City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)

485 pages

English language

Published Nov. 12, 2007

ISBN:: 978-1-4169-1428-0
Goodreads:: 256683

(1 review)

City of Bones is the first urban fantasy book in author Cassandra Clare's New York Times bestselling series The Mortal Instruments. The novel, first published in 2007, is set in modern-day New York City and has been released in several languages, including Bulgarian, Hebrew, Polish and Japanese. It is the first book in the first trilogy of The Mortal Instruments which includes the books City of Ashes and City of Glass.

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5 stars

Clary Fray has Simon as her best friend, and one night they decide to go to the Pandemonium Club where Clary starts to realise she sees (live!) people that nobody else does. She then meets Jace, Isabelle and Alec who are Shadowhunters - warriors that hunt demons. Clary is surprised by the existence of this hidden world and the Shadowhunters are surprised a "mundane" can see them. When Clary's mother is taken away, she discovers that the real world is a much darker place than she imagined and there's so much more about her mother and herself than she ever knew.

I fell in love with this book and its world. I wasn't surprised by the events (probably because when I wasn't reading the book I was thinking about it), but it didn't diminish my interest in the story at all! Clary is a great character and even though Simon …

Clary Fray has Simon as her best friend, and one night they decide to go to the Pandemonium Club where Clary starts to realise she sees (live!) people that nobody else does. She then meets Jace, Isabelle and Alec who are Shadowhunters - warriors that hunt demons. Clary is surprised by the existence of this hidden world and the Shadowhunters are surprised a "mundane" can see them. When Clary's mother is taken away, she discovers that the real world is a much darker place than she imagined and there's so much more about her mother and herself than she ever knew.

I fell in love with this book and its world. I wasn't surprised by the events (probably because when I wasn't reading the book I was thinking about it), but it didn't diminish my interest in the story at all! Clary is a great character and even though Simon is in love with her, they really act more like brother and sister. Every important character evolves as the situation gets worse, and it's a pleasure to read the characters' development as they grow and learn from their mistakes. The Shadowhunters world, as well as their twisted history, is amazing and you won't be able to put this book down. Can't wait to read the next book in the series!