When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder — much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It’s hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing — not even a … smear of blood — to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?
This is Clary’s first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It’s also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace’s world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know…
Exotic and gritty, exhilarating and utterly gripping, Cassandra Clare’s ferociously entertaining fantasy takes readers on a wild ride that they will never want to end.
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Tremendous YA urban fantasy series-launcher.
Fascinating teen and adult characters — flawed, tragic, and lovable. Excellent fantasy setting on a grand scale (with the Real New York City on the surface). Episodic but high-octane and suspenseful plot. (So maybe some of the action felt a little contrived. So what?) This book even has true cultural …
Best book ever 10/10 will always read a book if it has Cassandra Claire as the author and this was the one that started it all for me
I loved this book so much. It had me up all night and I couldn’t put it down. I would recommend this book to people who love an action packed romance novel.
I absolutely loved the first installment in this series. I must say, it was a bit predictable, but other than that, I loved it. Sometimes it was unpredictable, but I just love it like I said.
I loved it I have not read a book so good in a long time. I could not put it down loved how big the book was. It was so worth reading. Please keep writing about the shadowhunter. I’m reading queen of air and darkness right now was so excited when it came out.
A friend recommended this book to me, and well… it took me 6 months to read. Now, I’ve read 1400-page books in a week. I’ve never struggled so hard with a book in my life until I picked up The City of Bones.
The story revolves around a girl named Clary. Now. I’m not going to assume this is Cassandra CLARE’s self-insert, but I do find It …
Cassandra Clare is an amazing mastermind. The Mortal Instruments are a work of art. I love Clace and Malec their couple chemistry is amazing. This world is full of werewolf’s, wore-locks, Seelie, vampires, and Mundanes. The series gets better as you go the Shadow world of the shadow-hunters is a mystical world full of adventure that has yet to …
This book was very action based, and it kept me on my toes. i would definitely recommend this book!!
Loved it
Was a fun read for both my daughter and I. So years apart, but same reading taste.
Beautifully written. Love it so much!!!!
I absolutely loved it ,it is truly a marvel
Exciting
I enjoyed the entire series of this storyline. It was a great read.
city of the bones i picked to read because i was bored , and if i’m honest i wasn’t thinking it will be so good, maybe this way is don’t judge a book by is cover.
city of book is awesome book.
Read the entire series twice. Reading the second time, there were a lot of small things I missed.
Great book about magical creatures
If you are into astrology, I recommend this read.
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To be honest, everything was just okay to me. The characters were pretty good, the plot was decent, if not muddled, and I was happily reading this book. And then something happened. That twist. It was disgusting, and I hope I never read anything like it again. Who knows, it might get better, but I don’t know if I’ll continue …
Because of this book i read all the books in this universe she built