Fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is the focus of the story. Even though the narration is third-person, it follows Clary around 95% of the time. With her fiery red hair and personality to match, she stan...

Jace is just as much of a main character as Clary is. He's on the cover, for goodness sakes. Sure, his rippling pectorals might draw a few readers on surface appeal alone, but inside he's troubled...

Simon is Clary's best friend. He's such a good friend, in fact, that she never feels the need to tell us his last name in this book. With all the name switching going on—Clary's mom and Luke have...

Known as Lucian Graymark in his other, hairier, life, Luke is a bookstore owner, Jocelyn's best friend, and unrequited love. He's loyal to Clary's family, even if his methods are a little unorthodo...

You've seen this kind of psychic before. You know, the kind with the sign that says "Pyshic Readings" [sic] or something similar, and you think "She must have known the sign would be misspelled, ha...