The Mortal Instruments
Juvenile Fiction
Margaret K. McElderry
February 19, 2008
Hardcover
485
Suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizzare world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster.
WrensReads Review:
So this story starts as all young adults do (okay, at least most of them). A young girl who all of a sudden realizes she is something she is not and she can do things that no one else can and she has to save the world.
That’s the idea.
But you won’t be bored.
With this being Cassandra Clare’s first debut as an author, her writing as a little poor. It is definitely towards a younger young adult audience. The story itself though is golden.
You get the whole forbidden love with a side of a love triangle.
We have our vampires, our werewolves, our warlocks, and even our fae. But don’t be discouraged by the mainstream of it all. The story itself will keep you on your toes and will keep you interested.
I will tell you though, that her other two series are BETTER. But the sad part is that you need to read this one to get and understand characters and the plot and why things happened the way they did. And don’t just try to watch the movie or the show (because yes, there are both), because they take liberties that shouldn’t have been taken.
Read this series. Read the next. Maybe read the novellas if you are feeling up for it. But READ the last series. The Infernal Devices and The Dark Artifices are GOLDEN.
Order to Read this Series:
The Mortal Instruments #01: City of Bones
The Mortal Instruments #02: City of Ashes
The Mortal Instruments #03: City of Glass
The Infernal Devices #01: Clockwork Angel
The Mortal Instruments #04: City of Heavenly Fire
The Infernal Devices #02: Clockwork Prince
The Mortal Instruments #05: City of Lost Souls
The Infernal Devices #03: Clockwork Princess
The Mortal Instruments #06: City of Fallen Angels
*The next two (The Bane Chronicles and Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy) are optional. They are groups of novellas. I believe in reading novellas so you can pick up different things in the books that follow.
The Bane Chronicles #01: What Really Happened in Peru
The Bane Chronicles #02: The Runaway Queen
The Bane Chronicles #03: Vampires, Scones, & Edmund Herondale
The Bane Chronicles #04: The Midnight Heir
The Bane Chronicles #05: The Rise of the Hotel Dumort
The Bane Chronicles #06: Saving Raphael Santiago
The Bane Chronicles #07: The Fall of Hotel Dumort
The Bane Chronicles #08: What to Buy the Shadowhunter…
The Bane Chronicles #09: The Last Stand of the New York Institute
The Bane Chronicles #10: The Course of True Love
The Bane Chronicles #11: The Voicemail of Magnus Bane
Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #01: Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy
Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #02: The Lost Herondale
Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #03: The Whitechapel Fiend
Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #04: Nothing but Shadows
Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #05: The Evil We Love
Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #06: Pale Kings and Princes
Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #07: Bitter of Tongue
Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #08: The Fiery Trial
Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #09: Born to Endless Night
Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #10: Angels Twice Descending
The Dark Artifices #01: Lady Midnight
The Dark Artifices #02: Lord of Shadows
The Dark Artifices #03: Queen of Air and Darkness
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