If you would like to read my other book reviews, click here. You can also watch the Netflix series and the City of Bones movie.ĪGE RECOMMENDATION: I would say this book is for older readers as it is a YA series (I would say the same age recommendation you have for Divergent), so teens upwards, but if you love supernatural romances with a slight political side to books, then this is the series for you! WHERE TO FIND THIS BOOK/SERIES: Waterstones, WH Smiths, Barnes and Nobles (for the Americans out there!), the library and any good booksellers or online shops. THIS BOOK/SERIES IN THREE WORDS: Daring – Unputdownable (yes, this is now a word!) – Supernatural Other than that, maybe alter the focus so that the perspective is from different character POVs. IMPROVEMENT SUGGESTIONS: More books set in the universe. One thing I will say is that after reading this series – if you haven’t read the others beforehand – is that you do need to read the prequel series AFTERWARDS to gain more understanding about references and why characters are the way they are. I won’t spoil anything but the twists and turns are just so thrilling and unexpected that I found myself trying to figure out what would happen next but I never did get it right haha. Another one of my favourite aspects is the plot twists. The characters are very well-written and have completely different personalities from one another. These books are definitely not for everyone – the tropes and romantic content can be quite controversial – but I love them so much. These books are just the right blend of supernatural, fantasy and modern, with some romance thrown in for good measure. WHY I LIKE/DON’T LIKE IT: For me, this series is amazing and my second favourite out of all of Cassandra’s book sets. TITLE (s): The Mortal Instruments (City of Bones City of Ashes City of Glass City of Fallen Angels City of Lost Souls and City of Heavenly Fire)ĪUTHOR (s): Cassandra Clare/Judith Smith (Cassandra Clare is a pen name)īLURB: Fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is introduced to the world of the Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of warriors dedicated to driving demons out of our world. Today I’m going to be focusing on the main series and the one recommended to be read first… There is also an illustrated book of characters and some of their details, but I’m not going to be talking about that as it is only illustrations (though gorgeous ones at that). This universe has three separate series so far (The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices and The Dark Artifices), with four companion books (The Shadowhunters Codex Tales from the Shadwhunter Academy The Bane Chronicles and Ghosts of the Shadow Market) and more series to come with time (The Last Hours). This is a YA (Young Adult/teen) supernatural/fantasy series. The events in the books are put in the wrong order. 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.Hi there! Today’s post is going to be a book review on my all-time favourite series – The Mortal Instruments. It claims to be the movie of the first book though has scenes of all 5 books. 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. mortal-instruments Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t1jj5x33d Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-beta-20210815 Ocrdetectedlang en Ocrdetectedlangconf 1.0000 Ocrdetectedscript Latin Ocrdetectedscriptconf 0.9910 Ocrmoduleversion 0.0.13 Ocrparameters-l eng Ppi 300 Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6. 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.
It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 17:17:36 Autocropversion 0.0.14books-20220331-0.
Or was he a boy? This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. 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. Read City of Bones Storyline: 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.