Love is a motif in the novel, City of Bones as it is the driving force for the relationships depicted in the book. The main character's love for her mother causes her to go on this dangerous and unknown journey to find her. Clary's relationship with Jace leads to love, which causes tension among the characters. In the novel love is problematic and it obstructs the character's mission of being a successful shadow hunter. Love is also depicted as something that leads to disappointment. For example, Clary falls in love with Jace but later finds out that he could possibly be her brother. Although love leads to disappointment, it is inevitable and this is shown in a passage in the book when Jace talks about a falcon his father gave him when he was six years old to train. Jace tamed the falcon and began to love it, but his father broke the neck of the bird because Jace was supposed to train the bird, not teach the falcon to love him. This passage shows love is depicted as an obstruction to obedience and to one's mission. The quote "love is to destroy" by Jace holds true throughout the novel.
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