The Wrath & the Dawn, Book 1

From the author of Flames and Mist, Shahrzad embodies the beautiful trickster of One Thousand and One Nights, but this story is more. So much more. I need this author to write faster and publish more.

The Mortal Instruments

The Mortal Instruments 6-pack by Cassandra Clare is so addicting, so heart breaking and nerve wracking, and it all hinges on the strength of wit of Clary. Yes this is another beautiful people with immortality story. Yes this is another mutliple love story. Yes this is another strong female protagonist story. I don't care. Clary is not perfect, but she is learning, and frankly, I cannot get enough girl power books. It's about time that the hero genre finally started tipping towards the girls.

Girl power!

Cassandra Clare has found the formula: create characters that people want to love and root for and cry for.

City of Bones Review

Title: City of Bones, Book one, Mortal Instruments

Author: Cassandra Clare

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books

In short: Suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, 15-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizarre world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster.

My piece of mind:

I am WAAAYYYY late to the party, perhaps because I have been out of my literacy job and doing administration, perhaps because I have been finishing my doctorate for the past three years, but I am done now and I am using my Oyster Books subscription with a vengeance.  I have seen the stunning covers and always had the Mortal Instruments on my maybe I should read list, but Clary just pulled me in. I have to remember she is supposed to be only 15 when I feel like scolding her for being weak. The characters quickly become real for the reader and I continue to worry for Simon. 

Thousands of people have already read these books. They have been on the New York Times for such a long time, but I am thankful that 5 of the 6 are on Oyster books because it has taken me five days to read five books. Thank goodness for some free weekends.