The City of Bones
Author: Cassandra Clare
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books (Simon & Schuster
Children’s)
Year: 2007
Genre: Fantasy
Age: YA 13+
This is my second time attempting to read this book. I tried
several years ago when the movie was coming out and just couldn’t get past how
annoying Clary is. But I was able to get through it this time & truthfully
I’m not sure if I’m going to continue with the series. It was ok but it wasn’t
earth shattering so we’ll see.
In this first book of a now complete series we meet Clarissa
(Clary) Fray & her mother Jocelyn. They live in New York upstairs from a
gypsy woman. Clary has had a pretty normal life so far. Her father was killed
in a car accident when she was young so she has no memories of him. She has no
other family that she knows of aside from her mother who is a brilliant artist.
Simon is Clary’s best friend who is really geeky & also very in love with
her. One night while the pair are out on the town trying to get into a club
called Pandemonium Clary spots a trio of strange teenagers. The only problem is
no one but she can see them. Getting mixed up with the group out of concern
& curiosity she finds out that they are Shadowhunters who are there to kill
a demon. Jace Wayland & Alec & Isabelle Lightwood all reside in a place
they call The Institute. They live there with the Lightwoods who are currently
away, a man named Hodge, & a very smart cat named Church.
It isn’t long before Clary realizes she’s in a little over
her head. Her mother has been kidnapped by a group of Downworlders lead by an
evil man that was thought to be dead named Valentine. He is after something
called The Mortal Cup & will do anything to find it. Jace & the rest of
the Shadowhunters plus a very scared Simon all band together to help Clary find
her mother & stop Valentine. Along the way the group battles werewolves,
almost gets eaten by vampires, falls through portals, fights demons, &
encounters The High Warlock of Brooklyn. But after their journey will it be
enough to save Clary’s mother & stop Valentine from using The Mortal Cup to
destroy man kind?
Likes: This book was very fast paced & you get a broad
understanding of the world & characters
They made this book into a movie several years ago & I
enjoyed it although it was slightly different from the book
The world that is portrayed in this book is also connected
to ours which makes it more believable
Dislikes: The world however is slightly confusing, there is
a lot of back story that I’m sure we don’t get to hear all of just in this
first book
Very long book, almost 500 pages!
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