THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS recognized as a top 10 secret society book series

C.J. Daugherty, former crime reporter and author of the Night School series, has named THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS as one of her top 10 secret society book series.

8. The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare

Shadowhunters are a secret group who look very much like ordinary humans but who are only really a little human. Technically nephilim – or half-human, half-angels – they have superior strength and natural skills that allow them to see and fight the demons that threaten the world. The story of 16-year-old Clary Fray, an ordinary girl who finds out one day, when her mother disappears, that she is not an ordinary girl at all but one of the shadowhunters, is consistently thrilling. Clare writes amazing battle scenes, and spins hugely suspenseful story lines. The impossible becomes possible when she is writing. These are among my favourite YA books available at the moment.

Also making the list were Game of Thrones and A Great and Terrible Beauty among others. See the full list.