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Amulet Books (January 1, 2013)
Language: English

Summary:
Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together. For now.

When her mother’s mental health takes a turn for the worse, Alyssa learns that what she thought was fiction is based in terrifying reality. The real Wonderland is a place far darker and more twisted than Lewis Carroll ever let on.

There, Alyssa must pass a series of tests, including draining an ocean of Alice’s tears, waking the slumbering tea party, and subduing a vicious bandersnatch, to fix Alice’s mistakes and save her family. She must also decide whom to trust: Jeb, her gorgeous best friend and secret crush, or the sexy but suspicious Morpheus, her guide through Wonderland, who may have dark motives of his own.

My Review/Thoughts: The first thing about this book that caught my eye was the cover. Of course, like many books, I do judge a book by its cover, then the title, then the blurb, and first few pages of a book. If I like it, I want it.  With this book, I had to have it.
The thing that caught my attention about this novel was the story line/plot that I read on A.G. Howard's website. The retelling of Alice in Wonderland.
Now, I never read any Lewis Carroll's books, but I did see the movie adaption of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, which I loved.

Again, like I had never read any of Lewis Carroll (for I always thought he was a female) Alice in Wonderland books, I can say, from reading this book, it gave me the general idea of what the original book was about.

Splintered is a YA retelling of Alice in Wonderland where the main character, Alyssa, is a descendant of Alice and she wants to break the curse that had plagued her family's heritage for years.  And I was impressed with this book.

What I liked:
* The purple print in the book.
* The twists in the book of Wonderland and the mysteries of Alyssa's heritage.
* The author takes her inspiration of Alice in Wonderland and adds her own dark and twisting world into her novel
*The imagery. It was amazing. I could clearly see every single thing happening, playing in my head like a movie. Heh, I hope it becomes a movie. Can we call Tim Burton, please?
* The characters:
-Alyysa
-Jeb
-Tae
-Morpheus
-Dad
-Mom
-and other small creeppy netherlings of Wonderland

What I didn't like:
* There was not one thing I didn't like about this book.
*Okay, I lied. There is this tiny little thing:
-The pacing. There were times where I found myself skimming and flipping through the pages. This is because, at first, when I was trying to read it, I couldn't sit and focus. I was distracted, but eventually, I got it down (somewhat still unfocused) but still read and finished it, but that's all that counts, right?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Conclusion:
So, Splintered is a great book, especially if you're a fan of Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. This book does a great retelling of the famous fairy tale of all time.
Of course, this book will not be everyone's cup of tea (see what I did there?) There may be some things that some people will not like, such as how Alyssa is the "cliche" punk girl. Jeb is just the best friend on the sidelines who finally confessed his love for the girl. Morpheus is the dark, tall, mysteriously dangerous magical bad boy and so on. But that's okay. Some people will like this book and some will not. Personally, I LOVED this book. Would I read it again? Mmm, no. That's because I don't re-read books, but I sure do remember them pretty well after I read them.
So, Splintered by A.G. Howard is definetely a keeper on my shelf.
I would give this a 4.8/5

Clockwork Angel (Infernal Devices) #1 Review

Clockwork Angel (Infernal Devices) #1 Review

Author: Cassandra Clare
Reading level: Ages 14 and up
Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books; Reprint edition (October 4, 2011)
Language: English
Story Status: Trilogy


Summary:
Magic is dangerous--but love is more dangerous still.
When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother, her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Only the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons, keep order amidst the chaos.

Kidnapped by the mysterious Dark Sisters, members of a secret organization called The Pandemonium Club, Tessa soon learns that she herself is a Downworlder with a rare ability: the power to transform, at will, into another person. What's more, the Magister, the shadowy figure who runs the Club, will stop at nothing to claim Tessa's power for his own.

Friendless and hunted, Tessa takes refuge with the Shadowhunters of the London Institute, who swear to find her brother if she will use her power to help them. She soon finds herself fascinated by--and torn between--two best friends: James, whose fragile beauty hides a deadly secret, and blue-eyed Will, whose caustic wit and volatile moods keep everyone in his life at arm's length...everyone, that is, but Tessa. As their search draws them deep into the heart of an arcane plot that threatens to destroy the Shadowhunters, Tessa realizes that she may need to choose between saving her brother and helping her new friends save the world...and that love may be the most dangerous magic of all.


