I would say there are some spoilers here, so watch out...This was not the world's best young adult fantasy novel... I had heard a lot about this series and that they are making it into a movie, so I decided to try it. I think I am most disappointed that the two main characters that should get together (and do a little) end up being brother and sister. There is really no other option for a love story in the books (that I would like at least, as I think Clary getting with Simon would be...blah). I see that the author didn't want to fall into the normal fantasy love story trap, but she played it up too much in the beginning so when it changed so suddenly, I felt a little icky after how much I had been hoping for something that would have turned out to be incest. Plus, letdown. Also, the main character bad guy person resembles Voldemort, idealistically, a BIT too much for my taste. Overall, I may read the next book just to see, since honestly it only took me two days to get through it, but I would say there are better young adult fantasies that I would recommend reading first.