Book Review: City of Bones

What's up beautiful earthlings?

It's your favorite teen blonde blogger coming at you with another review, but this time, I'm getting down and nerdy with you for a book review. I know I'm pretty late to jump on this band wagon, especially since a movie has been released and a TV show is in the making, but City of Bones is so good! How has nerdy, bibliophile Abby not read this whole series before?!

City of Bones cover from Amazon

I finally got myself to watch the movie about a month or so ago and I was hooked on their plot line, so I moseyed on down to my local Barnes and Noble and picked up a few books, this included. Had I realized how many books there were in the series (hello, stupid, the pictures are on the back), I probably would have just taken them out of the library, but what can you do. At least I'm absolutely enamored with the series, so it was not a total waste of money.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the series, I'll try to give my best brief summary. Clary Fray, a seemingly normal 15 year old, goes out one night to witness a man murdered; though nobody else seems to notice the act of violence. She has the Sight, though no one is sure why, and she is suddenly brought into the world of Shadowhunters: half-human half-angel who are essentially bad ass demon killers (like super hardcore Winchesters! No? Yea, that was a terrible reference).

In this book, the evil dude, a guy named Valentine, is in search of something called the Mortal Cup, and he thinks that Clary knows where it is. Clary's mother is kidnapped and Clary must ask for the help of the Shadowhunters, Jace, Alec, Isabelle, and Hodge, to try and get her back. It's basically just an epic book with a bunch of epic battles and some twisted romances tossed in for good measures. Count me in!

I don't have much to complain about when it comes to this book. I found the slight comedy in Clare's writing style to be quite enjoyable. A friend and I were discussing her type of humor two nights ago, and she had a terrific point, (shout out to you, Ange!): While some of the writing is humorous in our minds, when portrayed in real life, such as in the movie, the lines seem cheesy and uncomfortable.

I am the type of reader that enjoys expanding my knowledge, and finding a fantastical YA book that does that is usually pretty difficult. Clare uses many words throughout the novel that I had to look up, but it was not so overwhelmingly used that I found myself not understanding her writing. I enjoyed learning through her choice of vocabulary.

I am currently on a book-buying ban (but not a $2.99 or less Nook book-buying ban!), so I will not be purchasing City of Glass, the sequel in The Mortal Instruments series until I finish the few books on my TBR list. This means, unfortunately, that I probably won't get around to reading it until December, as college is not usually filled with pleasure reading opportunities for me.

Until then, I will excitedly wait for the TV show Shadowhunters to premiere on ABC Family, and pray that I do not feel worn out from it as I do from PLL, (more on that in my previous post). I'm still trying to figure out how reviewing books on a blog works, so I hope this was a good start! Should I include quotes? Maybe take notes on my next book to point out specifics in what annoys me/what I enjoy/etc? I'll figure it out eventually.

Catch you next time!

Abby