My Review/Thoughts:
When Tessa Gray arrives in London on a ship from New York, she's eager to see her brother, Nate. But before she can find him, she's intercepted by two women, known as the Dark Sisters, who kidnap her and force her to learn how to use the strange magical powers she never knew she had, all the while promising her that she is lucky, and she will soon meet the sinister Magister. Terrified and confused, Tessa is rescued by two young Shadowhunters, Will and Jem, and is taken to the London Institute, where she learns that her powers are just the beginning of a strange, magical world she never knew existed, full of wonder, but also full of hate, prejudice, and danger...and Tessa is in the center of it.

Clockwork Angel, the first in Cassandra Clare's new Infernal Devices trilogy, is a descriptive and exciting book, that takes place in the Victorian Era. It's about twenty-thirty+ pages in the story where we will become familiar with the Shadowhunters and Downworlders. But the story unfolds quicjky and smoothly.

In the first few pages of Clockwork Angel, action begins immediately.  There is a bit of slow pacing


What I like:
*The new characters that are introduced into this story as well as a few old characters that we may recognize (Magnus Bane and Camille Belcourt, the Silent Brothers)
- Jem Carstairs:
- Will Hernondale:
-Tessa Grey:
-The Dark Sisters:
-Axel Mortmain:
-Charolette:
Some of these characters remind me of the original characters in the Mortal Instrument Series.
Tessa-Clary?
Will-Jace?
Jem-Simon/Alec?
de Quincy-Valentine
Charlotte-Jocylen?
Sophie-??
Jessamine- Isabelle?
Nate-Sebastian?
Six Fingered Nigel-Funny!
*I also liked Tessa's supernatural power as a shape-changer, where Tessa can take the form of other people as long as she has something of that person and Change into them.
*Pandemonium Club--very coincidental that the Pandemonium Club sort of interlace and reminds me of Pandemonium in City of Bones where Clary and Simon first enter where they first interact with the Shadowhunters
*The idea for a clockwork army/monsters
* Jem's backstory on his condition and how the way he is now. Sad , but also intriguing. I hope he really doesn't die in the future books, even though he is literally dying a very slow death.


What I didn't like:
* There's not much that I didn't like, except that sometimes the story seemed to drag a little bit from time to time (of course, that is always my complaint with these stories)
* Sometimes, because Will reminds me so much of Jace, me makes me want to reach through the book and slap this boy silly. I wish, he and Jace would just...stop being rash, rude, and a jerk to the main protagonists (Clary and Tessa).
* Nate. I thought he was a good guy, and I was fooled in thinking that he was--until 1/3 through the book.


Conclusion:
Aside from the Mortal Instrument Series, the Infernal Devices of the Clockwork Angel, is a great start of a prequel! Now, off to devour new books!

4.8/5 Stars

Book Mailbox #1

So, 2 weeks ago, I have ordered (pre-ordered) 7 books.
Splintered-A.G Howard
Crash- Lisa McMann
Level 2- Lenore Applehaus
Everneath- Brodi Ashton
The Madman's Daughter- Megan Sheperd
The Archieved -Victora Schwabb
and
Everbound- Brodi Ashton!

Today, 1/16/13, I got in the mail these:

Happiness everywhere!
But I can't read them just yet until I finished Cassandra Clare's Infernal Devices! If only there is enough time between work and school, I'll be on these books soon enough!
But as of right now, I'm still reading Clockwork Prince.
But, aren't these books just fabulous!?
I can't wait to read them!

So, stay tuned for the upcoming review of Clockwork Prince and Clockwork Angel, then Harken by Kaleb Nation..THEN one from this pile--Splintered by A.G. Howard!! *I promise*

City of Lost Souls (The Mortal Instruments #5) Review

City of Lost Souls (The Mortal Instruments #5) Review

Author: Cassandra Clare
Reading level: Ages 14 and up
Hardcover: 544 pages
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books; First Edition edition (May 8, 2012)
Language: English


Summary (from Amazon):

What price is too high to pay, even for love? When Jace and Clary meet again, Clary is horrified to discover that the demon Lilith’s magic has bound her beloved Jace together with her evil brother Sebastian, and that Jace has become a servant of evil. The Clave is out to destroy Sebastian, but there is no way to harm one boy without destroying the other. As Alec, Magnus, Simon, and Isabelle wheedle and bargain with Seelies, demons, and the merciless Iron Sisters to try to save Jace, Clary plays a dangerous game of her own. The price of losing is not just her own life, but Jace’s soul. She’s willing to do anything for Jace, but can she still trust him? Or is he truly lost?

