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WIJFR: City of Bones (Series SP)
Yes, I'm late to this party! This was my SBC choice that everyone has read but me.
At first I thought it was entertaining for a quick, light read, but then the ending happened. Or rather, didn't happen. I'm not a fan of completely open endings, and the only bits of the plot that were resolved at all were added almost as afterthoughts ("Oh, by the way, wasn't it great that Alec was saved by Magnus while we were off not resolving our own storyline?" "Yeah! That was swell.")
As for the fan-fic aspect, I wasn't terribly distracted by the HP similarities (though the word "mundane" as a noun never read smoothly to me, so I probably just should have replaced it in my head with "muggle"). I actually had a bigger problem with its parallels to my favorite fandom. Boring normal person turns out to be have strong supernatural powers. Hero finds out that the evil villain is father! Then finds out that crush is a sibling*! (gasp) Who ends up playing Jabba the Hutt?
It's a decidedly 3-star book for me. It had its good points, but it definitely had some detractors. There are far too many things on my TBR list to continue with the series. I may consider The Infernal Devices at some point.
*I've seen the series spoiler on this, but I believe a book should be able to stand on its own to some extent even if it's part of a series. You can't just replicate a huge chunk of plot from somewhere else and then say that you didn't, because a later book comes along and says "Psych!"
Re: WIJFR: City of Bones (Series SP)
I didn't notice the Star Wars references because I don't remember much of the Star Wars movies or anything (don't judge, lol). I liked it as a series, but I agree with PP that it should have stopped at the trilogy.
I just started the Infernal Devices and I like it so far. I think I like the story line a little better.
"Live like there's no midnight."
It was originally HP fanfic, I'm pretty sure.