Exciting plot, stereotypical characters

The book market is currently literally inundated with novels from the urban fantasy genre. All publishers specializing in often applied as a series of popular fiction that combines the reality of the city with a supernatural act. The whole is spiced usually with a good dose of romance to make the female audience fully satisfied. Of course, not all these books and series are worth reading.
For this reason I am lurking around the The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare long, despite many effusive reviews and the film adaptation of the first volume City of Bones in August last year. I was afraid that plot and characters are subject to known stereotypes about the genre: a girl who does not know how pretty she is, meets the classical bad boy and then mutated by his side in the battle with supernatural powers to heroine, which he head over heels in love with her.
The decisive factor for my decision, but to try it with City of Bones, was ultimately the aforementioned film. Since I plan to look at me the film, I wanted to make sure that I know the novel in advance in order to have a comparison.

My fears were not so far away from the reality, actually know the story many parallels to the cliché on: The 15-year-old Clarissa Clary Fray is catapulted overnight into the world of the supernatural, as they happen in a New York club, the execution of a demon observed by so-called Shadowhunter. At the same time this coincidence is their first encounter with Jace, who is already grown into since childhood in this world.
The following day Clarys is kidnapped mother and Clary herself attacked by a demon; Clary must join the shadow hunters to rescue her mother and find the clearest connection between itself and the supernatural world exists. You have to face the truth about their roots; alongside Jace she embarks on a nerve-wracking and dangerous search for answers that will not only change their lives, but also his.

Despite the clichéd storyline me the storyline of the first volume of The Mortal Instruments liked quite well. Although the idea of ​​the demon hunter is not new, but Clare pepped up this familiar substance on with some innovative ideas that are not yet met me. The 442 pages (my issue) are packed with action, there is hardly a quiet moment and the reader is sliding with the characters through an exciting supernatural world, is obviously overestimated in the bedroom. Unfortunately, it is also this adventurous action suffered by characters. Cassandra Clare was unable to transmit their characters to their inventiveness, thus they are a bit flat and mainly stereotyped. The described events are so close together that the story the characters opposite is always dominant and their preparation is clearly advised too superficial. Refreshing in this regard is only that between Clary and Jace no real love story developed (and this also is not possible), and I, almost too dramatically took the turn that leads to the change in their relationship.

In summary, the first volume of The Mortal Instruments series something for fans of urban fantasy of the young adult division. The story is written for young readers, so you can forgive the lovers of the genre the author the lack of depth of the characters. Adults who expect multifaceted and profound figures, however, should stay away from the series.

After reading of City of Bones I was finally confronted with the question whether I am willing to give one more chance and Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes to read the second part of the series. I have decided, because I hope that the shortcomings of the accounts with the course of history, and I can get to know Clare better figures.