Book Review: The City of Bones & The City of Ashes

I am currently reading The Mortal Instruments Trilogy. The City of Bones, the City of Ashes, and the City of Glass by Cassandra Claire.  I’ve finished the first two and am about halfway through the third.

Page one hooked me, maybe it was page two, but I’m pretty sure it was page one.  That’s always a promising start to any book.  What’s interesting is that I’ve been reading a lot of books and even watched a t.v. series featuring the concept of Nephilim.  In everything else that I’ve read they are generally presented in a negative to evil manner.  So it was refreshing to see someone take a different approach.

In these books, the Nephilim, aka shadowhunters hunt demons and/or other paranormal creatures depending on if they are “law abiding” or not and part of the agreement between, underworlders and the Nephilim.  Interesting enough, the primary villain is another Nephilim.  A rogue who is using demons to do his bidding and trying to destroy the current nephilim order of things.

Our main character doesn’t know she’s a shadow hunter and therefore has not been properly trained, but she suddenly starts seeing demons and other nephilim, which is how she gets sucked into their world.  The books are packed full of action, magic, runes, plot twists, and yes some romance.  These are very good young adult books that are entertaining and engaging.  I don’t want to give too much away of the plot but suffice it to say, you will not be bored.

To learn more about the books, go to:

http://www.mortalinstruments.com/

To learn more about the author, go to:

http://www.cassandraclare.com/