Clary and Jonathan return to the magic apartment.  Notably missing last chapter was any amount of proof that Jonathan isn’t a demon-dealing murderer.  He promised proof that he wasn’t going to hand over earth to demons, and all he showed her was a bunch of angst and a disgraced Iron Sister.  What part of that…

Clary subjects us all to some very melodramatic passages about how she’s in so much pain and also Jonathan has big, strong, manly arms.  And more ice similes.  This book has some strange obsession with ice.  Then, when Jonathan heals her and she wakes up, we’re treated to an entire paragraph of what he looks…

From now on, I will not scene jump, no matter how much the book wants me to.  I’ll give you all of Clary’s scenes in a run, then all of Simon’s scenes in a run, etc, regardless of the fact that the book breaks them up for no damn reason. Clary wakes up after her…

We finally get to see that demon battle between Team Evil and the snake!  It’s disappointingly short.  Lasts all of a paragraph and then Jace cuts its head off.  Aw, I wanted to see fighting.  Even the way this book is written, the fighting is still better than the romance and the angst. Ah, here…

So, we’re back on track with romance and fluff, since that’s all this book is about.  Alec and Magnus are in bed.  Next!  Simon and Isabelle are in bed.  Next! You know, it’s made pretty clear that Alec and Magnus have sex, whereas none of the other couples have yet.  They’re also the only same-sex…