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- Content warnings: Death, Death of loved one, Violence, Graphic violence, War, Grief, Abandonment, Child death
City of Glass
by Cassandra Clare
Book 3 in The Mortal Instruments
The book where the Shadowhunter world cracks wide open. Every thread from the first two books collides in Alicante, and the stakes finally feel real - this is where people die and choices actually cost something.
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Length541 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 6 books
Spice1/5 · Closed door / fade to black
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Forbidden love
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Low
- Closed door / fade to black
- The angst delivered
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Star-crossed
- Longing glances
- Found family feels
- Warrior/fighter
- Mutual pining
- Tension / anticipation
- Cathartic release
- Secretly soft
- Protective love interest
- Touch starvation
- Adrenaline rush
- He falls first
- Eye contact intensity
- Tension
- Anticipation
Fantasy promise
- Ya fantasy
- Royal court / palace
- Urban fantasy
- Angels
- Love triangle
- Big city / metropolis
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- Portal fantasy
- Demons
- Hidden identity
- War front / rebellion
- Vampires
- Sacrifice/martyrdom
- Werewolves
- Who hurt you
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
Reading experience
- Multi-POV
- Fast
- Epic
- Cinematic
- Heavy
- High
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- Reluctant chosen one
- Bisexual love interest (LI)
- Intense
- Dramatic
- Gay
- Angsty
- Banter-heavy
- Artist/creative
- Interracial romance
- Emotional
- Heartbreaking
- Adventurous
- War in the shadow world
- Desperate last stands
- Found family bonds forged in battle
- Idris at war
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Book details
- Length
- 541 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book