City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

What the blurb says...

deliciously exotic urban fantasy that is sexy, mysterious and dangerously good fun!

When 15-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...

Exotic and gritty, exhilarating and utterly gripping, Cassandra Clare's ferociously entertaining fantasy takes readers on a wild ride that they will never want to end.

My review...

This is a YA Urban Fantasy at it's best, a great tale of mystery and adventure. As an adult I really enjoyed it, at times I found it slighlty over repetitive in it's discriptions, like 'Tom is a midnight black kitten who had the blackest, midnight fur ever seen on a black cat', that's not from the book but it's how descriptive it can be at times. That was the only gripe I had though, the rest of the story was great.

I have picked up the next two in series but haven't had a chance to read them yet.