City of Bones was a good book, I wasn't crazy about it like I have been with other series I have read lately. I think that it just took awhile to get everything explained and the characters developed. Once you got through all that, it was pretty good. Claire and Jace were just awesome together. I really liked Jace a lot, he had the attitude of "I just don't care" but then would be so protective of Claire. 
 There was a pretty interesting twist in this book, that I definitely did not see coming. It really threw me and changed the whole dynamic of things. So even though this started out slow for me, by the time I finished the book, I was ready to start the second one. I have heard that this series just gets better with each book. So I'm looking forward to reading the next one!