I was having a movie night with my friends the other day, and was wondering what we should watch. So naturally we went to Walmart and RedBox, only to discover that the movie we wanted wasn't in stock. And me being me, I told my friend that I would just buy it from Walmart. What is the movie?
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
But I am not here to talk about the movie (well not until tomorrow!). Instead, I am here to talk about the book.
When I was watching the movie, I couldn't help but wonder what all was different from the book, but naturally, I had read the series a solid 100 plus books ago, so rereading was in my future. I love to read books over again. This is mainly because I pick up on so much more the second (or fourth) time I read something than I did the first time around. So... the book....
City of Bones
Book One in the Mortal Instruments Trilogy turned Series
by Cassandra Clare
2007
When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder -- much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing―not even a smear of blood―to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?
This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know...
I really love how Cassandra Clare writes (total writer envy right here!) But I think what really makes the book are the memorable lines of dialog by all of the characters - Jace being in the forefront. Here are a few of my favorites:
“Have you fallen in love with the wrong person yet?'
Jace said, "Unfortunately, Lady of the Haven, my one true love remains myself."
"At least," she said, "you don't have to worry about rejection, Jace Wayland."
"Not necessarily. I turn myself down occasionally, just to keep it interesting.”
“It means 'Shadowhunters: Looking Better in Black Than the Widows of our Enemies Since 1234'.”
“Don't order any of the faerie food," said Jace, looking at her over the top of his menu. "It tends to make humans a little crazy. One minute you're munching a faerie plum, the next minute you're running naked down Madison Avenue with antlers on your head. Not," he added hastily, "that this has ever happened to me.”
“That's why when major badasses greet each other in movies, they don't say anything, they just nod. The nod means, 'I' am a badass, and I recognize that you, too, are a badass,' but they don't say anything because they're Wolverine and Magneto and it would mess up their vibe to explain.”
and finally the one I quote often...
“What do you want?"
"Just coffee. Black - like my soul.”
I encourage you to read the series if you haven't, and reread it if you have! Also, check out the links below for more inside scoops to life!
Alexandra
GoodReads &
Cassandra Clare's Website
“The boy never cried again, and he never forgot what he'd learned: that to love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed.”
-Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
