P for Procrastinating

I lied when I said my next post was going to be about how a dude selling tickets at the cinema whizzed me and Nursey Chick off. That can be next. Currently I have three books that I need to get back to the library, so I better get them off my desk by doing my normal mini review thang. And oh yeah – I am supposed to be editing school reports for the maths department…..and well. You can imagine how much I want to get stuck into that job!

City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare is the second book in ‘The Mortal Instruments’ trilogy. When we last left Clary, Jace, Simon and co, Jace and Clary had found out they were brother and sister. In this book Simon finds that his time as a rat has given aftereffects that are certainly more than anyone bargained for, Clary’s powers are becoming apparent, Alec starts coming to his senses…a little and we meet Maia – a werewolf. I enjoyed the second book as more mysteries unfolded themselves but I just found myself wanting to rush to the next book.

It is a little embarrassing to mention that I finished the final instalment, all 512 pages, in about 4 hours. Now, I don’t think this spoiler is a spoiler but just in case  – don’t read the next *hand on while I count em* 3 lines. SPOILER alert! If by 3/4s through the 2nd book you aren’t aware that Clary and Jace are NOT brother and sister that is sorta okay. By the time we meet the mysterious Sebastian in City of Glass if you really haven’t figured it out well, you need to revoke your reader’s licence. Even so, it still makes for a suitably torturous and angsty plot device. SPOILER over. I am guessing the at which I devoured the book speaks for how much I enjoyed it.

Following on with my fascination with all things supernatural at the mo, I read Evernight by Claudia Gray. This novel uses a very intersting plot device which I spose is okay – it adds drama/shock value but I felt it was more like cheating than actually being clever. Bianca is a student at the Creepy Evernight Academy where her parents work. She meets Lucas, who like herself, doesn’t quite seem to fit in. They embark upon a romance that is destined to end in death.  Not bad. I don’t know if I will be rushing out to read the others in the series.