![]() Clockwork Angelwill appeal to readers of many ages, for it offers up love, deception, history, adventure, fantasy and science. Evil is pitted against good, but the lines between the two are as foggy as 19 th century London, and the meticulous, yet unexpected character development will hook readers early on. In this first installment of the Infernal Devices series, Cassandra Clare has woven a gripping and sinister tale, complete with deceit and emotional vexation. As her life takes this new turn, Tessa must attempt make sense of Shadowhunters and Downworlders in order to find her brother, understand her powers and, possibly, unearth the impenetrable secrets of many types of love. Precariously teetering between despair and resolve, Tessa is intruded upon and rescued by an heroic, cocky and extraordinarily handsome Will. Mercilessly tortured and at her wits-end, Tessa finds small comfort in the one object she still possesses from her past: a clockwork necklace that was her mother’s. ![]() Not only is she astonished by the supernatural elements that surround her, but she also finds that she, herself, is something other than a mundane human. Within moments of disembarking from her journey, she is taken captive and soon forced into a world she could scarcely have imagined. Victorian England greets Tessa Gray, come from America to join her brother and only relative, in very strange ways. ![]()
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