Cassandra Clare reflects on writing 'City of Fallen Angels' (giveaway) — hypable.com

As Cassandra Clare gets ready for the release of her final Mortal Instruments, City of Heavenly Fire, she reflects of writing City of Fallen Angels and what it was like to realize she had more stories to tell in this world. I’m happy with Simon’s transformation as I wrote it. I was planning it for awhile, and it was one of my favorite subplots— an ordinary guy becomes anything but ordinary. Simon’s evolution throughout the books is dramatic. It isn’t just that he turns into a vampire, it’s that he really grows and matures through facing adversity. Being a vampire is part of that evolution, but it isn’t the whole thing. In some ways it was surprising to see Simon truly come into his own in City of Lost Souls. Those seeds were always in him, but in CoLS they come to their fruition in a big way.

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