Hey readers!
Today I'll be reviewing the first book of the best-selling series The Mortal Instruments, The City of Bones by Cassandra Clare. I haven't read the rest of the series, though.
Clary Fray, a fifteen-year-old who lives in New York with her mother, Jocelyn, is noticing things that no one else can see, including her best friend Simon. It all starts when she visits the club Pandemonium and witnesses a murder of a blue-haired boy by a strange group of teenagers...
Then suddenly her mother disappears in a what seems like a vicious attack. What's going on here?
That's when Clary finds out that beneath the world that we know is a dark magical world filled with demons, vampires, warlocks and Shadowhunters- warriors whose mission is to destroy and track down demons. And it seems that Clary's only safe with them.
Their mission? To save Jocelyn and find the Mortal Cup to stop the evil Shadowhunter Valentine who hasn't been seen for fifteen years and stop his horrible plan of turning all humans into Shadowhunters and destroyng those who don't become Shadowhunters.
Follow Clary through the dark world of the Shadowhunters as she unravels secrets and finds out about her mysterious past.
I feel as though this book was fairly predictable and Clare could have developed the characters a bit better so that they are more relatable and interesting. Some scenes felt a bit stretched and unneeded. All in all, though, I feel as though the book could have been better. I didn't like the main character, Clary, much either, and although the characters did not figure out a major plot point till much later in the book, it is obvious to the reader (i.e., me). It is a quick fantasy read though and if you like fantasy you might want to read this book to give it a shot yourself, even if the writing isn't, in my point of view, very good.
Cassandra Clare has written The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices, The Dark Artifices, etc., all part of the Shadowhunter Chronicles.
This book is for ages 12 and above.
Today I'll be reviewing the first book of the best-selling series The Mortal Instruments, The City of Bones by Cassandra Clare. I haven't read the rest of the series, though.
Clary Fray, a fifteen-year-old who lives in New York with her mother, Jocelyn, is noticing things that no one else can see, including her best friend Simon. It all starts when she visits the club Pandemonium and witnesses a murder of a blue-haired boy by a strange group of teenagers...
Then suddenly her mother disappears in a what seems like a vicious attack. What's going on here?That's when Clary finds out that beneath the world that we know is a dark magical world filled with demons, vampires, warlocks and Shadowhunters- warriors whose mission is to destroy and track down demons. And it seems that Clary's only safe with them.
Their mission? To save Jocelyn and find the Mortal Cup to stop the evil Shadowhunter Valentine who hasn't been seen for fifteen years and stop his horrible plan of turning all humans into Shadowhunters and destroyng those who don't become Shadowhunters.
Follow Clary through the dark world of the Shadowhunters as she unravels secrets and finds out about her mysterious past.
I feel as though this book was fairly predictable and Clare could have developed the characters a bit better so that they are more relatable and interesting. Some scenes felt a bit stretched and unneeded. All in all, though, I feel as though the book could have been better. I didn't like the main character, Clary, much either, and although the characters did not figure out a major plot point till much later in the book, it is obvious to the reader (i.e., me). It is a quick fantasy read though and if you like fantasy you might want to read this book to give it a shot yourself, even if the writing isn't, in my point of view, very good.
Cassandra Clare has written The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices, The Dark Artifices, etc., all part of the Shadowhunter Chronicles.
This book is for ages 12 and above.
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