City
of Bones
Series: The Mortal Instrument, book 1
Pub: 2007, Walker Books Ltd.
Author: Cassandra Clare
Cat: fantasy & Magical realism/fiction
Format: paperback (mid); 442 pp w/ 24
chapters
Age Range: YA
Synopsis
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.