This series is packed with unforgettable characters. What makes this series great is that they are flawed and not perfect little YA cookie-cutter protagonists that saturate the landscape today. Clary, Jace, Simon, Isabelle, Alec, and Magnus make bad decisions sometimes, because that's what real non-perfect humans do, they get hurt, they bleed, they grieve, and then they get back up and continue to kick unbelievable amounts of ass. I don't know why people keep comparing this series to twilight because they are absolutely NOTHING alike. I guarantee you will not See the big reveal coming. Interspersed within the books are references to the works of Dante, Virgil, homer, Shakespeare and many other classics, leading me to believe the author Cassandra Clare was extraordinarily well read by the time she wrote this series, and it shows. Although the protagonists can sometimes come off as impulsive, cocky arrogant, rude, or otherwise unlikable, please take into consideration the fact that they are teenagers tasked with circumnavigating the beaurocrocy of their unbelievably hidebound elders who refuse to take them seriously while also protecting the world from Eldrich abominations. This would make anyone a little snarky from time to time.
Funniest YA series out there
This series is packed with unforgettable characters. What makes this series great is that they are flawed and not perfect little YA cookie-cutter protagonists that saturate the landscape today. Clary, Jace, Simon, Isabelle, Alec, and Magnus make bad decisions sometimes, because that's what real non-perfect humans do, they get hurt, they bleed, they grieve, and then they get back up and continue to kick unbelievable amounts of ass. I don't know why people keep comparing this series to twilight because they are absolutely NOTHING alike. I guarantee you will not See the big reveal coming. Interspersed within the books are references to the works of Dante, Virgil, homer, Shakespeare and many other classics, leading me to believe the author Cassandra Clare was extraordinarily well read by the time she wrote this series, and it shows. Although the protagonists can sometimes come off as impulsive, cocky arrogant, rude, or otherwise unlikable, please take into consideration the fact that they are teenagers tasked with circumnavigating the beaurocrocy of their unbelievably hidebound elders who refuse to take them seriously while also protecting the world from Eldrich abominations. This would make anyone a little snarky from time to time.