I am no longer putting expected dates on these things, cause it used to be the monthly book review and I haven't done one since February, however in my defense, I have been very busy lately, what with being laid off, and playing with my niece, and I was SO busy on the weekend I read 3 450-600 page books (hence the book review which is more like a series review).
The above picture is the first book of the Mortal Instruments Series.
Titles: The Tale of A Hot Guy with no Shirt on (Actually it's City of Bones), City of Ashes, and City of Glass.
Author: Cassandra Clare
Awesomeness Rating: ****
Favorite Character: Magnus Bane
Why?: Cause his name's Magnus Bane... duh.
Review: I quite enjoyed these books, at first I wasn't expecting much 'cause what drew me in was the hot guy with no shirt on covered in tattoos (shallow much?), and it's endorsed by Stephenie Meyer (who I think is a crack pot), but after reading the back cover of book one, and finding the premise interesting I decided to give it a shot, I'm glad I did.
While there are a few parallels between a couple of other books I've read (I am not saying she copied at all, but lets face it super natural books have been done to death, and it's hard to find something 100%, way out of left field unique) the series is a good midway point between the sick/twisted rose coloured glasses stuff of Stephenie Crack-Pot, and and the hardcore Vamp Stuff of Anne Rice, I also think it MAY be better than Anita Blake (which I quite enjoy but lets face it, the series has kinda degenerated into how many sex scenes each with a different partner you can cram into a single book *blushes*). There are quite a few interesting plot twists, and I like that, despite the fact that these books is classified as young adult it doesn't treat the reader like a 10 year old (which is good cause I wouldn't let a ten year old read thses books.) I also like the character development, and I don't think anyone but the villains are truly unlikeable which is how it should be.
Anyhoo, bottom line is I think these books are worth a read, so.... go and buy them, duh.
Note: (Semi Spoiler Warning) I'd like to point out that on the back of the first book it talks about "Dark hunters" but in the series they are actually called "Shadowhunters" I think this error is the fault of the publishing companies cause I think they are the ones the write the description not the author.
Note 2: Before you spam my comment section with questions about my rapid reading skills let me tell you, I read the first book on Saturday, the second book between 11am and 4pm on Sunday and the third book between 9:30pm and 4:00am on Sunday night. I'm not joking I HAD to see how it ended, don't look at me like that.
