Tuesday, November 26, 2013

The City of Bones by : Classandra Clare

 
Fifteen year old Clara Frey decides to go into a club, Pandemonium with her best friend Simon. When they enter the club Clara see a boy with green hair being followed into a back room. As she investigates she soon sees her first encounter with demon hunters and a demon. Clara in shock and confusion goes home to find her mom worried sick about her and ending up fighting. Clara escapes the house to go to a poetry reading with Simon and meets one of the demon hunters that night, Jace. Jace tries to explain to Clara who he is, and who se really is when Clara gets a phone call from her mom. Her mom telling her to not come home. Clara worries and runs to her home to find it destroyed and her mom not there. As Clara searches the house she encounters a demon and kills it. She wakes up in a bed at the Institute where Jace and the other demon hunters "shadow hunters"  live. Clara is taken into a world she as never dreamed of and discovering her true past. On her mission to find her mom Clara  encounters warlocks, vampires and werewolves. As Clara gets closer to finding her mom she also gets closer to the shadow hunter Jace. Clara soon discovers that her real dad is actually Valentine. A killer who want to kill all downworlders and also finds out that, Jace is her brother. The book City of Bones is a young adult urban fantasy that will leave you wanting more and more. 

2 comments:

  1. Clary Fray-Main Character, 15, Finds out she is a Shadowhunter, Redhead, short, green eyes, likes hanging out at Pandemonium (A Club), In high school, Jace's love interest
    Jace Wayland-Shadowhunter, beautiful, large tatoos (actually runes), egotisical, sarcastic, Clary's love intrest, orphaned, is Clary's Brother
    Mangus Bane- warlock, blue skinned, very old but still looks young, Alec's love interest.
    Hodge Starkweather- Jace's mentor at the institute, betrays Jace and the Lightwoods
    Alec Lightwood- Shadowhunter, Gay, Jace's Fighting partner, hates Clary, in love with Jace
    Isabel Lightwood- Shadowhunter, Pretty, Dark Hair, flirtatious,
    Valentine Morgenstern- Clary's father, Jace's Father (Maybe) Evil, wants to end the Clave, and unwrite the Accords
    Jocelyn Fray (Fairchild)- Shadowhunter, Clary's mother, abducted by Valentine, Red Hair, strong, good artist
    Simon-Clary's best friend, in love with Clary, human, becomes a vampire, nerdy, in a Band
    Luke Garroway, - Clary's mom's best friend, he loves her, was a shadowhunter, is a werewolf

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  2. Nice character overviews! These will be very helpful when we study up for the competition. ~Ms. K

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