The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones - by Cassandra Clare

City of Bones is the first book of six in the New York Times bestselling series The Mortal Instruments. This is a fantasy novel about a 15 year old Clary Fray who lives in New York.

One night when she and her best friend Simon go to the Pandemonium Club she sees a boy with blue hair and bright green eyes and a girl with black hair go into a room.  Two boys with knifes follow them into the room, but no one else seems to notice them. She sends Simon off to get help and follows them into the room. She soon realizes that the two boys with the knifes and the girl intend to kill the blue haired boy. Clary tries to stop them but does not succeed. Shortly after they kill the boy, Simon shows up with a security guard. The strange thing is that neither Simon nor the security guard were able to see the boys and the girl.

This is how Clary got to know the Shadow-world, and its Vampires, Werewolfs, Warlocks, Fairies and Shadowhunters, who don't just believe in demons but also kill them. In this world all the stories are true. There are zombies, mermaids but no mummies (don't be ridiculous, no one believes in mummies).

This is one of our favourite books and we really recommend it and all of Cassandra Clare's books. They are AWESOME!

More by Cassandra Clare:

Shadowhunter Chronicles:

The Mortal Instruments:
  City of Ashes
  City of Glass
  City of Fallen Angels
  City of Lost Souls
  City of Heavenly Fire

The Infernal Devices:
  Clockwork Angel
  Clockwork Prince
  Clockwork Princess

The Shadowhunter Academy:
  Welcome to the Shadowhunter Academy
  The Lost Herondale
  The Whitechapel Fiend
  Nothing but Shadows
  The Evil We Love
  Pale Kings and Princes
  Bitter of Tongue
  The Fiery Trial
  Born to Endless Night
  Angels Twice Descending

The Bane Chronicles

The Shadowhunter Codex

The Magisterium Series:
The Iron Trial
The Copper Gauntlet

We recommend reading The Infernal Devices before reading City of Heavenly Fire, because City of Heavenly Fire can spoil The Infernal Devices.

BEWARE OF THE MOVIE THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES, IT CONTAINS A SPOILER THAT RUINS THE SERIES. READ CITY OF BONES, ASHES AND GLASS FIRST.