City of Lost Souls

I sit here at 3 am trying to gather my thoughts on this. It's been, I think, six years since I read this book. I was honestly unsure what I was going to think of it, especially when I finally remembered what the entire plot was about.
But it was better than I remembered it actually. The absolute grandness of the story is insane considering where we started, and in this one we truly get a sense of just how crazy the villain really is. It's messed up and insane and I honestly love that he's just absolutely batshit crazy because there's just something so fucking unnerving about that.
I think the progression of Magnus and Alec's storyline is both heartbreaking and very interesting to follow, and this book really settles how deep Alec's insecurities lie in him as well as proving how in love with each other they are. I had forgotten the book ended with them like it did.
Before reading I was predicting that Isabelle would again be my favorite of the book, but was pleasantly very surprised that Simon crawled out of the shit hole of the last book and went right up there to the top with her.
The entire book is a battle for Clary and Jace, so the fact that they ended up sitting serenely next to each other in the epilogue was almost ironic, 1) because THE PLOT, and 2) because when have we ever seen a TMI book with Clary and Jace feeling serene at the end of it????
Genuinely could not put the book down after about page 200 which is why I'm here writing this when it's almost 4am. Just loved it. It was addicting, haunting at times, there was so much plot progression, like I just loved it.