City of Bones
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4.5 • 4.1K Ratings
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Publisher Description
Discover this first installment of the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and “prepare to be hooked” (Entertainment Weekly).
When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder -- much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing -- not even a smear of blood -- to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?
This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know...
Exotic and gritty, exhilarating and utterly gripping, Cassandra Clare's ferociously entertaining fantasy takes readers on a wild ride that they will never want to end.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Clare's debut novel, first in the Mortal Instruments series, is a sprawling urban fantasy packed with just about every type of creature known to the genre, and still spacious enough to hold more. Fifteen-year-old Clary Fray witnesses a killing in an "all-ages club"; when she confronts the attackers, she learns that they are spectral Shadowhunters, charged with killing demonic creatures called Night Children. Clary returns home to find her apartment vandalized and her mother missing, apparently kidnapped by creatures in the service of someone named Valentine. An attack by a slithering beast sends Clary to the infirmary at the Institute, hidden home of the Shadowhunters. There she befriends the hunter Jace, who tells her of Valentine's intention to find the Mortal Cup, one of three Mortal Instruments the Angel gave to the first Shadowhunters (the others are a mirror and sword). Great secrets abound both in Clary's past and in her own head secrets that are gradually revealed to her about her mother, her mother's eccentric friend Luke, her relationship with Jace and, eventually, about Valentine himself. Clare's atmospheric setting is spot-on, informed equally by neo-gothic horror films and the modern fantasy leanings of Neil Gaiman. Werewolves, vampires, angels and fairies all fit in this ambitious milieu. At the core, though, this is a compelling story about family secrets and coming-of-age identity crises. Fans of the smart/chic horror typified by Buffy the Vampire Slayer will instantly fall for this new series. Ages 14-up.
Customer Reviews
Almost perfect
I actually liked this book and felt the writing was great. The characters were very likable and I became very invested in the story very quickly. The action scenes were great and the interaction between the characters were wonderful.
SPOILER:
My only frustration was the ending of the romance between the characters. It actually freaked me out and I was not sure I wanted to continue reading the series, but I cheated and looked at the end of the latest book and found the story resolved well so I feel better. All in all....great book!
Speechless
No amount of words or adjectives are enough to describe the sheer beauty and amazing talent that this book contains.
While I was reading this book, I was just riveted by it, everything about it fascinate me, from the cover, to the characters, to the incredible writing. This book may look boring to some, but it is anything but! I still dream about Jace today! I can't say anything to but YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK or you haven't fully lived yet :D
<3 LOVE <3
Awesome Awesome Awesome!!! I enjoyed reading this book. I couldn't put the book down; I didn't even eat. Lol. I wish I didn't read the book so many times 9xs; that way I get the same enjoyment as the first time... Oh well, still a great book. It lead me to read other fantasy books.