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City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)

Cassandra Clare

Start date: April 1, 2015

Finish date: April 30, 2015

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Apr 13, 2018 Nicole rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction-read, 4-star, april, young-adult, fantasy, series-completed, ya-2018, ya-2020, ya-2022, ya-best-of-the-best

Fourth read 2023:
I planned to wait to read this every other year. I couldn’t wait that long. It never fails to disappoint!

Third read 2022:
Not only my favorite series of all time, but this first one in the series has become one of my favorite books of all time.

Re-read 2020:
Just as good, if not better than the first time! I was glued front to back. I love these characters and I love this introduction to the series!

First review 2018:
City of Bones caught me by surprise. I had assumed this to be ...more

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Jan 09, 2011 Jessica rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: grade-a, ya, paranormal, part-of-a-series, library, read-in-2012

Omygoodness. Why haven't I read this sooner? This book was amazing! So much detail, action, and twists! I can't wait to read the rest of the series! ...more

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Nov 30, 2010 Cheer Papworth rated it liked it

Shelves: ya

I would give this book 3.5 stars. I read the first chapter about 4 times before I could continue. It was worth reading and I enjoyed it, but I would not call it literary genius, just entertaining.

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