City of Bones by Cassandra Clare- Review

⭐⭐⭐/5 stars

I'll be putting this at the beginning of all of my posts, but DISCLAIMER: This is my own opinion, and if you have a different one about the book, that's fine! Please respect my thoughts on it, though.

“The boy never cried again, and he never forgot what he'd learned: that to love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed.”

― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

City of Bones is an urban fantasy about a girl named Clary who lives in New York and discovers the magical world overlapping with the modern one after seeing a few teenage shadowhunters (who are a part of that world) kill a demon at a dance club.

Characters:

Honestly, I didn't like the main character, Clary. First of all, the author's name is Cassandra Clare and she named the main character of her story Clary.

But that's just a small pet peeve. Clary could sometimes be really annoying, whiny, and insensitive. There was a scene where she was being mean to a certain character (I won't say who because of spoilers) that made me hate her even more.

I liked Jace, though. He was brave, funny, and cocky, but he got a little annoying towards the end. I also I found it weird how he called Clary 'little girl'.

I really liked Alec and Magnus and cannot wait for more of them. I also liked Isabelle and hope to see more of her character. Though when Jace described her as a warrior... and the book didn't show it? No. Just no. One moment really ticked me off:

When they were fighting a demon, Isabelle lashed out at it only... twice with her whip. Then she let Jace and Alec do the rest of the work.

Lastly, I thought that Simon was a cool character, but I feel like in City of Ashes (the book following City of Bones) won't include him as much since he's just a regular human. :(

Plot:

I enjoyed the plot; it kept me entertained and it was interesting. There weren't any parts that felt too fast paced or too slow. I know my characters section was pretty long, but I don't think I have much to say about the plot besides that.

Relationships:

I really liked the Jace and Clary ship and thought it was going well. There's a lot of funny banter between them. Though something happened that I really want to rant about but... spoilers. So I must hold my emotion in.

And I felt like it was unnecessary to include Simon as another potential relationship for Clary because we all knew how it would end up. And I don't even think that's a spoiler.

Worldbuilding:

I loved how the Shadowhunter world existed and overlapped with the modern one. And I thought the concept was very interesting but I didn't understand some of the shadowhunter's magic.

Just a note, but you may have noticed how my character section was much longer than the other ones. I think that characters are my favorite part of books so I tend to analyze them much more than the other aspects of a story.

So yeah. I enjoyed City of Bones, but at the same time had some problems with it which is why I rated it a 3/5 and not a 5.