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jaceyThe Mortal Instruments #1
Clary Fray thinks she's an ordinary New Yorker, but when she witnesses a murder in a club and sees the body disappear, something's definitely not right with the world. Clary has met a bunch of Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. How is it that she can see things which should be hidden from the eyes of mundanes like her... or is she really as mundane as she seems? She's attracted to Jace, self-confident - maybe overconfident - young warrior who looks like an angel and acts like a jerk.
When Clary's mother disappears and demons are left guarding her house, she's pulled into the Shadowhunter world with a vengeance, dragging her best friend Simon along with her. There's a lot that Clary doesn't know and it seems she's been deliberately kept in the dark. Revelations come thick and fast, some of them welcome, others not so much. There's danger and betrayal in spades and though this book comes to a satisfactory conclusion, but leaves a few important loose ends. It's obviously the set up for more Mortal Instruments books to come.
The characterisation is excellent, Clary is a a believable heroine. Jace's essential jerk-ness is fully accounted for. I particularly like Simon who is heading for a broken heart twice over and Luke, Clary's mother's boyfriend who is a lot more than he seems. (And I just checked up... there's a movie due out in 2013 with Aidan Turner (the cool vampire from Being Human) as Luke. Nice!
Clary Fray thinks she's an ordinary New Yorker, but when she witnesses a murder in a club and sees the body disappear, something's definitely not right with the world. Clary has met a bunch of Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. How is it that she can see things which should be hidden from the eyes of mundanes like her... or is she really as mundane as she seems? She's attracted to Jace, self-confident - maybe overconfident - young warrior who looks like an angel and acts like a jerk.
When Clary's mother disappears and demons are left guarding her house, she's pulled into the Shadowhunter world with a vengeance, dragging her best friend Simon along with her. There's a lot that Clary doesn't know and it seems she's been deliberately kept in the dark. Revelations come thick and fast, some of them welcome, others not so much. There's danger and betrayal in spades and though this book comes to a satisfactory conclusion, but leaves a few important loose ends. It's obviously the set up for more Mortal Instruments books to come.
The characterisation is excellent, Clary is a a believable heroine. Jace's essential jerk-ness is fully accounted for. I particularly like Simon who is heading for a broken heart twice over and Luke, Clary's mother's boyfriend who is a lot more than he seems. (And I just checked up... there's a movie due out in 2013 with Aidan Turner (the cool vampire from Being Human) as Luke. Nice!
