Reading: City of Bones

Clary finds out that she was not just a weird mundie who could somehow see the shadow hunters and other creatures.  She finds out that she was born a shadow hunter and her mom would have her memory erased of anything related to the other world.  Her mother was trying to protect her but Clary was angry.  This book series is called the Mortal Instruments.  A spell could not be done to reverse the memory erase spell because it could go wrong and ruin Clary's entire memories forever.  As Clary is trying to remember the things she had forgotten, they tell her what the Mortal Instruments are.  They were three items an angel gave the first shadow hunters.  The items were a sword, a cup, and a mirror.  The bad guy in this story, Valentine, is looking for the cup.  The cup is necessary to make more shadow hunters.  That idea of three powerful items being given to people a long time ago is seen in many stories such as Harry Potter that I mentioned in the other blog post.  Harry Potter had the Elder Wand, invisible cloak, and resurrection stone.  That idea was not so original compared to the somewhat original story line.  Simon, and real mundane, was then turned into a rat by drinking a potion.  It was kind of funny how the normal goofy kid gets turned into a rat and gets into the stupid problems.  Although this book could be read and enjoyed by all, this books main characters are teens and is obviously geared more towards teens.  I would catagorize it as a teen fantasy.  I have not really read many of those recently so the change of pace is always nice.