City of Bones ramble

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is incredible. I was completely dragged into the book. The characters are brilliant, Clary who appears to be a normal teenage girl until she sees things that no one else can and soon discovers that she is a shadowhunter. Jace, who is an arrogant, good looking shadowhunter who Clary obviously falls for. Simon, the best friend of Clary who is helplessly in love with her. Isabelle, the dark haired, beautiful step-sister of Jace, she too is a shadowhunter. Alec, Isabelle's brother who is secretly in love with Jace.

Shadowhunters are part human, part angel and it's their job to fight demons. There are also downworlders such as vampires, werewolves, warlocks and the fey. Downworlders are looked down on by Shadowhunters as they are part demon.

The main plot is that Clary's mother is kidnapped by an evil shadowhunter called Valentine. Clary has to try to unlock her memories to find out where her mother could be, but it's not that simple. I love that it's all about Clary trying to save her mother, something most children would do for one of their parents. Even when she finds out about all the things her mother never told her, she would still do anything to save her.

I also love the character Luke who is a werewolf and a father figure to Clary. As at the beginning of the book he is portrayed as being a bad character, but then you discover that he was on Clay's side all along. One of the other characters I like in this book, that I love even more further in the series, is Magnus. He's a warlock with cat eyes which I like because it's so unique. No other books I have encountered had warlocks with animal parts and I think it makes it more interesting. Magnus is the Warlock who Clary's mother got to erase some of Clary's memories. I think that his character becomes more important in the rest of the series. Magnus seems to have a thing for Alec too and he ends up saving Alec's life.

There is a good amount of action in the book, not too much, but enough to make it interesting. It also has some great plot twists such as Valentine being Clary's father and also Jace's father which kind of messes up their romance. I think this makes you want to read the rest of the series to find out what happens as they're in love, but they're siblings.

It was a great start to the series and it really made me want to read the rest of the books. Causing me to read four books in a week, but it was definitely worth it. Amazing book, everyone should read it.

Claire :)