A review by cover_2_covered
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

5.0

"ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴀ ɢɪʀʟ, ꜱᴜʀᴇʟʏ ʏᴏᴜ'ᴠᴇ ꜱᴇᴇɴ ɢɪʀʟꜱ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ, ᴀʟᴇᴄ. ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜱɪꜱᴛᴇʀ, ɪꜱᴀʙᴇʟʟᴇ, ɪꜱ ᴏɴᴇ." -Jace Wayland

"ᴜɴꜰᴏʀᴛᴜɴᴀᴛᴇʟʏ, ᴡᴇ'ʀᴇ ᴀʟʟ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ʙɪᴛᴛᴇʀ ʀᴇᴠᴇɴɢᴇ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ, ꜱᴏ ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛᴇᴀ ᴏʀ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ." -Hodge Starkweather

"ɪᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴꜱ 'ꜱʜᴀᴅᴏᴡʜᴜɴᴛᴇʀꜱ: ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ɪɴ ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪᴅᴏᴡ'ꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴏᴜʀ ᴇɴᴇᴍɪᴇꜱ ꜱɪɴᴄᴇ 1234.'" -Jace Wayland

"ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴏ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ɪꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇꜱᴛʀᴏʏ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇᴅ ɪꜱ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴅᴇꜱᴛʀᴏʏᴇᴅ." -Jace Wayland

"ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴛᴀʟ ᴄᴜᴘ, ᴊᴀᴄᴇ. ɴᴏᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴛᴀʟ ᴛᴏɪʟᴇᴛ ʙᴏᴡʟ." -Isabelle Lightwood

"ɪ'ᴍ ᴀ ᴡᴇʀᴇᴡᴏʟꜰ, ɴᴏᴛ ᴀ ɢᴏʟᴅᴇɴ ʀᴇᴛʀɪᴇᴠᴇʀ." -Lucian Graymark

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Clarissa Fray's rather 'mundane' night triggers a series of domino effects when she is the witness to a supernatural murder. As the days progress, she learns about the #shadowworld, a completely different realm that co-exists to ours consisting of #downworlders who are half demon folk and of #shadowhunters who are trained hunters meant to protect the humans from anything and everything that goes bump in the night.

When her mother goes missing and she is attacked by a rather nasty demon, she is taken under the wing of the New York Institute of Shadowhunters consisting of three teenagers; Jace Wayland, Alec and Isabelle Lightwood and their tutor, Hodge Starkweather.

They engage in a race against time to find the Mortal Cup- an instrument of pure angelic power which was hidden by Clary's Mom as they grapple demons, vampires, team up with werewolves and of course; Magnus Bane.

Clary gets thrown head first into everything her mother hast tried to keep away from her by taking away her memories and she adapts to it in a rather slow and realistic way.

City of Bones is a fast paced, humorous and interesting book that will make you scream, cry and laugh out loud. You will fall for the characters and feel through the pages what they are going through.

And of course #malec