City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments Book One) by Cassandra Clare

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.

3 Stars

This book is about a girl who is lied to her entire life by her mother who is trying to protect her. It took me 300 pages to get really into the book and then about 150 pages later I said, you've got to be f****** kidding me because the story I was hoping would unfold, the love story that was making this book interesting, died with a plot twist. I will say the book is written pretty well, the descriptive language paints a beautiful picture of an enchanting world that I will continue to explore with the second book in this series. Here's to hoping the characters are developed a bit more thoroughly.

~Kat