City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1) in And So It Begins Reading Challenge

Jan 20, 2010 Nicole rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, signed-by-the-author, angels-nephilim

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I wasn't sure about this book at first, mostly because I thought the covers were kind of stupid and the summary on the back made it sound even more stupid, but it ended up being one of my favorite books and the whole series is just amazing!!

I thought it was funny that the author's last name is Clare and the main character's name is Clary, but I easily got past that. This book was simply intoxicating for me, especially with such a unique idea as shadowhunters. Although the whole angels thing isn' ...more

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Sep 12, 2010 Angela rated it it was amazing

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. The City of Bones is the first novel in the Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare.
Clary is an artistic teenager with one close friend, a loving mother, and a fatherly role-model. Well, that’s what she thought anyway.
After one night at a teen-club with Simon, her eyes are opened to the world of Shadow Hunters and Down Worlders.
This one night out opened the door into a new world, hidden from the mundanes. Clary’s mother is abducted, Luke pushes her from his life, Clary becomes homeless, an ...more

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Jun 20, 2011 CrystalBookSnob rated it it was ok

Shelves: reviewd, audio-book

I have read so much about this book on the blogs until the point of "I need to get this book to find out what everyone is raving about!" The opportunity arose when I was driving my car from Virginia to California and I decided to get the audio book version. I had only listened to one audio book before City of Bones and I really enjoyed the experience. Knowing I would have a lot of listening time on my hands, I also got the City of Ashes audio book.

Listening to an audio book and reading a physica ...more

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May 26, 2008 A rated it it was amazing

Shelves: young-adult, sci-fi-fantasy, romance, series, funny, magic, vampires, fiction, zombies, fairies

I liked this more than I expected I would! Definitely better than Marked.

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Nov 22, 2011 Carrie Ardoin rated it liked it

Shelves: i-own-this

3.5 STARS

I first have to say it took me three tries to finally finish this book. I started it twice, on the second time I got about 50 pages in and quit reading because I had a feeling it was gonna be pretty predictable. Third time was the charm, and I finished it, but I am happy to say I was right about the predictable moments.

One thing I have to give to the book is that there was no insta-love. I was glad for this, because I've heard so many mixed reviews about this series, that honestly I kin ...more

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Dec 22, 2011 Zey rated it liked it

Ahhh.. The Mortal Instruments series, the series I've been determinedly ignoring for years! It's like the devil himself, whispering to my ears to buy it, to read it and jump in on its hype. Everytime I passed by on its shelf, I swear I can hear it luring me to come closer, to sneak a peak.

For years, I successfully ignored its demonic murmurs and turned my attention to other less sinister books, like Twilight... Which was a mistake. But then, the horror! One day, my hand just landed on a copy of ...more

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Jan 08, 2013 Rebecca rated it really liked it

As much as I enjoyed this book, and want to read the next of the series, it did not exceed my expectations and I felt some of it was just a bit pathetic, as though they were trying to be tough but it just wasn't working. Other than that, I really liked the plot and I think the twist at the end was totally unexpected. Absolutely loved it! ...more

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