Clockwork Angel

Title:  Clockwork Angel

Author: Cassandra Clare

Publisher:  Simon & Schuster

Publish Date: 31 August 2010

Pages: 496

ISBN:  9781416975861

Source:  Bought

Genre:  YA, angels, demons

Series:  The Infernal Devices

Other books in series:  Clockwork Prince, Clockwork Princess (March 2013)

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: James, 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.

What do you do when your relative that you live with dies and your brother is in London?  You go to him, of course.  Well, that is what Tessa thought she was doing when she left New York by boat to go to London.  She thought she was going to meet her brother, Nate.  Instead, she meets the Dark Sisters and is taken to their house so they can “train” her. 

At first, she doesn’t understand what they want from her, she only knows that when she doesn’t deliver it, she gets punished.  After a while, she learns what they want and how to get released easily, thus her only reprieve.  Then night when there is a gentleman, William Herondale aka Will, rescues her from the clutches of the Dark Sisters and takes her to the Institute.  The institute is the place where the Shadowhunters live that have no other place to go.  It is there that she talks the Shadowhunters into helping her find her brother, because she is sure he is in trouble.

She learns a lot of things at the Institute.  First off, who she is.  She doesn’t know EXACTLY who she is and how she got these powers, but she has a better idea.  She knows that there are people who would use her talents for evil purposes and that is what she figures the Magister wants with her.  Just exactly how he plans to do that is a question she doesn’t want to find out the answer to. 

On this cover, you see a male, whom I’m presuming to be Will, who is taking off his hat.  You also see different landmarks of London in the background.  The Clockwork Angel is glowing above the title.  The book that I have had the bonus story, Magnus’s Vow, in it.

 

•Theresa Gray aka Tessa.  She unknowingly goes to London because she misses and trusts her brother when he sends her a ticket there.  She could never imagine the trouble that happened when she got there. Throughout it all, she kept thinking that her brother must be in terrible trouble for him to let that happen to her.

•James Carstairs aka Jem.  From the very beginning, I have liked Jem.  He reminds me of a gentleman, which I’m sure he is.

•William Herondale aka Will.  Will is the first one to meet Tessa and rescues her from the clutches of the Dark Sisters before they get to execute their plan.  Will’s affection comes and goes.  One minute, he likes you and the next, he doesn’t.

 

•The Dark Sisters.  They kept Tessa prisoner and “made” her do things that she didn’t even think were possible before.

•The Magister.  You don’t know who he is in this book.  You just hear of him.  He is who the Dark Sisters are prepping Tessa for.

•de Quincey.  He is the head vampire in London.

•The Pandemonium Club.  It is a club for downworlders.

I found two excerpts for this book.  They both are from the Simon & Schuster page.  The first one is of the first chapter.  The second is just an excerpt.  Enjoy!