The Mortal Instruments: City
of Bones by Cassandra Clare is the first of six novels in The Mortal
Instruments series. It follows Clary Fray who must find answers about her true identity when she finds
herself drawn into the world of demon hunters.
A carefree night on the town with her best friend, Simon, turns into a
nightmare when Clary witnesses a murder committed by a trio covered with
strange tattoos. Clary summons help, but finds it hard to explain a murder when
the body disappears into thin air, and nobody but Clary can see the
murderers. Equally startled by her
ability to see them, the killers explain themselves as Shadowhunters: a secret
tribe of warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons.
The
following night Clary's mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by
a grotesque demon. The question is, why
would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and Jocelyn Fray?
And how is it that Clary suddenly, inexplicably, got the Sight?
With
nobody around to answer the burning questions, Clary must risk all as she dives
head-first into the danger that surrounds her on a quest to save her mother. Clary is joined by Jace Wayland, a skilled
young demon hunter she shares an immediate, intense connection with, and
brother-sister duo Isabelle and Alec Lightwood – both of which seem to resent
Clary’s new place in their sacred world.
As Clary navigates the new world open to her, she discovers vampires,
werewolves, faeries, mermaids and more truly do exist, and as she crosses paths
with several of them she comes to realise that life is not as black and white
as it is made out to be, and the supernatural world is fragilely perched on the
precipice of a full scale war. Could
Clary be a key to preventing it?
City
of Bones is a very enjoyable read. The world
Clare created is very believable, and the lives of the Shadowhunters are
fascinating. It’s hard to go into too
much detail without dropping spoilers, as the book is packed with surprise
revelations. The book does not have
quite the same pull that I experienced with, for instance, The Harry Potter
series or The Hunger Games trilogy, but the series does have the potential to
become great.
Upon
finishing the novel I did some more reading on the series, and discovered that
a movie version of City of Bones is under way.
Filming wrapped just last week, and the film is scheduled to be released
August 2013.
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| Collins (Clary), Sheehan (Simon) and Bower (Jace) on set |
Lily Collins has been cast in the lead role of Clary Fray. She does have the right look, and I think she can pull off the combination of innocence and fierceness that is Clary Fray.
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| Lily Collins as Clary Fray |
Jamie Campbell Bower has been cast as Jace Wayland. He does have a certain arrogant rebellion about him - I think he's perfect for Jace.
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| Jamie Campbell Bower as Jace Wayland |
Kevin Zegers will be portraying Alec Lightwood. I think he can capture the brooding, often rude, Alec just fine.
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| Kevin Zegers as Alec Lightwood |
Isabelle Lightwood will be portrayed by Jemima West. She does seem to have the beauty and cool arrogance that makes Isabelle resent Clary's sudden intrusion into her domain.
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| Jemima West |
Clary's somewhat dorky best friend, Simon Lewis, will be portrayed by Robert Sheehan. Slap some glasses on him, and he's Simon to a tee.
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| Robert Sheehan |
The first teaser trailer for the movie is scheduled to be released Thursday evening as a preview to The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2.
Product information:
Title: The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Author: Cassandra Clare
Number of pages: 496
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Year: 2008
ISBN: 9781416955078
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