City of Bones
Apr 2009 · The Mortal Instruments Book 1 · Sold by Simon and Schuster
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A New York City teenager stumbles into the paranormal world of angels and demons in the book that started it all—the “funny, dark, and sexy” (Holly Black) first installment of the New York Times and internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. 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?
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?
A New York City teenager stumbles into the paranormal world of angels and demons in the book that started it all—the “funny, dark, and sexy” (Holly Black) first installment of the New York Times and internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. City of Bones is a Shadowhunters novel.
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I don't like Twilight, or any of the other "vampire" themed books that I heard it was similar to, but i read it anyways. BEST BOOK EVER. It is not at all like twilight, the vampires and werewolves are much better and make sense. They stick with the original ideas. But that's not the best part. The entire trilogy keeps you anticipated between Jace, Clary, Simon, Magnus, Valentine and of course the rest of the spell-binding characters. The City of Bones is the first of three books that take an unoriginal idea and spin it into one of the most creative stories of our time.
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The theme of City of Bones is never give up on a friend. In the book Clary is on a quest to save her mother. Throughout her quest she has many chances to give up or leave her friends and run away, but instead she chooses to stay and help them or travel deep into an enemy lair to save them. She never introvert and always helps others with their problems.
Cassandra Clare did few things good and many things bad. The story has an okay plot and a good underlying theme, but that's about it. The story is slow and boring, with about 10 minutes of interesting scenes, and mostly boring descriptions of places they go to for maybe a chapter, then never return to. The characters are dull and untintriuging, unless you are a teenage girl. I would only recommend this book to teenage women.
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December 9, 2010
A solid, yet unsurprising novel for fans of the 'fantasy-in-a-real-world-setting' sub-genre. Give yourself permission to read this one purely as a guilty escape; Clare's plot feels like a cobbled-together rehashing of some of our favorite modern fiction. It is familiar and comforting, but lacks true originality. If you want a story you have never heard before, this is not it.
Still, the world and story are both engaging enough to warrant a read from fans of Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, and maybe even Bella Swan. Clare has a nice sense about pacing action scenes, though she relies a bit heavily on single-character exposition to deliver relevant backstory. Several of her characters manage enough wry wit to keep them from becoming intolerably bland, and a few (like Jace) have the promise of developing true complexity over the course of the series.
Worth a try if you like supernatural fiction.
About the author
Cassandra Clare is the author of the #1 New York Times, USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestselling Shadowhunter Chronicles. She is also the coauthor of the bestselling fantasy series Magisterium with Holly Black. The Shadowhunter Chronicles have been adapted as both a major motion picture and a television series. Her books have more than fifty million copies in print worldwide and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. Cassandra lives in western Massachusetts with her husband and three fearsome cats. Visit her at CassandraClare.com. Learn more about the world of the Shadowhunters at Shadowhunters.com.
Cassandra Clare is the author of the #1 New York Times, USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestselling Shadowhunter Chronicles. She is also the coauthor of the bestselling fantasy series Magisterium with Holly Black. The Shadowhunter Chronicles have been adapted as both a major...
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