2008-07-21 A good book with a few flaws...

City of Bones is a good book, I like the characters in it and the storyline is ok. Clary Fray finds that she can see people who are invisible to everyone else and learns that she has a role to play in the world of shadowhunters and learns that her mother wasn't who she thought she was. I like the story and the atmosphere of the book and it's definitely an easy book to get into if you just accept all the similarities with other novels of its genre.

To be honest though, it has most definitely taken some aspects from other sci-fi and fantasy books. The love triangle is very similar to the Twilight series and the main baddie is a little too similar to Voldemort to be given any particular credibility.

I really enjoyed this book but was a little let down by the ending, not enough that I won't read the next book though as I'd like to see what happens next to the characters. The love story in the book (which is no way the main aspect of the book, but is still worth mentioning) is really great and I thought, at first, that the couple had the makings of another Edward/Bella (Twilight :) ) but they didn't, I won't say anymore about that as I don't want to spoil anybody.

I do recommend this book as it's easy to read and I found myself not wanting to put it down as the characters are great, but don't expect too much else from this book.