The Indigo Spell

            ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️5/5 Stars

I think I'm falling in love with this series. It's just so amazingly good! 

It has taken me quite a while to read this book. As obsessed as I am with it, I just found myself doing something else. But once I got to reading it again, I didn't want to put it down. 

Sydney and Adrian are just the cutest couple. I thought no one could top Rose and Dimitri, and they haven't, but they are joint place. I'm also rooting for Jill and Eddie. They would make a great couple. 

I could rant on and on about it all. Instead I'll leave it at this: THE FIERY HEART IS GONNA BE AWESOME!!!

Review by Katie Ellis

City Of Heavenly Fire

          ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️5/5 Stars

"Freely we serve 

Because we freely love, as in our will

To love or not; in this we stand or fall."

PERFECT!!! 

Everything I wanted and more. 

"The world isn’t divided into the special and the ordinary. Everyone has the potential to be extraordinary. As long as you have a soul and free will, you can be anything, do anything, choose anything."

There have been some memorable quotes throughout the book, but these are the ones I've narrowed it down to. I realise there are a lot, I still have more I'm not using, but I just had to use these in particular. Also some of the quotes won't belong where I've put them, as they aren't spoken by that person, but they work anyway. So don't be dismayed. 

So it's been a long time coming this one. So long in fact that when reading it, I couldn't remember half of what was going on. I kept putting it off because have you seen the size of this thing?!? Just lifting it up was struggle enough. 

Now I had expectations for the final instalment. Things that had be told, or I'd have been disappointed. I'm not. In fact the opposite. I was finally given what I wanted! 

I've split the characters into sections, just to make it easier to write. 

Jocelyn & Luke:

"Sometimes you must lose everything to gain it again."

It's about time. Mind you leaving it until the very end was pure genius. Leave it on a high and all that. Beautiful. 

I'm assuming you all know what I'm talking about, so I shall say no more. Don't want to spoil it for those who aren't in the know. 

Magnus & Alec:

"You couldn't make someone love you with a rune, and you couldn't assuage grief with it either. So much magic, and nothing to mend a broken heart."

Now I'm not for or against gays, but these two are just too cute. They go back and forth, changing their minds one minute, the next they're making out. It's heartbreaking. Can't they just work things out and be done with it? Answer is Yes. Yes they can. But it gets rocky at the end. I'd get some tissues ready. 

"There are memories that time does not erase... Forever does not make loss forgettable, only bearable."

Isabelle & Simon:

"There are things our souls want, and mine wants you."

Most unlikely couple I think you'd agree. It's a love hate relationship with these two. You don't know where either of them stand with one another. It's brought up so many times that they need to have the DTR (define their relationship) talk. 

Eventually they do. It's all good.....mostly. 

"You weaseled your way into my life, Simon Lewis, and I don’t know how or why or even when but it happened, and I kind of hate it but I can’t change it."

Sebastian/Jonathan:

"His eyes shone when he looked at her, green as spring grass."

Lets face it, he was evil from the beginning. With no sign of changing his ways, it was expected from him. I'm mean sure, I'd hoped he would see the error of his ways and ask for forgiveness, but then he wouldn't be the perfect villain. So his ending was, I think, just right. 

"I've never felt so... light."

Jace & Clary: 

 "There are a hundred trillion cells in the human body. And every single one of the cells of my body loves you. We shed cells, and grow new ones, and my new cells love you more than the old ones, which is why I love you more every day than I did the day before. It's science."

Are they brother and sister? Aren't they? Back and forth. It's dizzying. I'm glad we don't have to go through all that malarkey again. Let's get to the good stuff! 

Flirting wasn't enough. Making Out wasn't enough. Sex was finally on the table. And about time too. Nothing was getting in the way this time. Favourite couple for sure. 

"I loved you recklessly from the moment I knew you. I never cared about the consequences. I told myself I did, I told myself you wanted me to, and so I tried, but I never did. I wanted you more than I wanted to be good. I wanted you more than I wanted anything, ever."

I hate when a series comes to end. Everything must come to an end at some point. This was the perfect ending! I actually cried happy tears. 

"We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss."

Here are some more quotes that I thought were worth mentioning. 

"I think sometimes we are reckless with our hearts the way we are with our lives. When we give them away, we give every piece. And if we do not get what we so desperately need, how do we live?"

"There will always be those who want to tell you who you are based on your name or the blood in your veins. Do not let other people decide who you are. Decide for yourself."

"Heroes aren’t always the ones who win, they’re the ones who lose, sometimes. But they keep fighting, they keep coming back. They don’t give up. That’s what makes them heroes."

