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Teenagers and Demons, Oh My!

January 15, 2017 by Ale 6 Comments

  I read this so my teenage sister-in-law would have someone to talk to about it, and….meh? There were some good things about it; there were even times when I laughed or had feelings for the characters, but that didn’t happen until around page 240…..Now, that doesn’t mean this book is bad. I’m just not the intended audience. It’s a YA, which I typically have issues with anyway, and its’ about hell-beasts, and demons, and teenagers with feels, and I’m a 30-year-old woman who doesn’t have […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: cassandra clare, City of Bones, demons, Mortal Instruments, Urban Fantasy

Ale's CBR9 Review No:3 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: cassandra clare, City of Bones, demons, Mortal Instruments, Urban Fantasy ·
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