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City of Bones is the first book in Cassandra Clare‘s “Mortal Instruments” YA series. It sets a fast-paced, engaging tone with strong characters, a fascinating urban fantasy world, and a very thorough back-story. The Paranormal world is hidden in plain sight within the Regular world, which reminded me of Harry Potter and the Magic/Muggle situation. In my mind, it adds a sense of intrigue that there could be Shadowhunters in my every day life and I just don’t know it (yet). When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness Continue Reading »