With the movie coming out in Summer, and with a lot of people encouraging me to read the series, I decidedto give it a go.
Set in present-day New York, the first installment of The Mortal Instruments series follows Clary Fray, a seemingly normal human girl with a passion for Art and the unusual. We meet our protagonist and her best friend, Simon Lewis, outside the underage club, Pandemonium. Here, Clary starts to see what others can't, revealing that she isn't as mundane as she seems.
After witnessing the Shadowhunters kill a demon, Clary can't seem to get it out of her head that she was the only one able to see them. Was she going crazy?
Returning home, she has an argument with her apparently plain mother, Jocelyn. Storming out of the house with Simon, little does she know the terror that is about to unfold and rip her world to shreds. Everything she's ever known, or thought she knew, will be thrown into a new light, transforming it all into something she could never even have imagined.
The story is interesting to say the least, with many twists and turns that will keep you hooked. I personally found that the writing became more fluid and exciting towards the end of the novel, as I thought the beginning of the novel was quite lacklustre. I'm glad I persevered though, as the end of the book comes to a gripping climax that had me whizzing through the last few pages at double speed.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys the supernatural, fantasy side of literature as there is no lack of that throughout the story of Clarissa Fray and her battle for The Mortal Cup.
I would give this book a Fallen Star rating, because although it was inarguably good, the potential of the novel was far greater than it's actuality. I hope the next five instalments in The Mortal Instruments series can pick up the slack where City Of Bones has fallen short.
Happy Reading!
Review By Lauren Goodfellow
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