Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
The year is 1878, and this story takes place in London. Young Tessa Gray finds herself being shipped
from
America to London to join her brother there after the death of their aunt. When she arrives, she meets the Dark Sisters
who take Tessa to their home to meet her brother. When she arrives, her brother is not there,
but being held prisoner and unless Tessa does exactly as the Dark Sisters say,
they will kill him. Tessa finds herself
being tortured mercilessly by the Dark sisters for a hidden talent that she
does not know about. Tessa can change
herself into anyone dead or alive only by holding an object that once belonged
to that person. After she masters this
talent, the Dark Sisters will offer her up as a spouse to the Magister. One fateful night, Will Herondale comes to
her rescue and Tessa meets her first Nephilim.
As the book continues with twists and turns, Tessa learns more about a
new world that she never knew existed and somehow she fits into this world with
her power that she is learning to control and use in this war that she has been
brought into.
Starting this book, I have to admit that I was worried. I loved the Mortal Instruments by the same
author and I didn’t know how a prequel series would sit with me. I didn’t want to lose the magic of what I
knew about this new world of Demons and Nephilim, Fairies and Werewolves, but I
had a great recommendation from Laura, a Young Adult connoisseur from Books A
Million. She said that the Infernal
Devices story intertwines with the Mortal Instruments in such a way that you
will love it just as much as the Mortal Instruments. I still had my doubts, but I went ahead and
purchased this first book and read it. I
have not looked back or regretted my decision.
One aspect that I had to get over was Will. He is briefly mentioned in City of Fallen
Angels (Mortal Instruments #4) and Magnus Bane is the person that refers back
to him. Remembering this, it was easy
for me to see how the books intertwine in that small way. At first, I thought Clare was recreating Jace
through Will. Almost like, it worked the
first time with my other books, so let’s see if my fans like Jace’s great
grandfather. It was hard for me to get
over how Will’s self serving attitude had the appearance of being so much like Jace, I didn’t want him
and Jace to be alike, because I always thought of Jace as such an original
character, but as the story continued, I could see distinct differences in
behaviors, actions and even thought processes.
It was hard not to think concepts about this book and compare to Mortal
Instruments because of how similar the plots were, as a fan, I liked it, but I
can see how if you didn’t just love one, you won’t love the other either. Of course anyone who read these books, will
probably want to argue with me and say that the plots are not similar, but I
ask that you think for just a minute… girl goes into new world, meets boy,
against all odds does not only survive but finds out she’s got skills in this
whole new world. Sound familiar? I’m not upset, I like the plot, but I’m just
saying it’s the same.
Clare uses the same magical writing as she did in previous
books and Laura was right, she intertwines the stories just enough to make you
think about your beloved character such as Jace, or Magnus Bane, and it reminds
you so much about events that take place in the later books, such as City of
Fallen Angels. I have no idea what order
you should read Clare’s books in, but this is how I’m going along so far.
City of Bones, City of Ashes, City of Glass, City of Fallen Angels, Clockwork Angels, and I
already own Clockwork Prince (although I have not read it yet, and I have City
of Lost Souls on pre-order, so I’m not sure which of these last two I will get
to first, but no worries, I will read them all.)
So, I’ve seen around the blogosphere some Team Will or Team
Jem ads. So, what are you? I think as of right now, after book 1 I am
totally Team Jem, which is actually quite opposite of me, I am usually always
for the main guy character. All of that
to say, I am a fan of Cassandra Clare! I
hope you enjoyed this blog and I hope you read both series by Cassandra
Clare! Keep reading my friends!
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