And so it ends, with a whimper. Hated book 5 for the boring mess that it was and book 6 was no better. I should have stopped after book 1.

Blurb

Shadowhunters and demons square off for the final showdown in the spellbinding, seductive conclusion to the #1 New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments series.

Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Chaos and destruction overwhelm the Nephilim as Clary, Jace, Simon, and their friends band together to fight the greatest evil they have ever faced: Clary’s own brother. Sebastian Morgenstern is on the move, systematically turning Shadowhunter against Shadowhunter. Bearing the Infernal Cup, he transforms Shadowhunters into creatures of nightmare, tearing apart families and lovers as the ranks of his Endarkened army swell. Nothing in this world can defeat Sebastian—but if they journey to the realm of demons, they just might have a chance…

Lives will be lost, love sacrificed, and the whole world will change. Who will survive the explosive sixth and final instalment of the Mortal Instruments series?

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“You’re pining,” said Jace.
Alec shrugged. “Look who’s talking. ‘Oh, I love her. Oh, she’s my sister. Oh why, why, why—’?”
Jace threw a handful of dead leaves at Alec, making him splutter.
Isabelle was laughing. “You know he’s right, Jace.”
“Give me your phone,” Jace said, ignoring Isabelle. “Come on, Alexander.”
“It’s none of your business,” Alec said, holding the phone away. “Just forget about it, okay?”
“You don’t eat, you don’t sleep, you stare at your phone, and I’m supposed to forget about it?” Jace said. There was a surprising amount of agitation in his voice; Clary knew how upset he’d been that Alec was unhappy, but she wasn’t sure Alec knew it. Under normal circumstances Jace would have killed, or at least threatened, anyone who hurt Alec; this was different. Jace liked to win, but you couldn’t win out over a broken heart, even someone else’s. Even someone you loved.
Jace leaned over and grabbed the phone out of his parabatai’s hand. Alec protested and reached for it, but Jace held him off with one hand, expertly scrolling through the messages on the phone with the other. “Magnus, just call me back. I need to know if you’re okay—” He shook his head. “Okay, no. Just no.” With a decisive move he snapped the phone in half. The screen went blank as Jace dropped the pieces to the ground. “There.”
Alec looked down at the shattered pieces in disbelief. “You BROKE my PHONE.”
Jace shrugged. “Guys don’t let other guys keep calling other guys. Okay, that came out wrong. Friends don’t let friends keep calling their exes and hanging up. Seriously. You have to stop.”

Alec looked furious. “So you broke my brand-new phone? Thanks a lot.”

So writing wise, it’s still boring af and not a lot is going on in the 600+ pages of this novel.

We got to see what a demon realm looks like and find out more about how/why demons operate, and you could see how much the main characters have changed over the course of the series. The ending brought together all the different strands and dilemmas and was bittersweet due to what happened to Simon (his memory got wiped). I found Sebastian to be quite one-dimensional in the fourth and fifth books, but he seemed to develop more in this book too. I’m glad that Alec and Magnus came to terms with their differences as they’ve been my favourite gay couple! Which says a lot about Clare and Jace as a couple.

Jace – He just seemed to whine and pity himself through the series, and yet Clary supposedly loved him through the whole thing. He never seemed to try and pick himself up or make his circumstance better. I am not sure what Clary benefited from the relationship…other than she had the hots for him.

Simon, the best character, is reduced to a 2-dimensional obsession with Isabelle. He drunkenly sings at her window talking about sharks and shark-hunter romances. SKIP!

The plot linked in with The Infernal Devices, making you think it’s a bit shameless of the author to not stop here with this.. You don’t have to have read Infernal Devices to understand the Zachariah storyline but some of the things might have been explained there as a background.

Will not continue reading Infernal Devices even if you paid me.