TWILIGHT?! Phstt..NO! -485 pages

Don't call this book Twilight. The Mortal Instrument Series is way better than the Twilight Saga. I know Twilight fans will murder me after they read this, but this book was amazing. Cassandra Clare's City of Bones took me on the ride of my life with its thrilling tale.

The story takes place in New York City. Little do the New Yorkers know that their city hosts millions of mythical creatures. I guess they're not so mythical,in the story, if they exist. They have every creature in the book, vampires, werewolves, faeries, warlocks. There were also shadow hunters, formally called The Nephilum. I had never heard of shadow hunters until I read this book. The characters go to a lot of places in this book, Like the Institute. The Institute is where the characters live. The Institute also serves as a safe haven for the shadow hunters. Cassandra Clare did an excellent job describing the city and all the places the characters went.

Clary Fray's world changes as she knows it when she sees a random guy killed at this club. She investigates what happens and finds the murderers, who turn out to be shadow hunters. Later she find her mother missing. Then she finds out her mother is a shadow hunter and she is too. Her and her new shadow hunter friends seek this mortal cup, and she is the only one who truly know where the cup is. To bad her mom put a unbreakable memory block on her.
Jace Wayland in this book is the typical cute heartthrob guy in stories. He is one of the best shadow hunter of his Age group. He's killed several demons. By the way, shadow hunters kill demons and anything that tries to harm humans, they basically protect all humans. Like in typical stories he and the Clary form a relationship.
Simon is Clary's best friend and is a regular human. He is the typical awkward guy that is in love with their best friend.
Isabella is the typical beautiful girl that all the guys fall for, and she is also a shadow hunter.
Alec is Isabella's brother and he has a huge secret that he is very ashamed of, he is also a shadowhunter.

The big Stand in this book is done by the Villain in the story. Valentine took a huge stand against the Clave. He and a group of other shadow hunters,called The Circle, went against the Accord, peace negotiations with downworlders. Valentine didn't agree with them, so he had a huge War with The Clave.

I would recommend this book to anyone really. This book was one of those book I thought I would try, even though it looked lame. If you enjoyed the Twilight series, this book is ten times better. City of Bones is a must read.