City of Bones: City of Bones - Book 1 (The Mortal Instruments) Review The perfect young adult novel. The tale of a shadowy underworld of elegant half-angel demons hunters in New York is thrilling. It's romantic. The pages fly by. The characters leap off the page and into your heart. I aspire to write like this. And I want to fight like a Shadow Hunter -- CJ Daugherty * The Big Issue * Mesmerising, lyrical tale of bright and dark sides of love and desire -- Fiona Noble * Bookseller Children's Guide * The book was easy to get into and thrilling the whole time. -- First News * First News * A thrilling urban fantasy of vampires, warlocks and shapeshifters that fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer will love to get their teeth into [...] We haven't read such a brilliant mixture of razor-sharp wit and humour and spine tingling fear but above all a terrific page-turning read that will have you saying just one more page, then one more chapter and suddenly you've finished it, for quite a while. * Love Reading 4 Kids * Reissues with striking new cover art will bring these books to a new audience. * The Bookseller Children's Buyer's Guide * 				    	 					 About the Author Cassandra Clare was born to American parents in Iran, and was raised in a myriad of geographic locations. After graduation she spent most of her time in New York and Los Angeles, where she worked at various entertainment magazines. She began writing her debut novel, City Of Bones, in 2004 and has now become a full-fledged writer. Her other books include City Of Ashes, City Of Glass, and City Of Lost Souls.