Book Review: City of Bones - Cassandra Clare

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The City of Bones follows fire haired Clary as her life is thrown into turmoil by her mothers past. The book is a YA novel and the first in a series of 6 books (with some other linked series also). It doesn't take long to get into the action in Cassandra Clare's City of Bones. Very early on Clary is shocked to discover her mothers past which reveals some secrets Clary didn't know about herself. 

Clary meets a trio of teens who help guide her through her trauma with their own mentor at a place called the Institute. Together they unravel the story which lead to the events at the beginning of the book and allow Clary to attempt to resolve the issues. 

The book ends on what I am calling a semi-cliffhanger. Nothing definitive happens in the last few chapters of the book but there are some big revelations made. However, this works perfectly because it aligns everything brilliantly to follow onto the next book. 

For a YA novel, the book was very well written and managed to keep me hooked the whole way through. The story was well thought out and laid out very well. Although there is a bit of jumping around in the timeline to learn what has happened it is easy to understand. The characters were all really good and all worked well together (even if they're not always the most friendly).  

Overall I found this was a pretty good read. 5⭐

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