Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones

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In the book "The Mortal Instruments :City Of Bones" , By Cassandra Clare, The character Simon is a human in the novel while his best friend Clary is a shadowhunter. "You'll be the first mundane who has ever been inside the institute." Simon and Clary are complete opposites by what species they are Simon being a human and Clary being a shadowhunter. "I knew her as Jocelyn Fairchild, not Jocelyn Fray" This proves clary was a shadow hunter because her mom was a shadow hunter before she changed her name and faked her death.

Both of the characters love each other just in different ways. Simon loves clary as a girlfriend while clary loves Simon as friend. "Neither said Simon I don't want to ask her out because it wouldn't really be fair if I did...

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