I just finished devouring City of Bones Bones
(Some
vague spoilers.)
At first,
I thought the book was going to be predictable.
I saw the love triangle/square coming.
I figured out who Clary’s real father was as soon as his name was
mentioned. I knew what Hodge was going
to do. This was all in the first third
to half of the book. The writing was
still engaging and I was enjoying the novel, I just had most of it worked out
in my head.
There were
some things I didn’t predict. I kept
trying to figure out Jace’s parental situation, thinking, no way is Clare going
to do THAT. I didn’t guess about Alec
either. I actually really liked that
part of the story. It was refreshing and
unique in the Young Adult novels I’ve read.
The second half of the book really took the story above my expectations.
Unlike
most people I’ve talked to, the book cover of City of Bones threw me off. I’m not a huge fan of naked body parts on
book covers. It seems cheesy to me. It had all this glowy stuff around who I
assume is Jace. Plus all the hype around
the book and people just swooning and the quote on the cover, all served to
make me want to skip The Mortal Instruments series. I finally decided it was worth my time when a
friend described it to me as a sort of cross between Buffy and Harry
Potter. Well, what could be better? It’s true (though the writing styles are
widely different). There are demon hunters
and regular humans who don’t see the magical world around them.
I kind of
hope the comments get some spoilers because I want to know what people think of
the whole Jace/Clary thing. I’m thinking
something changes in the next book, right?
Wait, I don’t want to know.
I’m glad
that I have The Mortal Instruments too provide me with
escape at a time when I need it. It was
an exciting fun book and it thankfully lived up to the hype, going farther than
my expectations.
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