Love. Blood. Betrayal. Revenge. Darkness threatens to claim the Shadowhunters in the harrowing fifth book of the Mortal Instruments series.

Review/My Thoughts:
Words. I cannot. Describe. Of. How. Amazing. This. Book. Is.
And it's only the 5th in the series!
Cassandra needs to hurry up and write the 6th Book: City of Heavenly Fire!
I know a lot of people are getting sick of how Cassandra has chosen to write book after book, but truthfully, I cannot get enough of this series.

In City of lost souls Lilith, the demon has been destroyed and Jace and Sebastian are missing. Clary, not getting any help from the Clave, decides to go out and find them herself. Alec, Simon and Isabelle tag along, of course!!
When Clary and Jace meet she feels that he's changed. Hanging around her evil brother, Sebastian, has made Jace into a different person. He's acting like him and Sebastian are close friends, and that he actually likes him. They soon find out that Jace has been bound to Sebastian, and killing one of them would kill the other as well. Since the Clave is determined to destroy Sebastian, Clary and her friends must find a way to save Jace.

The cover of this book was so different from the other book covers in this series. I loved the cover. I didn't at first understand what the City of Lost Souls meant (like how the title has some sort signifcance to the story).
But I do feel like it did justice to the story. There was a lot more romance than there was action, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Since the previous books were all so action packed I feel it was the right move by Clare to slow down a little.


Things I liked:
* The introduction to the Iron Sisters.
-I thought when we were introduced to the Iron Sisters, I imagined them to be all similar like with white hair, white dresses, that creepy, stuff, but...they weren't. I think, (hopefully) we will get to see more of the Iron Sisters in the next and (final?) installment of the Mortal Instrument Series
* The interdemension apartment (house?) that Sebastian, Jace, and Clary resided in. I though it was pretty cool on how that would take them to the different places all around the world.
* The Bone Chandelier Club
- Silver rain induced faerie drugs?
Yeah, if humans had a little taste of that, they certainly all would be trippin' crazy if they got high on that. Oh, and the hallucination that Clary goes through from the silver rain? Amazing, creepy, and amazing. Blood. Dead Bodies. Severed Hands.
* Sebastian.
- There are no words to speak of this boy. He's both amazing and evil, that...well...amazingly evil! I would guess that many people would dislike Sebastian, but not me, I liked Sebastian--it's either that or my fetish for fiction bad guys.
* The odd relationship between Clary and Jace-but-not-Jace.
-The other relationships between Simon and Isabella, Maia and Jordan.
* The summoning of the High Great Demon Azazel
*Simon summoning Angel Raziel

Things I didn't like:
* Sebastian (Yeah, I know I said I liked him, but this has a reason!)
-When a bad guy dies in the end of the novel, he should stay dead! Stay. Dead! Why? How? Why and How is he NOT dead after Clary killed him through Jace?! Like...how does that even work?
* The pacing. Of course, in the past novels till this one, the pacing in the beginning of the novel was pretty slow, but it sure did kick up in beginning-near-middle till at the very end.
* Magnus and Alec. Why Magnus? Why did you have to break up with Alec!? I cried, man. I cried. I'm disappointed in Magnus right now.. I'm over it.

In conclusion:
Cassandra, if it's possible, do NOT end the Mortal Instruments at book 6. Well, I'm sure you would need to, but I don't think I would ever get tired of the Shadowhunters, Downworlders, Angels, Demons, and all that jazz. 
Though I am not much of a re-reading kind of girl, I won't be re-reading these books because I experienced enough of these books (in a good way.) 
So much action, so much romance, so much fun!
I'll defintely be wanting to read the 6th installment of the The Mortal Instrument Series: City of Heavenly Fire.
Now I'm off to reading The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel-The prequel to the Mortal Instrument Series.

I would give this book 4.8/5 Stars.