Title: Clockwork Angel
Author: Cassandra Clare
Page count: 479
Back cover:
Magic is dangerous—but love is more dangerous still.
When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother, her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Only the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons, keep order amidst the chaos.
Kidnapped by the mysterious Dark Sisters, members of a secret organization called The Pandemonium Club, Tessa soon learns that she herself is a Downworlder with a rare ability: the power to transform, at will, into another person. What's more, the Magister, the shadowy figure who runs the Club, will stop at nothing to claim Tessa's power for his own.
Friendless and hunted, Tessa takes refuge with the Shadowhunters of the London Institute, who swear to find her brother if she will use her power to help them. She soon finds herself fascinated by—and torn between—two best friends: Jem, whose fragile beauty hides a deadly secret, and blue-eyed Will, whose caustic wit and volatile moods keep everyone in his life at arm's length...everyone, that is, but Tessa.
As their search draws them deep into the heart of an arcane plot that threatens to destroy the Shadowhunters, Tessa realizes that she may need to choose between saving her brother and helping her new friends save the world...and that love may be the most dangerous magic of all.
When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother, her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Only the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons, keep order amidst the chaos.
Kidnapped by the mysterious Dark Sisters, members of a secret organization called The Pandemonium Club, Tessa soon learns that she herself is a Downworlder with a rare ability: the power to transform, at will, into another person. What's more, the Magister, the shadowy figure who runs the Club, will stop at nothing to claim Tessa's power for his own.
Friendless and hunted, Tessa takes refuge with the Shadowhunters of the London Institute, who swear to find her brother if she will use her power to help them. She soon finds herself fascinated by—and torn between—two best friends: Jem, whose fragile beauty hides a deadly secret, and blue-eyed Will, whose caustic wit and volatile moods keep everyone in his life at arm's length...everyone, that is, but Tessa.
As their search draws them deep into the heart of an arcane plot that threatens to destroy the Shadowhunters, Tessa realizes that she may need to choose between saving her brother and helping her new friends save the world...and that love may be the most dangerous magic of all.
So I'm a HUGE fan of the original Mortal Instruments series, the present-day books that came before Clockwork angel. I LOVE Jace's character in it, but going into Clockwork Angel, delving back into the world of the Shadowhunters hundreds of years before, I wasn't so sure if I would like it. However, I think that Clockwork angel far surpassed my expectations, flying above and beyond the mortal instruments-- while I still love Jace and Simon, I believe that Will is better. I didn't even know it was possible to make a character with even more cynicism and sarcasm than Jace. Plus his hair is black-- dark hair makes Will so much more awesome. The world of London in and around the 1800s has more life to it in this book than I had ever thought of it as having before. Cassandra Clare brings in a whole new cast of characters while still hanging on to the ones we love, such as timeless warlock Magnus Bane, then a fantastic character with an over-the-top sense of style, and still so in the mortal instruments, present day.
I rate this as a five out of five because that's what I would have rated the mortal instrument series and this was better. The main characters are all active, with strong opinions and unique ways of looking at things. Also, the power they gave to Charlotte, the leader of the institute was very good, because it showed she had to work for it, and that others questioned her but she never gave up.
The image-- the actual clockwork angel, a seraph blade with shadowhunter's special power runes. In the background mysterious silhouettes with meaning you'll get when you read it because you really should :).
Buy it, borrow it, use it as scrap paper?
Buy it!
-Winnie :)
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