Review by Katie Ellis 

City of Lost Souls

           ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️5/5 Stars

Love this!!!

Jace and Clary were meant to be together from day one. Or were they...

Let's rewind to an earlier book in the series. So it seemed that for a while, Jace and Clary were brother and sister. Yet they still continued to secretly date on and off. And for some reason it didn't feel wrong, at all. Ok so a part of me knew they weren't really siblings but there was a fair chance that they were. But they're not so it doesn't matter anymore. 

But Clary and Sabastian/Jonahan are brother and sister. So would it still be wrong for them to be together or not? Because it seemed to me that Sebastian has a little crush on Clary. I was slowly warming up to the possibility of the two being together. Sebastian can be very sweet when he wants to be. And I fell for it sadly. But it never came to that, which was probably for the best. 

So it leaves me stumped. What's next for everyone? Jace and Clary making out isn't enough for me anymore. I want a full on romance. 

And what's with Isabelle and Simon? Come on guys, you know you like eachother, so just go for it!

Are Jocelyn and Luke ever going to get married? 

These are some of the things if like to see in the last book. 

Review by Katie Ellis 

Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices #1)

             ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️4/5 Stars

It's so nice when a book is set in your own country. Most books are set in America, and though the main character is American, the story itself is set in England. 

A spin off from The Mortal Instruments, set in Victorian times. A refreshing change from modern day life. 

Review by Katie Ellis

City of Fallen Angels

                ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️4/5 Stars

Just when you think things will get better, they get worse. After the very dramatic, and I'll admit extreemly upsetting, death of Valentine, I wasn't sure where things were heading next. 

I wasn't convinced Savastian/Jonathan was dead. I knew there would be a twist in there somewhere. I was right. 

Things were shaky to begin with for Jace and Clary. But it just seemed to get worse for them both throughout the book. Could they not just be happy for once, that's all I want. But what's a story without a little heartbrake. 

I'm liking the new Simon a lot. I wasn't sure about him and Maia but Isobelle and him were just meant to be. I can't wait to see where their relationship will head. 

As for Jocelyn and Luke, well I can't say I was surprised. Although I was hoping hey would be married by the end but oh well. 

There's even more powerful demon on the loose that no one even knew existed. One that cannot be easily defeated. 

Review by Katie Ellis

City Of Glass

              ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/5 Stars

Ok now things are making much more sense. So in my Coty Of Ashes review I wrote the following: 

"What I did notice was that they made out like Jace had known who his real Father was for years and that he had lived with Valentine at some stage in his life. I may be wrong but that's what it sounded like." 

This was finally explained. Jace was brought up by Valentine in Idris, but he is not his son. It's fairly easy to understand once all the facts are out there. 

I love that all the relationships in this series are stregnthened in this book. There's: 

Jace & Clary 

Alec & Magnus

Isabelle & Simon 

Simon & Maia

Clary & Simon

Amatis & Luke

Luke & Jocelyn

It's so nice when things work out. Well not everything did. I was dreading the ending to be honest. I knew a certain character was going to die, and I couldn't except it. But another dies before that, which I wasn't expecting. It completely threw me off and tore me apart. Preparing me for what was to come I guess. 

It still had a happy ending which is what counts most to me. 

Review by Katie Ellis 

City of Ashes

               ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️4/5 Stars

I thought at first I was reading the wrong book. Liked I'd skipped the 2nd and gone straight to the third. After a few pages I realised it was the right one, so don't be fazed if that happens to you. 

Not sure how to do this so I'll go with the easy option and write it in list form. 

*SPOILER ALLERT*

*Clary and Simon kiss

*Jace gets locked up in some creepy cell underground

*The Silent Brothers are all killed

*Valentine is the culprit behind the attack

*Clary comes to the rescue

*Jace goes to see his Father

*Simon is turned into a vampire

*Jace is held prisoner again by the Inquisitor 

*Jace escapes 

*Valentine unleashes monsters from hell

*Simon nearly does along with a Werewolf girl named Maia 

*Infact a lot of people nearly die

*The Inquisitor deffinately does die

*The ship they are all on falls apart

*Valentine escapes 

*Clary and Simon decide to just stay friends 

*Clary and Jace decide to just stay Brother and Sister 

There's probably loads more things I've missed out but that's pretty much the gist of what happens. 

What I did notice was that they made out like Jace had known who his real Father was for years and that he had lived with Valentine at some stage in his life. I may be wrong but that's what it sounded like. 

I quite like this series. They're something different. Would recomend reading them. 

Review by Katie Ellis