{Traier Sunday} Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

In a time when Shadowhunters are barely winning the fight against the forces of darkness, one battle will change the course of history forever. Welcome to the Infernal Devices trilogy, a stunning and dangerous prequel to the New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments series.

The year is 1878. Tessa Gray descends into London’s dark supernatural underworld in search of her missing brother. She soon discovers that her only allies are the demon-slaying Shadowhunters—including Will and Jem, the mysterious boys she is attracted to. Soon they find themselves up against the Pandemonium Club, a secret organization of vampires, demons, warlocks, and humans. Equipped with a magical army of unstoppable clockwork creatures, the Club is out to rule the British Empire, and only Tessa and her allies can stop them...

{Review} City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

Series: The Mortal Instruments #1

Publication date: March 27, 2007

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books

ISBN-13: 99781416914280

Synopsis

They always say there is a world out there, a world just waiting for us to explore it, but that is a lie.

The world, the real world is right in front of us, it’s always been in front of me but I had never really seen it, until that day I witnessed a murder that no one else could see. From that day forward my world got stranger and more dangerous.

The disappearance of my mother, the opening of this strange world and all its “new” inhabitants where a lot to swallow yet there wasn’t the time to digest everything that was going around when all I could think about was finding the woman that gave birth to me, helped me grow and help them blind me from this new world.

Review

Here is the thing with City of Bones, I feel that I started this book upon false pretenses, first of all there was the huge talk everyone was doing about the movie and even before that the amount of books that this series has sold; the second part was that a girl that attended the Mortal Instruments panel said that Cassandra Clare had said that the story was born from a fanfic she was writing about Hermione Granger and mister Draco Malfoy (you know before he went to the point of no return) which made me supper excited and gave me the grabby hands yet it did not deliver.

Second of all I get the concept of Jace the arrogant boy falling for the first time, but once you get your favorite arrogant boy/men it’s kind of hard for another to really take the spotlight so please feel free to blame Ethan Sullivan from Chicagoland Vampires by Chloe Neill.

Story wise I liked it, the way the different species come to work and how this world works, the story behind this world is interesting and I love the concept that the past comes back to bite them in the derrière.

But the characters really lacked for me, I don’t know if it was because of the Draco-Hermione expectations when it comes to the main characters but when it comes to the rest of the cast I just don’t feel like I got to know any of them or even made a connection except for Luke Garroway who didn’t have a lot of letter count on the book but even then he was the character I found myself most interested in.

I think I will be giving City of Glass a try to see if the characters get to grow, if they leave some of the clichés behind (sorry didn’t know who to mention there where some cliché parts without getting into details) and well you know an excuse for Luke time, but if it doesn’t cut it for me I may let the Mortal Instruments to rest.

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My entry to Roof Beam Reader 2013 TBR Pile Challenge

Organizer:  Roof Beam Reader
The Goal: To finally read 12 books from your “to be read” pile (within 12 months).

Specifics: 
1. Each of these 12 books must have been on your bookshelf or “To Be Read” list for AT LEAST one full year. This means the book cannot have a publication date of 1/1/2012 or later (any book published in the year 2011 or earlier qualifies, as long as it has been on your TBR pile – I WILL be checking publication dates). Caveat: Two (2) alternates are allowed, just in case one or two of the books end up in the “can’t get through” pile.

2.  To be eligible, you must sign-up with Mr. Linky below – link to your list (so create it ahead of time!) and add updated links to each book’s review.  Books must be read and must be reviewed (doesn’t have to be too fancy) in order to count as completed.

3.  The link you post in the Mr. Linky below must be to your “master list” (see mine below).  This is where you will keep track of your books completed, crossing them out and/or dating them as you go along, and updating the list with the links to each review (so there’s one easy, convenient way to find your list and all your reviews for the challenge).  See THIS LINK for an idea of what I mean.  Your complete and final list must be posted by January 15th, 2013.

4. Leave comments on this post as you go along, to update us on your status. Come back here if/when you complete this challenge and leave a comment indicating that you CONQUERED YOUR 2013 TBR LIST!  Every person who successfully reads his/her 12 books and/or alternates (and who provides a working link to their list, which has links to the review locations) will be entered to win a $50 gift card from Amazon.com or The Book Depository!

5. Crossovers from other challenges are totally acceptable, as long as you have never read the book before and it was published pre-2012!

*Note – You can read the books on your list in any order; they do not need to be read in the order you have them listed. As you complete a book – review it, and go back to your original list and turn that title into a link to the review - that will keep the comments section here from getting ridiculously cluttered.  For an example of what I mean, Click Here.

UPDATE:  I’ve decided to make a small change/addition to this year’s challenge.  On the 15th of each month, I’m going to post a “TBR Pile Check-In.”  This will allow participants to link-up their reviews from the past month and get some recognition for their progress.  There will also be small mini-challenges and giveaways to go along with these posts (Such As: Read 6 books by the June Check-in and be entered to win a book of your choice!).  I’m hoping this will help to keep us all on track and make the challenge a bit more engaging/interactive. If it goes well, maybe I’ll keep this format for future years.

P.S. Some of this books may not have been in my TBR Pile in Goodreads but they have been in my shelfs for a while now and deserve to be read.

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My 2013 TBR Pile Challenge List:

1. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins  (2009)

2. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl (2009)

3. Feed by Mira Grant (2010)

4.  Pandemonium by Daryl Gregory (2008)

5. The Maze Runner by James Dashner (2009)

6. The Zombie Autopsies by Steven C. Schlozman (2011)

7. Twice Bitten by Chloe Neill (2010) Completed 01/18/2013

8. Invincible  by Sherrilyn Kenyon (2011)

9. Hard Bitten by Chloe Neill (2011) Completed 01/25/2013

10. The Iron King by Julie Kagawa (2010)

11. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (2007)

12. Blood Warrior by H.D. Gordon (2011)

Alternates:

1. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (2003)

2. Drink Deep by Chloe Neill (2011) Completed 02/05/2013