City of Heavenly Fire is the sixth and final book in Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments series. It is the final chapter in the fight between Sebastian and Team Good for control of the world itself. There has been major hype and excitement about this book, closing off as it does, the adventures of much loved characters. For me personally, I found the book somewhat of a disappointment. This is the final book in the series and far too often Clare took the easy road. What I liked Setup for the next trilogy. It is perhaps a measure of my disappointment that the aspect of this book I found most intriguing was the setup for the next series, The Dark Artifices. TDA is set in LA and is centred around Emma Carstairs and her friend Julian Blackthorn, whom we meet in this book. At first I’d been unconvinced about the LA setting – for me vampires/werewolves/demons etc have an old world feel, and seemed better suited to the older cities of New York and London. However Clare completely convinced me LA was a valid setting and I really loved the character of Emma. She is still little more than a…
Next week sees the release of City of Heavenly Fire – the last in Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments series and the marketing is in full swing. The book trailer was released recently – check it out. For me the most interesting thing about it was Sophie Turner’s voiceover – I had been intrigued to see how she handles the audiobook narration. From what I see she will do well. I’m really excited to listen to the audiobook, now. Simon and Schuster has released a snippet of the audiobook which you can listen to below. Again this has whetted my appetite for the book. I’m not familiar with Jason Dohring, so I can’t say what his narration will be like, but I’m looking forward to it anyway. Kat of Katytastic and Christine of PolandBananasBOOKS have come up with some theories. I’m not entirely sold on their Izzy theory, but their enthusiasm for the book is so infectious. Go check it out if you want some ideas. On Tor.com this week you can find an excerpt of upcoming YA fantasy Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen. It tells the story of Kelsea, a princess in hiding who must now take…
First of all, I have a confession to make; I’ve not read very much this week. If I’m being perfectly honest, I’ve become engrossed in the Lego The Hobbit game on my Playstation. I wouldn’t consider myself a gamer at all, but these Lego games are so much fun – all the fun little details. Anyway, I digress. The two books I have been reading/listening to this week are Silverthorn by Raymond E. Feist and Lockstep by Karl Schroeder. i am actually reading Silverthorn in French. It would appear that ebook rights for the English version of Feist’s earlier works have not been granted. Since I much prefer to read electronically, that leaves me with the French version. Sigh. I look forward to the day when you can buy an ebook from a different market with as much ease as you can a hard copy. I am listening to Lockstep in audio and so far am very much enjoying it. Reviews will come soon. Added to my library this week There have been some interesting deals on the Audible daily deals this week. I picked up Jennifer Worth’s Call the Midwife narrated by Nicola Barber. I love the BBC…