City of Bones

By Cassandra Clare

City of Bones - Cassandra Clare
  • Release Date: 2009-04-14
  • Genre: Fantasy for Young Adults
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 4,114 Ratings

Description

Discover this first installment of the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and “prepare to be hooked” (Entertainment Weekly).

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.

Reviews

  • Amazing!

    5
    By funny fun fun!!!🥳🤩
    So good! Jace, man, 😘he’s a cutie! Such a good book! Read it in a day or two and I loved every second
  • Such a good book

    5
    By teresa052816
    This book is so different from the tv show and a little different from the movie it’s amazing. 10/10 recommend.
  • Mostly Good, Lots of Backstory

    3
    By Pokémon Master Gilmore Boy
    I enjoyed meeting the characters and the shadow world, but I felt the world building and mythology were received as data dumps, rather than organic plot points. This was still an easy read that I did mostly enjoy.
  • One of my favorites

    5
    By Jaidyn Alyssa Savant
    I read this book for the first time in middle school and it jump started my journey into loving books and fantasy. Reading it again in high school and now again as an adult it makes me feel different every time, I love this author and her other series, I recommend to anyone looking to get into fantasy fiction.
  • It’s pretty good

    3
    By reynagrace07
    I liked this book but I know this is one of her worst books and both this series and her other ones are better!
  • Amazing

    5
    By Dragonfish1829
    I love this book I was hooked from page one and I finished it in two days! I just couldn’t put it down.
  • One of my favorites - Still

    5
    By MeleahKathleen
    I read this series in my teens, and re-reading it again as an adult I still love this story. Still one of my favorites all these years layer. Clare does an incredible job bringing you into this world and making you fall in love with everyone in it. Will continue to be my favorite forever.
  • Kill Simon

    2
    By JBag84
    Simon should be killed off.
  • Best book ever

    5
    By Simone Wycoff
    It was the best
  • So dang good!

    5
    By Tam4Eva
    I swear, this is one of the best books ever written! Jace Wayland is my future husband!