"When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder — much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Clary knows she should call the police, but it's hard to explain a murder when the body disappears into thin air and the murderers are invisible to everyone but Clary.
Equally startled by her ability to see them, the murderers explain themselves as Shadowhunters: a secret tribe of warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. Within twenty-four hours, Clary's mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a grotesque demon.
But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know...."
What I have to say about it:
I was really torn about reading this book. It's another Fallen Angel book, and after reading the terribleness that was Fallen, and the slightly better Hush Hush, I was a bit hesitant to read ANOTHER book in this genre. But Jace had recently beat out Ash in a YA Teen Crush contest and I have to admit, I was curious what was so hot about Jace. I still preferred my faeries, though.
Luckily for me, this book does have faeries! But no, Jace isn't one of them (I forgave him for that). Anyways, this book is pretty intense (for a YA book). Clary is pretty cool and Jace is pretty hot and the plot is sufficiently interesting. Jace has that same ice-prince aura of Ash (and oh, do I love that ice-prince aura), but he's a little bit wittier. I was definitely cheering for Clary and Jace to be together. And then they kiss and then there's some big battle where Jace is captured and the werewolves come and save the day with Clary, who finds out that Jace is her brother and they share an evil father....wait, Jace is her brother?! And they KISSED?! Now, this upsets me a bit and while I finish the book and it is looking like Jace really is her brother....I can't believe it. Why would Clare throw their love story away like that?! So, that is my only complaint about the book. This whole, making out with my brother thing is so not ok.
Which means I will certainly be reading the rest of the series to find out if they really are siblings. It cannot be, Cassandra Clare!
So, final thoughts? Jace is worthy of his hotness rating (though I'm still Team Ash!), and the book itself is good. Now I just have to get my hands on the rest of the series!
