"The Clockwork Angel" is the first book in the trilogy,
The Infernal Devices, by Cassandra Clare. This novel is about a girl named Tessa Gray. Tessa is a girl who loves literature. Tessa has never had a great life. She never knew her parents and her brother who she adored, left the house. When her last living member in her family dies, she goes to the only place she thinks she can find her brother. She got a letter from him telling her to go to London, which is exactly where she goes. When in London, she is confronted and captured by evil creatures in the shape of humans. Then she is saved by the Shadowhunter Parabati pair Will Herondale and Jem Caristairs. Parabati are closer than brothers, especially this pair. But Will and Jem are almost as opposite as you can get. Jem is quiet, considerate, and a violin player and perhaps the only one in the London Institute who is not constantly ridiculed by Will. Will is rash, closed off, handsome, poetic, always getting n trouble, and seems to care very little about his own life. When the three start to become close friends, they realize maybe the all have something that is holding them back from the ones they love.
This novel is set in the 1800s.
Other Important Characters:
- Charlotte Fairchild - Wife of Henry, Shadowhunter, and leader of the London institute.
- Henry Branwell - A quirky inventor, Shadowhunter, always lost in his own inventions and mind, who is married to Charlotte.
- Jessamine Lovelace - A prissy, beautiful, Shadowhunter who seems to hate everyone and everything.
- Sophie - A maid working in the Institute, who has a rough past and who becomes quick friends with Tessa.
Themes readers should know about are romance, violence, and emotional heartache. I would give this book 4.5 chickens. I think it is a great story with characters you can relate to. This is a partner series to
The Mortal Instruments.
This book is good for ages 12+. Also a tag along book to both
The Mortal Instruments and
The Infernal Devices is a book called
The Bane Chronicles. I would suggest reading the
The Mortal Instruments and then
Infernal Devices, followed by The Bane Chronicles.
If you liked
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell or
The Mortal Instruments also by Cassandra Clare, then this book is good for you.
If you liked this book I recommend
Divergent by Veronica Roth or
The Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan.
