Review: These may be YA books but they have a lot to offer
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 14, 2013
Cassandra Clare has a nice franchise here but I sort of wish she would have stopped after these four. When you read these books, allow yourself the time to do it because they are hard to put down. The action is fairly nonstop and most of the characters are easy to relate to. I love that she has many types of relationships develop in the books and I am amazed that she could have blended the mythologies of so many mythical creatures so effectively seemingly without effort. Each of their struggles, internal as well as external, engaged me and made me almost call out to them as if I was watching a movie. You know the don't-open-that-door moment when you know something bad will result from that momentarily selfish or foolish action. I really enjoyed these books and would recommend them to anyone, young or retirement age like me.