The Girl Who Takes Out The Trash

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Avg rating: 4.12

Goodreads Summary:

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. 

Actual Rating: 4.8

Seriously this is not my kind of book... I don't like mythical creatures and demons and angels and stuff.

BUT!!!

I was convinced to read it by some friends who know what kinda books I DO like and they swore I would like this one too. And they were right. As hard as it is for me to get my imagination wrapped around some of the creatures in this book all the other aspects grabbed me and pulled me right in.

I was confused many times throughout this novel. I feel like the author could have done a better job giving us information about this foreign world throughout the book. I had to resort to twitter a few times to ask wait... who is this? what do these do? But my faithful followers helped me out and I was able to get through it..

**SPOILER**

I must say this tho.....

I don't believe Valentine AT ALL. Jace is NOT Jonathon and Jace & Clary are not related.. And that sexy awkward couple with all that pent up sexual frustration BETTER end up together. And I'd like a sex scene maybe? K thanks ;)

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