City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments)
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Discover the world of the Shadowhunters in the first installment of the New York Times and internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and “prepare to be hooked” (Entertainment Weekly). City of Bones is a Shadowhunters novel.
A simple night out with her best friend, Simon, transforms into a nightmare when fifteen-year-old Clary Fray witnesses a murder at the Pandemonium Club. The culprits are three teenagers covered in strange tattoos and brandishing weapons no one else seems to notice. In fact, Clary is the only one to see the violent display. The next day, more impossible sights make Clary wonder if she’s going crazy.
When a desperate phone call from her mom brings Clary home to a scene of destruction and a grotesque monster that almost kills her, Clary finally gets some answers. One of the teens from the club—Jace, who looks like an angel but acts like a jerk—rescues her and introduces himself as a Shadowhunter, part of a secret cadre of warriors dedicated to driving demons out of the mundane world and back to their own. Jace and his friends Alec and Isabelle hunt their prey on the streets of New York City, unseen by humans…except for Clary.
The Shadowhunters want to know how Clary can perceive the paranormal and Clary wants their help finding her missing mom. Their tentative alliance brings Clary deeper into the world of Nephilim, werewolves, vampires, and demons, where she adapts better than anyone expected. Could this be where she’s belonged all along?
Discover the world of the Shadowhunters in the first installment of the New York Times and internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and “prepare to be hooked” (Entertainment Weekly). City of Bones is a Shadowhunters novel.
A simple night out with her best friend, Simon, transforms into a nightmare when fifteen-year-old Clary Fray witnesses a murder at the Pandemonium Club. The culprits are three teenagers covered in strange tattoos and brandishing weapons no one else seems to notice. In fact, Clary is the only one to see the violent display. The next day, more impossible sights make Clary wonder if she’s going crazy.
When a desperate phone call from her mom brings Clary home to a scene of destruction and a grotesque monster that almost kills her, Clary finally gets some answers. One of the teens from the club—Jace, who looks like an angel but acts like a jerk—rescues her and introduces himself as a Shadowhunter, part of a secret cadre of warriors dedicated to driving demons out of the mundane world and back to their own. Jace and his friends Alec and Isabelle hunt their prey on the streets of New York City, unseen by humans…except for Clary.
The Shadowhunters want to know how Clary can perceive the paranormal and Clary wants their help finding her missing mom. Their tentative alliance brings Clary deeper into the world of Nephilim, werewolves, vampires, and demons, where she adapts better than anyone expected. Could this be where she’s belonged all along?
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I'm becoming increasingly speculative of highly rated books. It seems they are only popular because a truckload of fluff readers think their original and well written.
Legit got me REALLY into reading. This book was so good, and it set the record of faster book I read... now I've read faster, but still
Clary discovers a world she’s been shielded from after witnessing the “murder” of a demon by three teenagers. The body then disappeared in thin air and Clary can’t believe what she’s seeing. Everything is happening all at once. Her mother is kidnapped by shadow hunters looking for a cup she knows nothing about. She finds out that her mother and Luke are not who she thought they were. Her life is turned upside down. Now she has to fight and find this cup to save her mother from the evil that took her, Valentine.
While I enjoyed this story, Clary’s character was the worse. All she did was whine and complain. I wished I could tell her to “SHUT UP!” Alec was also whiny. Neither one of them had likable qualities. Jace made the story worth reading. If it wasn’t for his character I probably would have DNF it. I enjoyed the plot twist with Hodge. No one understood his desires, but I did and in the end he still redeemed himself. He loved those kids. Everything he did was to free himself, but also to protect those kids. All in all it wasn’t a bad book, just a couple bad characters.
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