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City of Fallen Angels

City of Fallen Angels

FantasyUrban Fantasy
Pages
432
Published
2011
Language
English

Synopsis

Shadowhunter Clary Fray is back in New York, but peace is shattered when someone begins murdering her kind. As tensions rise between Downworlders and Shadowhunters, Clary must confront a terrifying truth: she may be responsible for the events that threaten to destroy everything she holds dear, including her relationship with Jace.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

DarkTenseMysteriousRomantic
Love TriangleFound FamilySecret IdentitySacrificeBetrayal

Genres

Fantasy Urban Fantasy Young Adult YA Fantasy Paranormal Paranormal Romance

About the author

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Cassandra Clare

Cassandra Clare is the pen name of Judith Lewis, born Judith Rumelt to American parents in Tehran, Iran. She spent her childhood travelling with her family, living in France, England and Switzerland before she was ten, and attended high school in Los Angeles. She worked in entertainment journalism — including a spell at The Hollywood Reporter — before turning to fiction full time in 2006. City of Bones (2007) opened The Mortal Instruments, the six-book series that established her Shadowhunters w...

Characters

Clary FrayProtagonist

A young Shadowhunter training in New York after the Mortal War, trying to hold on to a relationship Jace is quietly dismantling.

Simon LewisProtagonist

Clary's best friend, newly a vampire and bearing the Mark of Cain, courted by rival factions and evicted by his own mother.

Jace HerondaleProtagonist

Clary's boyfriend, pulling away from her under the weight of nightmares in which he is the one who hurts her.

Lilith (The Shadowhunter Chronicles)Antagonist

A greater demon, mother of warlocks, working through others towards a resurrection of her own design.

Camille BelcourtAntagonist

A deposed vampire leader who tries to recruit Simon as the Daylighter who will restore her to power.

All characters in City of Fallen Angels

Frequently asked questions

  • Do I need to read the earlier Mortal Instruments books before this one?

    Yes. City of Fallen Angels is the fourth book in The Mortal Instruments and opens roughly two months after the Mortal War that closes City of Glass. It assumes you already know Clary, Jace, Simon and the Lightwoods, how Simon came to be a vampire, and what happened to Valentine — none of which is re-explained. Start with City of Bones and read in order.

  • Which book comes after City of Fallen Angels?

    City of Lost Souls, followed by City of Heavenly Fire, which closes The Mortal Instruments. City of Fallen Angels ends on a cliffhanger that City of Lost Souls picks up from directly, so the two are best read together.

  • Who narrates the City of Fallen Angels audiobook?

    Ed Westwick and Molly C. Quinn share the narration on the Simon & Schuster Audio recording, alternating as the viewpoint shifts. Seekquel does not currently hold an audiobook edition of this title, so no runtime is listed here.

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