City of Bones

Cassandra Clare

Apr 2014 · The Mortal Instruments Book 1 · Simon and Schuster · Narrated by Mae Whitman

About this audiobook

Discover the world of the Shadowhunters in the first installment of the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and “prepare to be hooked” (Entertainment Weekly). City of Bones is a Shadowhunters novel.

When 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 people covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. And she’s more than a little startled when the body disappears into thin air. Soon Clary is introduced to the world of the Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of warriors dedicated to driving demons out of our world and back to their own. And Clary is introduced with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a grotesque monster. How could a mere human survive such an attack and kill a demon? The Shadowhunters would like to know…

Ratings and reviews

The second worst out of the repetitive love triangles. So glad I got to read the Clockwork series before this one or I would have written all of these books off (that series is amazing). Every trilogy has a love triangle of some sort and these characters were the second worst, second most immature of them all. There is always the cocky love interest with a burdened past and the gentle love interest, and it is never a surprise which one is going to be chosen. I feel like I'm reading the same story over and over again, just a different era.

the book can get annoying but I love Mae Whitman, her voice is perfect for this :) I wish they would have kept her for the other books.

I absolutely love this book! But can we please have the original book art for the audiobook instead of the tv show one?

About the author

Cassandra Clare is the author of the #1 New York Times, USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestselling Shadowhunter Chronicles. She is also the coauthor of the bestselling fantasy series Magisterium with Holly Black. The Shadowhunter Chronicles have been adapted as both a major motion picture and a television series. Her books have more than fifty million copies in print worldwide and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. Cassandra lives in western Massachusetts with her husband and three fearsome cats. Visit her at CassandraClare.com. Learn more about the world of the Shadowhunters at Shadowhunters.com.