When Clary Fray goes to the Pandemonium Club, she doesn't expect to find a mysterious group of tattooed teenagers bearing bizarre weapons murdering a blue haired boy who disappears as soon as he dies. Nor does she expect no one else to be able to see any of them. These teenagers, who are equally surprised that she can see them, explain themselves to be Shadowhunters. They are in a secret group thats sole purpose is to rid the world of demons. Within the next 24 hours she receives a strange phone call from her mother, Jocelyn, and rushes back to find the apartment in ruins, her mother missing, and a demon waiting for her.
Who are the Shadowhunters? How can Clary see them? Where is her mother? Why are the demons interested in ordinary people like Clary and her mother?
This book, and the next three in the series, kept me on the edge of my seat. The characters were very real feeling and relatable.
"Exotic ... exhilarating and utterly gripping, Cassandra Clare's ferociously entertaining fantasy takes readers on a wild ride that they will never want to end." -Margaret K. McElderly Books
Be warned: this book contains some adult scenes, swearing and is rather lengthy. But I personally would advise anyone who can get their hands on it to read this series.
This book will be coming out as a movie soon, but its specific date is undisclosed. You can find multiple copies of this book in the library, along with books 2 through 4: City of Ashes, City of Glass, and City of Fallen Angels. There will be two more books coming out in this series, the City of Lost Souls and the City of Heavenly Fire, that will conclude the Mortal Instruments series. The former is set to release in May 2012, and the latter in September 2013.
There is also a partner series called the Infernal Devices series starting with The Clockwork Angel, which is also an amazing series. The second of this series will be out in September of 2011, as the Clockwork Prince. The third, The Clockwork Princess, will be out in November or December of 2012. I will be doing a review of the Clockwork Angel very soon.
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