Couldn't get past page 86 and that was too far for me. I'm sick of seeing this in my night table stack of books. This book should have zero stars.

Cross posted from rabidgummibear.wordpress.com
After seeing a lot of movies in the past few weeks I kept seeing the trailer for the movie. Lucky for me I had the book on my kindle already so I decided to finally read it. I pretty much read the book in two days and forced myself to stop reading so I could sleep.

We open meeting Clary and her best bud Simon who are out at a local night club. She sees a boy named Jace with his two friends Alec and Isabelle killing a demon. This leads her into a world of shadowhunters and monsters. The world is not as she thought and this leads into a pretty crazy soap opera style adventure.

The things I liked. This book doesn't stop moving forward. It's a constant motion of adventure and insanity. I have to say that the ending threw me for the biggest twist I've read in a book in I honestly don't even know how long. I just sat there shocked when I finished the book. Heck there were a couple of big surprises for me in this book. I'm use to being right on track with where things are headed in most books, but this one threw me for two good twists by the end.

The things I disliked included some of the language. Things like ass hat I feel will date the book. A lot of the language seemed to be for almost way younger than most YA books. I didn't find Jace swoon worthy. He became a better character once the story progressed. I just wasn't invested in him. Really didn't enjoy being sent to dislike the whole situation with Simon repeatedly either. I often wanted to be like CLARY OPEN YOUR EYES YOU DOPE! I know that isn't always easy to do with things that are right in front of you.

For me what held this book up was the story moving forward so quickly and the twists at the end. I honestly wouldn't rate it so highly if it wasn't for those. I really am interested in reading book two at some point. I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys paranormal and young adult books 5/5 stars.

For years i've avoided this series thinking: Oh, I won't like this. It's not my type of read, it's probably overated.... and blah and blah.
But here I am, finally giving it a shot and really enjoying myself!

After getting a real impression of the synopsis and finally understanding a bit of the plot, I was intrigued by this series that so many people talked about all over. I was pleasantly surprised!
The writing style was quite enjoyable and I haven't found many YA clichés as I expected them (bad luck with my last YA reads). The characters were flawed in a good way and all the clashing personalities made them really fun to read about. I'm giving this book a 4-4.5 rating for the overall enjoyement I had while reading the book
(and the fact that i read it in 3 sittings). I'm sure the series grows better and grows in complexity and I can't wait to explore more.

In short: Fun read, fast pace, cool characters, well developed world!!

Too old for this I think but it was fine

THIS BOOK IS SO GOOD. I can't believe I waited two whole years to read it because I wouldn't even give it a chance past the first chapter. I regret it so much. This was so much better and so much different than I thought it was and I absolutely loved it. I already ordered the next four books and I cannot wait to read all of them!