City+of+Fallen+Angels

//City of Fallen Angels// by Cassandra Clare

Please, no. You have to read the others to truly understand this one. Kelly B. Keene High School, 2/9/12

Not sure if this stands alone, but I suspect not. It's the fourth in the Mortal Instruments Series...with a fifth on its way in May, 2012. Anyone know for sure if it is dependent on books 1-3? Lisa Houde @ Rye Public Library

This definitely needs background to understand. If you had to start in the middle of this series, I guess this would be the one, as the major plot cycle of the 1st 3 books is done, but the characters' backgrounds are so wrapped up in what happened in the last books, and the big twist at the end refers to a big bad from a previous book. It didn't have a huge impact on me since it had been a while since I read the last one- if you had no reference for it at all, I can't see it working. -Lucia Von Letkemann @ Wiggin Memorial Library, Stratham