We're an Open Book
I have been meaning to get to this book for years. YEARS. The Mortal Instrument series has the honor of being one of the first series we reviewed and looking back on some of the older reviews I feel like we didn’t give it a fair shake. I mean people love this series and The Powers That Be have so much faith in the story it’s getting a TV show after the movie bombed.With all that in mind I decided to go into this book with positive intentions. Did it work ? Ehhhhhhhh….nope.
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The most anticpated cover reveal of the year has come. City of Lost Souls, the fifth book in Cassandra’s Clares Mortal Instruments series. I still haven’t read City of Fallen Angels so no spoilers !
The cover is designed by Cliff Nielsen who we featured forShelf Candy Saturday. . . We couldn’t help but notice that this covers borrows from some of his previous work.
Gentlemen in black. . . check
Ladies in red. . . check
Orange font with authors name. . . check
White font with title. . . check
Extra serifs in font . . . check
Hazy dark blue background . . . check
This is the first cover in the Mortal Instrument series to feature two complete faces. Is it just me or does the male illustration (yes, those are illustrations) look like Jamie Campbell Bower who is set to play Jace Wayland in the film and Alex Pettyfer who was rumored to be playing him
look at the nose and eyes.
I’m also a little shocked that after five books Isabelle has not been featured on a cover. What are your reactions to the cover ?
“Sometimes the only choice is between acceptance and madness.”
_ Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
I thought Clockwork Angel was excellent and as much as I didn’t want to compare it to The Mortal Instruments…I did.
But, let’s answer the banner question: Do I need to read The Mortal Instruments to understand Clockwork Angel? No. In fact, unless you just want to read them, I would skip TMI. You just can’t have the “Hey! It the thing/person/place from the thing !” moments. Don’t worry, in my opinion, it’s a fair trade.
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The National Book Festival was last weekend. We had to be there to meet some of today’s most popular YA authors.
The two authors we wanted to meet were Sarah Dessen(This Lullaby, Dreamland) and Cassandra Clare(Mortal Instruments Trilogy). We got to hear them speak and even have our books signed.
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