Falling Behind on Friday # 7: The Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare

Falling Behind on Friday is an original weekly feature created at Moirae the Fates. The idea is that each week you pick a book that you are ashamed to admit has been on your TBR pile for a longtime and showcase it to your audience. You can find out more about this feature here.

This week I am falling behind on:

THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS SERIES BY CASSANDRA CLARE

When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder― much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing―not even a smear of blood―to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?

This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know...

Exotic and gritty, exhilarating and utterly gripping, Cassandra Clare's ferociously entertaining fantasy takes readers on a wild ride that they will never want to end.

Why am I falling behind?

I have to admit that I have read the first two books in this series and I'm 1/4 of the way through the third. I had to read the first one twice because I just wasn't into it the first time around. I know I like this world and the stories always seem gripping but just something about them is preventing me from reading them. Perhaps it's the popularity - I don't want to be the person who hates them (even though I know thats not true) but it could also be the length of the series and of the books? Who knows. I intend to finish this series in 2015! That is my goal!

What books are you falling behind on this Friday?

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