Monday, March 17, 2014

City of Bones

City of Bones

by Cassandra Clare

Synopsis:

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...


My thoughts:

I just finished reading City Of Bones and I thoroughly enjoyed the many twists and turns of the story. The plot revolves around a 15 year old girl named Clary. One night when she goes out to the pandemonium club and see’s a murder. When her friend who she is with seemingly can’t see the dramatic events playing out in front of him she becomes concerned that what happened wasn’t real even though the murderers talked to her. She convinces herself that it was a hallucination, but a few days later when one of the murderers comes and finds her at a coffee shop she is thrust into a unknown world head first. Soon her mother is kidnapped and she must find an ancient treasure of the secret society of shadowhunters who hunt and kill demons to keep the world safe. With new friends she faces the ultimate test to rescue her mother.

I found this book extremely entertaining and enthralling. It had many twists and turns and all the characters were very memorable and interesting. The many characters were very believable and you could relate to them very well, such as Simon, Clary’s human best friend, who is awkward and has very human emotions and opinions.This book is definitely aimed at older teens with obvious darker themes and violence. The book is written entirely in third person and mostly from the perspective of Clary. I enjoyed the very deep and varied description of every scenario that unfolded in the book


All in all I would recommend this book to anyone who is even slightly interested in reading it. I loved reading it and I have now finished books 2 and 3 of the series and enjoyed them just as much.

reviewed by S.J., Grade 10 Scona student

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