5th book in the mortal instruments series

The Shadowhunters need to find a way to kill Sebastian without killing Jace as well. The trouble is, the demon Lilith, whom they defeated in the previous book, bound them together with her magic before her death. That’s why they’re friendly, and why Jace is acting as if he’s evil. Clary realizes that Jace is acting strangely because Sebastian is possessing him.

She’ll use the Faerie rings to communicate telepathically with Simon. After some debate, she decides to join Jace and Sebastian, but as a spy. Clary goes to her room and magically transports herself out to meet Simon. Jocelyn tries to tell Clary that Jace isn’t a good choice of partner for her, and that he may be evil like Clary’s father, Valentine, but Clary won’t hear it. Jocelyn decides that to protect themselves from Sebastian, she and Clary should move in with Magnus Bane, the High Warlock of Brooklyn, and Magnus agrees. Jace and Sebastian disappear, but not before Jace whispers that he’ll be back for Clary. Luke, Clary’s adoptive father, fights Sebastian but gets injured. Clary’s mother Jocelyn wakes up and screams when she finds Sebastian is in the house. He asks her to come with him, saying he sensed her in the library and that he’s still in love with her. That night, Clary wakes up and Jace is lying next to her. She stays hidden and later reports on the conversation to her companions Alec, Simon, and Izzy. The two speak as if they are friends, not enemies, which disturbs her. Clary researches the rings in a Shadowhunter library and sees Jace enter and speak to Sebastian, her evil half-demonic brother. In return, they agree to deliver two Faerie rings that allow for telepathic communication between the wearers. Clary and friends go to the Seelie Queen to ask for help.

Clary tells Simon that Jace is missing, and there’s no way to trace him. He tries to return home, but his religious mother has barricaded the house with various symbols so he can’t enter. The novel opens with Clary’s best friend, Simon, who was once a normal human but is now a “Daylighter” vampire who does not need to fear the sun. Cassandra Clare made a name for herself with Harry Potter fanfiction before turning to traditional publication with the Mortal Instruments series and a prequel series, Infernal Devices. She must either find a way to save him or lose him forever. If Clary tries to destroy Sebastian, she will kill Jace as well. In this installment, Clary discovers Lilith, a demon, has magically bound her boyfriend Jace with her evil brother Sebastian. The series centers around a young girl named Clary Fray, who discovers she is a half-nephilim, or angel, and joins forces with a group of nephilim called Shadowhunters who fight evil. It is the fifth book in her Mortal Instruments series, which began with 2007’s City of Bones.

City of Lost Souls is a 2012 YA fantasy novel by Cassandra Clare.

5th book in the mortal instruments series