The City Of Fallen Angels Book Report

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I am reading The City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare and I am on page 184. This book is about shadowhunters who are half human and half angel. Which they just got out of a war called the Mortal War that was shadowhunters and downworlders together against Valentine and his son Jonathan. The shadowhunters won and Valentine and Johnathon are dead. They are now on their way to rebuild the way of life that they have always known. In this journal I will be questioning and predicting.

G- I predict that Johnathan is still alive Y- He does have demon blood in him R- dieing - They never found body - Was murdered by jace by using birthday present - has had lots of training hard to fight with R- personality/ training/ traits -

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