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City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

May 30, 2012
By Kestrel PLATINUM, Warrenton, Virginia
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Kestrel PLATINUM, Warrenton, Virginia
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This book is my new favorite. It discusses some very intriguing topics for teens today, such as relationships, romances (especially forbidden ones--but not the 'mom-doesn't-approve' type at all!), family, morals, and gays. The whole series is fabulous, but the first one is definitely my favorite. It is everything I want a book to be: funny, as in laugh out loud, getting stares from your classmates funny, upsetting, but just enough to keep your attention and demand vengence, and interesting, in the holy cow no way did she just go there way. The series has many twists and turns that will turn your mind in a complete 360 and never let you guess the ending, something I usually am very good at doing, unfortunately. No, this book keeps you on your toes, never has a boring moment, and is very quotable, as my friends and I have proved. The movie is much awaited, and I insist everyone read this series. Clary, Jace, Simon, and all the rest will be lodged in my mind for a long time, and I'm in no hurry to change that. This book is a must-read this summer!Very well written, extremely satisfying all the way to the end of the fifth (and final, as believed) book.

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I love the Mortal Instruments series and have suggested it to all my friends. Putting a review online is my way of encouraging others far and wide to read it as well. This series will probably have the same sized fan base as the much loved (and other favorite of mine) The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins. The picture I used here perfectly shows how I felt after reading each book.
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Kestrel PLATINUM said...
on Nov. 24 2012 at 5:17 pm
Kestrel PLATINUM, Warrenton, Virginia
29 articles 11 photos 189 comments

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Hey, have you seen the movie trailer? I actually am looking forward to seeing it, though the accents threw me off at first. XD Oh well, I still can't wait. 
tsl2013 BRONZE said...
on Jul. 7 2012 at 7:28 pm
tsl2013 BRONZE, Breakfast, Iowa
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agree since they havent been working on it very long and put the release date so soon. as well as not even having all of the cast yet and changing the director half way through production, it may end up being a huge flop.
Kestrel PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 7 2012 at 5:37 am
Kestrel PLATINUM, Warrenton, Virginia
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Darn. Well I like Lily Collins. If if Jaime is a good enough actor, he'll make us like him by acting, if not looking, like Jace. We can only hope, but this really may nit Bethesda greatest movie. :(
tsl2013 BRONZE said...
on Jul. 6 2012 at 1:00 pm
tsl2013 BRONZE, Breakfast, Iowa
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I dont like him as an actor and i dont think he looks like Jace is supposed to anyway which kinda makes me mad. BUt he is Jace and Lily Collins is Clary.
Kestrel PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 6 2012 at 9:15 am
Kestrel PLATINUM, Warrenton, Virginia
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Yeah, that's how I was pronouncing it too, but I heard someone say it was the other way, just saying it as his initials, J.C., but I like it the other way. I can't wait for the movie, but I really hope that the rumors of Jaime Campbell Bower as Jace are incorrect. I don't like him much. I don't find him very attractive.
tsl2013 BRONZE said...
on Jul. 5 2012 at 6:12 pm
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yea me too, which i was happy about bcuz the pictures they gave me 2 choose from were pretty useless
tsl2013 BRONZE said...
on Jul. 5 2012 at 6:11 pm
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jace... rhyming w/ ace. i always go into a bookstore and read it there, that way i dont have to buy it to read it. thats what i did with the first 3, b4 my school librarians actually started putting them on the shelves. theyre pretty easy reads
Kestrel PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 5 2012 at 9:08 am
Kestrel PLATINUM, Warrenton, Virginia
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-There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy. (Shakespeare, Hamlet)

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I haven't yet, but I'd like to. I just can't find a library near me that has it. I typically check out the library ebooks and read them on my kindle, so maybe I have to go see if they have it in hard copy. I hope so! Also, do you pronounce Jace's name "Jay-see" or "Jayce", rhyming with Ace?
tsl2013 BRONZE said...
on Jul. 4 2012 at 11:55 pm
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Yeah they do that once they figure out what you're talking about. I love this book and found all of them really hard to put down. Have you read the infernal devices series? the prequels?
Kestrel PLATINUM said...
on Jun. 4 2012 at 4:00 pm
Kestrel PLATINUM, Warrenton, Virginia
29 articles 11 photos 189 comments

Favorite Quote:
-There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy. (Shakespeare, Hamlet)

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Haha,  just by the way, when I mentioned a picture in my description, it was because I had selected a different picture before submitting and Teen Ink automatically put in the book's cover as my picture instead, which I didn't know.