I had been considering reading this book for a long time, and I wasn’t sure what exactly to expect from it. This was the first book that I have read that had the slightest thing to do with demons, so I was excited to see what it was all about. When I heard that there is a movie coming out in August of 2013, I decided that, yes, I had to read it. Wow, I am glad that I did. I read this book in about a day, and when I wasn’t reading it, I was having withdraws about not being home sitting on my bed and finishing in.

The main character Clary (Clarissa) Fray, learns that she is a Shadowhunter, after she witnesses a murder. Later she finds out that the murder she saw was committed by Shadowhunters, and that the boy they killed was really a demon. Now she is brought into this new new world of demons and downworlders. She is looking to save her mother, who was attacked and taken away, by someone of that world. Meanwhile she finds out that she is a bigger part of all that is going on that she thought.

My favorite character would have to be Jace. He’s mysterious, and has a little sense of humor, and best of all he cared about Clary! I’m excited to see who will be cast as Jace in the movie that is coming up (there are rumors of Jamie Campbell Bower), as he is just so loveable from the readers perspective! I like Clary as well. She has a stubborn personality, and will get what she wants out of people. But she is also a great friend to Simon, who is the mundane (human) that she’s been friends with forever. (Lily Collins was cast as Clary). Of course you can see that there is a love triangle happening between Clary, Jace and Simon, which I really liked a lot!

There is adventure, romance, fantasy, and danger! I was pulled in, and I loved everything about this book!