City of Ashes

Is love worth betraying everything? Plunge into the second adventure in the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and prepare to be hooked Entertainment Weekly. Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But whats normal when youre a demon-slaying Shadowhunter, your mother is in a magically induced coma, and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? If Clary left the world of the Shadowhunters behind, it would mean more time with her best friend, Simon, whos becoming more than a friend. But the Shadowhunting world isnt ready to let her go—especially her handsome, infuriating, newfound brother, Jace. And Clarys only chance to help her mother is to track down rogue Shadowhunter Valentine, who is probably insane, certainly evil—and also her father.