Like, kept having to shut off the CDs to text Kayla and say, “I will give you my first born child for telling me about this book.” city of bones by cassandra clareĬlary is a fifteen-year-old girl living in NYC with her mother (Jocelyn) one night, while at a dance club with her best friend Simon, she sees three teenagers lure a fourth teen into a utility closet and then kill him. The covers also didn’t really appeal to me – they looked so dark and weird that I never really gave them a second look.Īnd yet, as you could probably guess, I loved City of Bones.

There were so many things that made me think I wouldn’t like this book: lots of made up terms, vampires, werewolves, and fairies. Once she told me about them, I started seeing them or hearing about them everywhere. The third one came out about two weeks ago and they’ve all been on the NYTimes best-seller yet, I was hardly aware of them until two weeks ago when Kayla said, “YOU MUST READ THESE BOOKS.” And because she has kindly read every book I’ve forced on her, I figured I could return the favor. I somehow completely missed the boat on The Mortal Instruments series. If you’re a YA fantasy fan or a Harry Potter lover, it is a good bet you will like this book.

8 of 10: City of Bones is all that I can ask for in a fantasy book – action, romance, top-notch characters, and plenty of twists.

The city of bones series