City of Bones and reasons why I loved it

First of all, lets start with the cover:



look how deliciously beautiful it is, with the shininess and muscles <3 also, I've come to notice nearly everyone on book covers are beautiful. I don't know how it happens they just all are. Ah, well.

The reasons why I love this book are simple (and will involve a little bit of spoiler alerts later on ;3). It has everything one could possibly want.  People fighting demons and monsters (including but not limited to vampires and werewolves. its just unfortunate that the Jacob of this book is more like a creepy uncle and the Edward is a hispanic guy that tries to kill the main character, but we can't be picky. After all, even that would make a better love story than Twilight), some romance (also including but not limited to a ridiculous amounts of unrequited love), a setting in a hip and happening futuristic New York City, and delicious amounts of lols, backstabbing, and family secrets.

The writing was also very well done. Though some of the decriptions perhaps did confuse me a little bit, most of the time the authors descriptions were fitting and the story moved along at a nice pace. I don't know, maybe all of the great plot twists would have been more dramatic if I hadn't accidently read the back of the 2ND book before the first. Pretty much was just one long paragraph of spoiler alerts.

Moral of the story: when you stock books on book shelves, make them in order. Plzkaythnx.

I also enjoyed the main character Clary, and not just because she reminded me exactly of one of my friends. With the right amount of stubborn and spunkiness, she has a lot of potential to enter my list of top heriones, especially with the potential shes shown with knife throwing. So far Alanna and Deryn are very lonely on that list. (From the Song of the Lioness series and the books Leviathan, Behemoth, and, Goliath respectfully.) Also I really enjoyed the characters Jace and Alec shipped together. Sure, Alec was just a little annoying, but he tried and he has good taste in guys so I'm all for it. Jace is cocky in one of those comical relief ways so he really kept the story from falling into the depths of the angsty-missing-parents abyss.

And now this is where we enter the dark forest of spoilers.

Hear that?

SPOILERS AHEAD. COVER YOUR EARS...and eyes AND TURN BACK NOW. ONCE YOU READ YOU NEVER GO BACK.

This is your last chance.

LAST CHANCE

LAST ONE

OKAY HERE I GO! incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest incest

/coughcough Sure, I saw the whole Valentine being Clary's father coming. If Clary ever bothered to do the math. Lets see, her mother was married to Valentine. Clary is like 16 or something. Unless there was an insta-divorce, there sure wouldn't be enough time for her mom to leave Valentine or wait until he died or something, meet someone new, and then have Clary. Unless it was a one night stand. I find that doubtful though, cause they must of had some type of relationship.

The whole siblings thing was surprising well, if you didn't read the back of the 2nd book first. I was completely fine with the whole thing however. They didn't know. /shrug I mean, now they will angst about it and not be perfect together, but in their defence they didn't know.

As a final note. Was I the only one that got the creepy uncle guy from Luke?

Misc rambling! :3

I have about three topics that I want to chat about in this post. Maybe four. I might throw in a surprise section. Just to throw you all off. :) And yes, I'm referring to the people who are reading this as "you all". Because I've had more than one person read one of my posts. Progress? Maybe. Anyways.

Point a) Small Bookstores

I find them utterly charming. Don't get me wrong. Barnes and Noble is (almost) sure to have whatever you're looking for. Except it seems the sequels of the Song of the Lioness series. /coughcough .  >.> And online buying is easy and convenient. (But I hate waiting to read a book. Am I really the only one who wants to read their book right when they first buy it? I'm so impatient not even kidding.) But there is something absolutely amazing about small bookstores. My mom and I went to a local bookstore, and while I STILL COULDN'T FIND THE SEQUELS TO SONG OF THE LIONESS SERIES I did get two books. Reviews coming soon! I've heard from others that these books are absolutely great so I'm excited to read them. The best thing about small bookstores is you don't feel that awkward for asking the person for recommendations. Plus, after a few trips every time in the bookstore you start chatting with the owner. Not to mention that the owner's dog (the cutest, most adorable thing ever. it looked like a lamb. a frikkin lamb.) hung around so there was extra cuteness. The fact that its also across from an amazing ice cream place is just bonus points. :)

Point b) Lets talk about Genres

If you've read any of my previous posts you'll kinda get the feeling of the genres I naturally go for. I love adventure, action, fantasy, and historical. Preferably they would all have some sprinkling of romance in it. I also love books with strong female characters. I guess I have some secret super feminist in me that gets so annoyed when the heroine can't do anything but get saved and whine. :/ 

I don't want all of these reviews to be JUST those genres though, so I'm thinking that I'm going to start branching out. Maybe choosing a random book at the library. One of those LETS CLOSE MY EYES AND RANDOMLY PICK A BOOK AND HOPE I DON'T RUN INTO SOMEONE things. Even if its about cliques and proms and boys and drama....... which I tend to avoid in my books. /sigh BEING A TEENAGE GIRL IS SO HARD. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO READING. 

So yeah. If you do stick around and read more of my blog. Which I hope you do! /awkwardly hopes that didn't sound desperate.

Ah

Hmm...

Moving on then.

-awkward pause-

Point q (because order is for squares)) People.. Looking... at my Blog.... *O*

I was kind of surprised when I logged into my blogger account and my blog views went from a sad modest 111 views (My favorite number.) to 120. In like, 2 days. Which meant nine people saw this. Which is really awesome. I checked and apparently stumble upon is amazing and has been bringing people here. YAY! Its a great feeling when 5 people view your blog in one day. ;o; If you read this and you have a google account just comment "french the llama". Nerdfighter

Point asdfjk) My mom is awesome

My mom is awesome because she actually used books to buy 29 hours of happiness. (She originally wanted 48 but I bargained with her until she lowered it.) Still not sure how thats gonna work out, but I got two books out of the deal so... I'M NOT COMPLAINING.

Note: this is why I should stick to book reviews and never be allowed to ramble. because I will keep going....and going...and going...and going.