Describe Clary. What kind of character is she? What is her life like as a shadowhunter? Is she likeable? Believable? What are her strengths and weaknesses?

Describe Jace. What kind of character is he? What is his life like and what are some of the hardships he's faced? Is he likeable? Believable? What are his strengths and weaknesses?

Describe Valentine. What made him into the villain he is? What is his role in the story? What are his plans for the mortal instruments? What is his connection to Jace and Clary? Do you believe he is Jace's father? Why or why not?

Who is Simon? What is his connection to Clary? To Jace? What kind of character is he? What caused him to become a vampire? What is the strange change that he undergoes near the end of the book? Can this change be...