City of Bones - Cassandra Clare

City of Bones

By Cassandra Clare

  • Release Date: 2009-04-14
  • Genre: Fantasy for Young Adults
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 4,231 Ratings

Description

Discover the world of the Shadowhunters in the first installment of the New York Times and internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and “prepare to be hooked” (Entertainment Weekly). City of Bones is a Shadowhunters novel.

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. And she’s more than a little startled when the body disappears into thin air.

Soon Clary is introduced to the world of the Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of warriors dedicated to driving demons out of our world and back to their own. And Clary is introduced with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a grotesque monster. How could a mere human survive such an attack and kill a demon? The Shadowhunters would like to know…

Reviews

  • My favorite book!

    5
    By Rogue183
    Cassandra Clare is amazing! There’s not a story she can’t tell to perfection. Chef’s kiss!
  • I really just read it for Alec tbh

    5
    By Hazbin hotels best fan
    Bro just that zesty
  • Praise for City Of Bones

    5
    By Airborn 879
    This book is thrilling and makes me want to read it over and over. The characters and neat and all have strong personalities.
  • Amazing!

    5
    By Lexa-Lou9
    So good! Jace, man, 😘he’s a cutie! Such a good book! Read it in a day or two and I loved every second
  • Such a good book

    5
    By teresa052816
    This book is so different from the tv show and a little different from the movie it’s amazing. 10/10 recommend.
  • Mostly Good, Lots of Backstory

    3
    By Pokémon Master Gilmore Boy
    I enjoyed meeting the characters and the shadow world, but I felt the world building and mythology were received as data dumps, rather than organic plot points. This was still an easy read that I did mostly enjoy.
  • One of my favorites

    5
    By Jaidyn Alyssa Savant
    I read this book for the first time in middle school and it jump started my journey into loving books and fantasy. Reading it again in high school and now again as an adult it makes me feel different every time, I love this author and her other series, I recommend to anyone looking to get into fantasy fiction.
  • It’s pretty good

    3
    By reynagrace07
    I liked this book but I know this is one of her worst books and both this series and her other ones are better!
  • Amazing

    5
    By Rkstar2208
    I love this book I was hooked from page one and I finished it in two days! I just couldn’t put it down.
  • One of my favorites - Still

    5
    By MeleahKathleen
    I read this series in my teens, and re-reading it again as an adult I still love this story. Still one of my favorites all these years layer. Clare does an incredible job bringing you into this world and making you fall in love with everyone in it. Will continue to be my favorite forever.