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  • City of Bones

  • I didn't really care for the first 11 chapters, but once past that point the book moved rather quickly for me. The fore-shadowing was fairly heavy handed so I wasn't much surprised by the "big plot twist" but I still enjoyed the story enough to give the next installment in the series a shot.

    

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  • The ending sucked!

  • How can they make them brother and sister?! THEY MADE OUT WITH EACH OTHER FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! It was good till they turned out to be siblings...but I still can't wait for the next one...who knows, maybe its just something Valentine is plotting! (Cause I REALLY hope it is)

    

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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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