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The Mortal Instruments Trilogy

Meep(: · 2009-02-20T15:31:54Z

Hi there everyone! Meep here, just to voice out her current obsessions: The Mortal Instruments Trilogy is a Fantasy genre trilogy, with an element of romance to amuse some girls, I guess. City Of Bones: Clary Fray is an ordinary human, or at least that's what she thinks, until an incident at a nightclub she went to, with her best friend, changes her view on the world forever (How cliched, I apologise XD) Ordinary humans, otherwise known as mundanes and 'mundies' for short, are unable to see through 'glamour'. An illusion that only 'abnormal' people can see. Clary is one of them. She discovers that she is a Shadowhunter, a secret which her mother tried to shield her from. A Shadowhunter is a human with angel blood. So technically, they're not all that human, though they live and die like us. Also, demons and other Downworlders, (the opposite of Shadowhunters) exist, including vampires, werewolves (Nooo! This is definitely not Twilight), and such. Shadowhunters are responsible for finishing them off if they create havoc. Then we have your typical megalomaniac of a villain, Valentine, who wants to wipe out the Clave, which is like the government of the Shadowhunters, as he believes that they are corrupt. ~But you should read it, rather than I spill any secrets ;) If you like the first book, go ahead and read the next one, City Of Ashes. There are twists and turns so don't think that its your wholly average book. The last book, City Of Glass, will be released in late March (and I'm dying to get my hands on it). There's also a talk of a sort of 'prequel' to the story, set in earlier times, back when Shadowhunters first popped up. The idea that appeals to me is the Angel blood and demon blood thing. Also, the other main character, Jace, makes the whole thing hilarious at times with his wit, especially when he bickers with Clary. I absolutely love humour and wit. And the lack of explicit *cringe* love scenes, makes it tolerable for guys. Though I did mention an element of romance. A word of caution, which might leak some info, depending on how 'sharp' you are: [spoiler]Depending on how strong your morals are, there is a... somewhat 'incestuous' quality in the last bit of the first book, which will carry on to the rest of the books. However, I really don't see it as a problem. I just don't know if your religion or moral beliefs would be offended or something. Like I said, there are no explicit scenes (e.g anything beyong *cringe* kissing), so its really just kept to the confines of the feelings of characters. Just thought you'd want to know. But I won't say who is involved.[/spoiler] ~Another book that I'd STRONGLY recommend, like extremely strongly recommend, is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. You might have heard of it. Its a well, I'm not entirely sure, but it should be in the Sci-Fi genre. It captured my full attention throughout. It was impossible to part me with the book. Again, a slightest, really slight mention of romance. Why must everything have romance?! But yeah, its rather insignificant, so no worries. One of my favourites, along with The Mortal Instruments. The second book, Catching Fire, is said to be released on September this year. *sniffle* I hate waiting for awesome books. Hope you find my recommendations to your liking, and have a nice day everyone! :D

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Mon Nov 22, 2010 9:17 pm

watchmeburn says... · Mon Nov 22, 2010 9:17 pm

LOVE these books!!!

(Currently reading the prequel) :smt003

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Thu Dec 09, 2010 7:11 pm

Eavn says... · Thu Dec 09, 2010 7:11 pm

I absolutley loved this series. i felt the actual death of valentine could have been a little bit more dramatic but overall i loved the book. what do you think clary and jace will do knowing know that they arent brother and sister lol ****ewwwww*** and i just wanted to let you guys know because it seemed that no one talked about it was that she has another seiries out first book beingg the clockwork angel and another series coming out which is a spinoff of this one conming out sometime soon lol

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