Am I not supposed to actually like at least one of the characters when I read a book? I assumed that was an important factor when creating a fiction world with fictional characters; that readers would at least enjoy READING about them. All of the characters in City of Bones is truly one dimensional. You never know what anyone is feeling, you only know what they actually deem necessary to say out loud (which is a buttload of drivel I might add). I truly regret the fact that I have already purchased the second book in anticipation of actually enjoying City of Bones. I will say that towards the end there was actually some interesting action and turn of events that I liked, but it didn't make up for the crap in the first 300 pages. 
 P.S. I absolutely hate Jace. What is with all these Jace fans out there? He is a total douchebag. A character in a book does not come across the same as, say, a character in a tv show that actually shows mannerisms. 
 P.P.S. No sense in writing a plot description here. Its garbage.