• City of Lost Souls

  • Mortal Instruments, Book 5
  • By: Cassandra Clare
  • Narrated by: Molly C. Quinn
  • Length: 16 hrs and 59 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (6,064 ratings)

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City of Lost Souls

By: Cassandra Clare
Narrated by: Molly C. Quinn
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Publisher's summary

The New York Times best-selling Mortal Instruments continues - and so do the thrills and danger for Jace, Clary, and Simon.

Can the lost be reclaimed? What price is too high to pay for love? Who can be trusted when sin and salvation collide?

Darkness threatens to claim the Shadowhunters in the harrowing fifth book of the Mortal Instruments series.

©2012 Cassandra Claire, LLC. (P)2012 Simon & Schuster

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  • 05-24-12

Worth buying

What did you love best about City of Lost Souls?

I loved that Clare and Jace are finally together and happy.

What other book might you compare City of Lost Souls to and why?

It reminds me of the Sookie Stackhouse novels.

What three words best describe Molly C. Quinn’s voice?

A bit annoying.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I enjoyed it more then the last couple. It left me looking forward to the next one.

Any additional comments?

Overall an enjoyable book.

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More exciting than the others but Quinn is awful

I'm not a big fan of Molly C. Quinn's reading voice. On Bones, she was a good actress but compared to previous books, she makes it almost uncomfortable to listen.

The book has more action and less monologues than some of the others in the series which is nice.

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Molly isn't my favorite

the girl who reads this story is good just really not my taste. I liked the girl who reads in book six so much more. i wish all the books had the same readers as well.

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Narration not as bad as expected

I was very hesitant given that the narrator did a poor job on the book previous to this one… but I’m glad I gave it a shot. It was better- pronunciations were fixed and the volume wasn’t wacky- but it still could have been better. I’m looking forward to reading the text now so I can get different voices in my mind for the characters.

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Glad I read the book first

The narrator is so very dramatic that I caught myself rolling my eyes and shaking my head. I mean, really, do they always have to sound so whiny and clutching their pearls dramatic?

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Whoa!

Fantastic addition to the series. Although Sebastian's obsession with Clary is pretty icky. Though it's interesting that Jace still loves Clary even after his will is taken over.

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My favorite so far...

I like Molly Quinn as the narrator, she does a great job. I liked the story between Clary, Jace & Sebastian.

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Great book series!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I love this book series, it has great characters and great stories. When you finally think they cannot come up with another story line better than the previous book they do.

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Awesome!

it was a great book! I recommend this book series to anyone! storyline was great!

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this one was tough

I struggled through this one. The story felt like it dragged and she was stretching the story because she had an idea. The overall story started as a trilogy and I feel she wanted to even it out and this was just a filling book. I didn't particularly care for it. Just weak by standard of her other stories.

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