The Mortal Instruments

You may not recognize the name of this series, but I know you've seen the books. The first book in this series is The City of Bones, it features a fifteen year old Clary Fray, who gets in to the Pandemonium Club at the beginning of this book. While there she sees something that she shouldn't have, a murder, the killers are no older than her. Soon, Clary finds out that everything is not what it seems. The world as she knows it has been holding out on her, hiding it's demons and angels and most of all, it's Shadowhunters. Everything is turned upside down when Clary's mom disappears, and she is attacked by a monster that until now had only existed in her nightmares. These events leave Clary no choice but to team up with this band of tattooed teenagers and their teacher, what lengths will she go to get her mom back, and what has her mom been hiding from her?

Cassandra Clare is an amazing author, and has taken this series and it's partner (Infernal Devices) to great lengths, testing the boundaries of love, family and friendship. She uses such detail that I can literally close my eyes and be in the story, with Clary and her friends, fighting a battle against an army of demons I can see clearly. This is one of the series that I have on my bookshelf, and just so you know, I buy most books on my Kindle, so it's a high honor among books to be bought to be on my shelf. There are, as of today, four books out in the Mortal Instruments and one out in the Infernal Devices (Clockwork Angel). You would probably do well to read at least the first three books of the Mortal Instruments before you read Clockwork Angel, but if you don't, you'll catch on soon enough.

I would recommend this book series to anyone that likes adventure, mystery, and action; there is also some romance (more than a little) but it's not mushy, and I know many guys that love the series all the same. Some advice, don't get angry with the outcome of certain events, you can't change them. I would give this series a 10/10 if it wasn't for the second book, which I didn't like nearly as much. DON'T think about skipping City of Ashes (2nd) though, if you do you have no hope of knowing what is going on in any of the other books, it's a good book, but the others are better. So, taking the whole series into account, I give the Mortal Instruments a 9.5/10.

Happy Reading!