City of Bones is by Cassandra Clare, who also wrote the most popular Harry Potter fan fiction - The Draco Trilogy, which is a masterpiece, and many prefer it to the actual books. But anyway, as soon as I found out her own book was coming out, I counted down the days. I was apprehensive, naturally, because as the DT is very long - The novel was 500 pages, and could she capture the magic of teenagers and friendship and all the great little morals that she did in DT? The answer is a definite yes.
It is about Clary, a teenage girl who witnesses a murder in a club with her best friend Simon - Yet the bodies disappear. Before she knows it, she becomes wrapped up in a world of shadowhunters and demons once her mother goes missing.

"The young adult urban fantasy is set in New York, a great back drop for all the supernatural elements. The main character, Clary, is a normal teenager when the world she knows it changes. Her mother, an artist with the temperament to match, is attacked by a demon. Clary comes home to find the demon still there and barely survives the encounter.

The story that follows is gripping. The scale is truly epic, the ultimate battle between good and evil. Filled with likeable characters as well as a bad guy you can love to hate; and, my personal favorite, a cat by the name of Chairman Meow. There is humor here as well as heartbreak, sadness and excitement, even love.

Ms. Clare was kind enough to answer some questions about City of Bones as well as her experiences as a newly published author. She even hints at what the future holds for Clary.

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This is a hard book to summarize, but it is amazing and has gotten mainly very good reviews, and the few bad ones even note its potential. And it is not predictable, either. And *shocker* - It has gay characters in it, too.

All in all, amazing book. Do check it out.

What's strange is that the majority of the reviews that I have read said it was crap or mediocre.