I have a confession to make: I read Harry Potter fanfiction. Well, I USED to read a lot of Harry Potter fanfiction. My preferred pairing? Harry and Hermione. At some point, I came across fanfic writer Cassie Claire, even though she was mostly into Harry/Draco stuff. She's one of the very few people writing fanfic that actually get "discovered" and get their own book deals. I read her infamous fanfic trilogy (The Draco trilogy, which I believe has been pulled from the internet now that she's a published author), which was absolutely wonderful, so there wasn't really any question that I would at least give this book a shot.
It started out so bad I thought I must've made a mistake. Thankfully, it started to get a bit better, and now I'm eagerly awaiting the next installment in what will eventually be a trilogy. The story centers around a girl, Clary, that realizes there is much more to the world around her than she realizes, and it's her job to hunt evil thingummies. Sorry, it's been a while, I can't remember what they're called in this book - Shadowhunters, maybe? It was pretty decent, although some of it did, in fact, read like bad fanfic, and there were cliches everywhere. Still, though, it wasn't bad, and I did quite like it by the end. Definitely not a bad way to spend a weekend. It ended with a cliffhanger of epic proportions, so I'm a bit anxious about the sequels.
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