City of Ashes (Mortal Instruments 2)

For readers aged 16+ and those who love a mystical plot.

Clary Fray's greatest desire is to return to a normal life. But can anything be normal when you turn out to belong to a clan of demon-hunting Shadowhunters, your mother has fallen into a magical coma, and you're surrounded on all sides by werewolves, vampires, faeries, and other Downworlders? Moreover, Clary's only chance to save her mother is to find Valentine: a possibly insane and undoubtedly evil renegade who, coincidentally, also happens to be her father. And her relationships with Jace and Simon are becoming increasingly complicated.

Everything is further complicated by an unknown hunter who preys on the children of New York's Downworlders. Could Valentine be behind these murders? And if so, what is his goal? And how can Clary stop Valentine if Jace is truly willing to betray everything he believes in to help his father?

In this thrilling continuation of "City of Bones," Cassandra Clare once again draws readers into the dark clutches of Downworld New York, where love is always under threat, and the greatest temptation is power.