Here’s the summary -

When 15-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…

One series I’d like you to review is the Pendragon series by DJ Machale. They’re about a fourteen year old boy named Bobby Pendragon who’s leading a normal life until he finds that he must save the world, and not just his world but all of Halla (every point in time and space). They’re wonderful books and should be available at your library.

Also, I know these aren’t scifi, but another good teen series is the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz. They’re about another fourteen year old named Alex Rider who finds out that his uncle was a spy for MI6, and now they want Alex to continue his uncle’s final mission, the one that got him killed.

The Children of the Red King books by Jenny Nimmo are also rather good, though they’re written for a slightly younger audience (probably 9-11). More wizardry, but this time based around old Welsh myths.

The cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill was pretty good. It’s about a warrior princess named Thirrin who, with the help of a warlock, will have to form an alliance with Icemarks enemies, the Vampires, Werewolves and the Snow Leopards, to protect their land from an even bigger enemy.

The Last knight by Hilari Bell- There hasn’t been a Knight Errant for two hundred years . . . until know. Sir Micheal Sevenson, along with his reluctant squire Fisk, sets out to protect the innocent and right wrongs but they’re not off to a good start. They break a lady out of a tower only to find out that she’d been put there for a good reason: awaiting a trial for poisoning her husband. Now they have to find her and bring her back before they have to face the consequences.

The Child of the Dark Prophecy { Great Tree of Avalon #1} by T.A Barron- Long ago Merlin planted a seed that became the land of Avalon. Now Avalon is in peril, and its fate lies in the hands of three people: Tamwyn, a homeless wilderness expert, Elli, a slave girl turned priestess and Scree, an eagleman with a secret. One of them is the heir of Merlin, the only one who can save Avalon. Another is the child of the dark prophecy, the one destined to destroy Avalon.

The Alchemist { The secrets of the immortal Nicolas Flamel #1} by Micheal Scott – Nicolas Flamel has kept living because of the secret of eternal life found in the Book of Abraham the Mage, the most powerful book ever. In the wrong hands, it will destroy the world. And that’s exactly what Dr. Dee plans on doing when he steals the book. Now its up to Nicolas to awaken the powers of Sophie and Josh Newman, the twins of a prophecy, and train them before it’s too late.

Stinky summaries but I did the best I could.
Those are all the books I could think of but if I think of some more, I’ll tell you! =)

Just a reminder for people making suggestions: this *is* a blog for scifi and fantasy, so contemporary or literary YA is a bit beyond our scope.

Also, more GLBTQ books would be nice, especially any involving sci-fi or fantasy.

I also suggest the other book of his that I even more recently finished, “Red Rider’s Hood”. It’s a playoff of “Little Red Riding Hood” (shocker), but instead of being a completely humorous like most playoffs, it’s more horror (though it does have a bit of humor).

Both these books are (somewhat) horror and written in the male first person.

Incase you’d rather read something of a lighter genre, I’d try “You Are SO Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah!” by Fiona Rosenbloom. It’s also in first person, and pretty funny, even if the main charactar, and most of her friends, are fairly petty (though I think it my be that whole “teenager” thing. Which I can’t seem to get, though I’m the same age. Hmm). It doesn’t seem like your type of book, though. It’s realistic fiction.

Anyway, love your blog. Enjoy!