City of Bones

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare is book one of a trilogy. And not just any trilogy. No, a super amazing oh-mah-gawd-read-more-now trilogy. And from me, that's saying something.

It starts off in one of my favourite, yet un-visitied cities, New York. Actually, it stays in New York, but anyway. The main character, Clary Fray and her best friend Simon are going to a nightclub, Pandemonium, where she runs into some strange characters called 'Shadowhunters,' that only she can see.

After an embarrasing scene, she and Simon go back to their normal lives, or so it seems, until Jace, one of the shadowhunters shows up for Clary--she's not as normal as she thought, and Clary begins the adventure of her life, that explains her life.

This novel is full of twists and turns, some you see comming a mile away, and some that hit you in the side of the head with a such a loud bang, that if it were real, you'd be deaf. It's astouding, and the visual imagery is fairly fantastic.

The angst in this book is real, without being overdone, and from the first page you fall in love with the characters. [It helps that Clary's artsy & and redhead] (: It's witty and vivid, and really, I could go gushing on all day.

I will just as eagerly devour the next two books in the trilogy, and can't wait for more. I will definitely be on the look out for more Cassandra Clare books.