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City of Bones
- 512 pages · about 9 hours
- First published 2007
- 39 editions
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1 About this book
Fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is at a New York nightclub with her best friend, Simon, when she sees a group of teenagers attack a boy who then vanishes, and realizes that no one else can see them. They are Shadowhunters, hidden warriors who hunt demons, and they want to know why an ordinary girl has the Sight. Soon afterward Clary's mother disappears. To find her, Clary follows the Shadowhunters into a secret New York of vampires, werewolves and warlocks, and toward the truth about her own family. City of Bones, published in 2007, is the first book in Cassandra Clare's series The Mortal Instruments.
- Horror
- Adventure
- Dark fantasy
- Romance
- Magic
- Demonology
- Supernatural
- Paranormal fiction
2 What to expect
The first Mortal Instruments novel, an urban fantasy for teens: a New York girl discovers a hidden world of demon hunters, vampires and werewolves when her mother disappears. Action, banter and a slow-building romance carry it, along with discoveries about her family. It is quick and plot-heavy, with sarcastic humor, and it sets up a long series more than it settles anything.
Good for readers who want: urban fantasy, demon hunters in New York, and the start of a gripping series.
3 About Cassandra Clare
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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