City of Bones: 10th Anniversary Edition (Mortal Instruments, #1)

by Cassandra Clare

Kathleen Jennings (Illustrator) and Cassandra Jean (Illustrator)

First in Cassandra Clare's internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series about the Shadowhunters.

Love. Blood. Betrayal. Demons. First in the New York Times No. 1 bestselling series that has swept the globe, City of Bones is also a major movie and Shadowhunters, the TV series based on the book, is currently airing on Netflix. Irresistibly drawn towards a group of demon hunters, Clary encounters the dark side of New York City and the dangers of forbidden love. This edition contains exclusive bonus content as well as a map and a new foreword by Cassandra Clare. Read all the sensational books in The Shadowhunter Chronicles: The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, The Bane Chronicles, The Dark Artifices, The Last Hours and The Shadowhunter's Codex.

• ISBN10: 1534406255
• ISBN13: 9781534406254
• Publish Date: 7 November 2017 (first published 1 March 2007)
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Imprint: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Edition: Anniversary ed.
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 528
• Language: English
• Special: Anniversary Edition

Reviews

[celinenyx]

Damn, this is good.

To be reviewed

[Amanda]

Actual rating: 4.5

[inlibrisveritas]

Okay so where to start... I guess I'll start by saying I really enjoyed this book a lot and thought the concept for the plot was really interesting and original. Now I know people would scoff at that and point out all the things that are "borrowed" from Stars Wars and the like (which I will touch on a bit later), but while yes there are some similarities that can't be ignored it doesn't bring the story down. It's still told really well and the overall concept is a new one for me. I enjoyed the new way of thinking about the Nephilim and demons (half and otherwise). The thought of the Fae, Vampires and Werewolves just being offshoots of demons isn't a new concept as far as history in concerned but so few authors actually incorporate that idea into their works.

Now as for the characters. I really enjoyed Clary, Simon and Jace, they're banter back and forth was enough for me to find them easy to read about. They just click. Isabella and Alec I don't really care too much about. Alec got on my nerves with his constant nagging and Isabella is just a snob, I'm sure their is a nice part to her but she just got on my nerves.

I don't want to ruin the book for anyone so I'll warn you now, SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT -> **************


Now on to the similarities to Star Wars and the reason someone told me that this books was "just disgusting".

For those not familiar with Star Wars I suppose you don't need to worry about similarities but for those who have watched it and know basic storyline you're bound to see some connections. (Besides the quote in the book that Simon says.) For instance, the daddy issue. Clary's dad just so happens to be the main evil guy but she doesn't know that until about 85% of the book is done, even though I guessed it pretty early on. So of course she's bound and determined to stop him, even after she finds out. There is also a character named Luke, Lucian actually, but he doesn't parallel the actual Luke. Now the "disgusting" part is what you find out about 90% in. Jace is Clary's...dun dun dun....brother, eeek. Talking about awkward. So yes if you've watch Star Wars you understand that awkward feeling you get when you find out, because Luke and Leia kiss. Well you kind of get that here too. I personally was not "disgusted" by it, sure I am no fan of incest and I find it gross in real life however in fiction it doesn't bother me unless sex and utter disdain for the fact occurs. That does not happen in this book. They start to care about each other, they kiss (twice), some stuff happens, they find out they are related, and then nothing. I'm interested in how they are portrayed in the second book, how they will deal with the tension and whatnot. Besides I'm not going to completely hate a book because of a few similarities and something I don't find out until the end. There are tons of books out there that are almost exact copies of one another, but some are good in their own right.

I would recommend this but sparingly and with a veiled caution before hand.

I really loved this book. It really pulled me in from the beginning and it only got better from there. I really loved the main characters and I couldn't wait to see what would happen next. There is lots of action and mystery and I couldn't wait to get more clues and try and guess what was gonna happen. I thought the ending was great and it really made me want to pick up the next book.

[elysium]

Clary finds out she has ability to see people no one else can: demons, Shadowhunters, vampires and the like. This comes in handy when her mother is kidnapped and Clary is attacked by a demon. She gets help from 3 Shadowhunters (Jace, Alec, Isabelle) whom she meets when she saw them killing someone.

I’m having little mixed feelings about this one. I liked it but I’ve heard so much raving about this that I was waiting something more. It started kinda slow and I kept waiting something to happen but it got better in action wise towards the end. But it seems I’m the only one thinking that so don’t listen me...

Surprisingly there wasn’t any annoying characters even if Simon was boring but wasn’t huge fan of the triangle between Simon, Clary and Jace. And I wish there had been more Alec! And how could you not like Jace?

All in all it was good book if not great and I’ll definitely read the next one.

[thebookdisciple]

Easy read-fantasy and fun. The words she chooses are sometimes WAY too much and leads tona poor writing style but it stopped bother me as the story got better. It is predictable though.

[rakesandrogues]

The ending was a huge let down. Other than that, I did enjoy it.

[dokie80]

lucu, seru.. :)

[liz089]

I fell in love with it. The characters, the series, it's awesome.
I did not like some of the developments though, but she made it all right.

[Linda]

Why was this taken out? it explains so much about Jace, and it's things the readers kind of need to know. His insecurities hardly ever shine through, we can only guess at them - yet, here, they are out in the open, and it's nice to know that Jace can feel vulnerable too.

Merged review:

Sometimes, I actually wish more stuff would be from Jace's POV, this was good!