We've come this far! Let's finish the series with a bang! It deserves it. Again, I'm probably being pedantic, but it really, REALLY annoyed me and significantly lessened my enjoyment of this audiobook and did not do justice to the story.ĭo you think City of Fallen Angels needs a follow-up book? Why or why not? And honestly, the 'soft-voice' she adopted when completing a sentence or, for example, reading a conversation between Clary and Jace made my eye twitch. The stiff, over-pronounced narrative was distraction and disappointing. I'm probably nit-picking because I've been spoilt with audiobooks read by a variety of truly brilliant narrators, but her poorly inflected and almost bored delivery was painful for me. The heading says it all, like nails on a black board. I got to the point where I was actually tempted to skip the parts she narrated. Quinn though, different story altogether. Though, I would have been just as content if Natalie Moore had remained the narrator. And I liked the novelty of switching up narrators. What a voice! And I thought he did a great job. Kyle was a nice addition to the cast as well.ĭid the narration match the pace of the story?įail. Plus, he's a great comic relief amongst all of the Clary/Jace relationship angst. We'd seen this change in his character start to unfold in City of Glass so I found the follow through of this new Simon in City of Fallen Angels very satisfying and thoroughly enjoyable. I kind of feel that he was owed this and I was glad that this is the route Clare took with his character. Simon has developed his own story, his own life outside of Clary. At the risk of sounding cliche', his character really comes into his own in this book, meaning he is no longer a sub-character just playing the role of Clary's faithful sidekick, following her through her life and her story.

As the story is predominantly about him I guess that it's only natural to feel the connection with his character grow this time round. I definitely don't feel the enthralling engrossment I felt with the first three books. I'll finish the series because I feel like I should, not necessarily because I want to. Though the connection really wasn't there for me. But all that aside, I was glad to have the opportunity to further the Mortal Instruments journey. The loose threads at the end of City of Glass felt a little forced. However, I feel that City of Glass would've been a fine way to finish the series if the ending had been more final. Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

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