Happy Holidays All! It's been a hectic few weeks and I'm so excited to see what 2010 has in store. In the meantime, I believe I owe you my musings on City of Bones.
I ripped through this book in just a few days. Cassandra Clare's characters are superb. Gritty, selfish, foolish, irrational...just real. What bothers me about a lot of books aimed at teens (cough, Twilight, cough) is that the characters are horribly idealized. The authors create these absolutely perfect characters whose only flaws are that they care too much. Or that they're too beautiful. Or so unique (yep, I qualified it) that they simply can't get along with their peers. In City of Bones, Jace is a jerk. He might have feelings for Clary but, f-it, it's Jace first and foremost. And Simon? Dear Simon hooks up with sexy Isabelle because, well, she's sexy Isabelle, but he also wants to make Clary jealous.
The major twist near the end really threw me. I'm hoping we'll find out that sleaze ball Valentine was lying when spilled the beans about Jace's true identity. We shall see.
Got any plans for NYE? What about New Year's resolutions?
P.S. Couldn't resist. Meet my copy editor. She gets a bit persnickety when I don't go with her suggestions.
3 comments:
Is that a small laptop or a super gigantic cat?
LOL, regular sized laptop. And mondo, gigantic sized cat. A friend recently called her a "reverse bobblehead." Ha!
WOW, she's huge! And I bet she has an excellent taste for literature! ;)
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