When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder― much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing―not even a smear of blood―to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?
This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know...
This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know...
I quite enjoyed this adaptation and found that the pacing suited the book well as it illustrated all the important scenes that appeared in the first third of City of Bones, up to Magnus Bane’s party, and even included some other smaller details. However, it would have been preferable to have the entire contents of City of Bones in this single volume as a larger and thicker copy, rather than having the one book split into several graphic novels. Though, I am glad that Cassandra Jean has chosen to include most scenes from the book, rather than fast pacing and skipping the extra information. The art is simplistic, easy on the eyes and represents each character well enough, despite Isabelle’s character not quite picturing up to some of Jean’s past work. Although readers should keep in mind that the characters are of fifteen to sixteen years of age, so having less remarkable features on their character art, allows for them to appear more youthful and innocent before the hardships they all endure throughout the course of this series impacts their growth. It is to be noted that the publisher also ended up using an earlier version of Jean's artwork for the first chapter in the volume, which resulted in some last minute changes such as Simon's hair and his glasses that were not included original in the draft. This has caused the chapter to be different from the rest of the graphic novel. Overall, this graphic novel was an exciting and enjoyable read as it was great seeing all the characters again in a well-loved series, but this time, bought to life through art. This book is definitely a great read for those who wish to jog their memory on the contents of what occurs in The Mortal Instrument, in a fun, light and easy way.
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