The Infernal Devices 1: Clockwork Angel

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Hey, look gang, a perfectly inconspicuous diving mask… I WONDER IF THIS COULD BE A CLUE *WINK**WINK**NUDGE**NUDGE* FOR ALL THE FIVE YEAR OLD KIDS PLAYING AT HOME! Everyone: Will, Jem, Charlotte, Henry, all of these supposedly seasoned Shadowhunters, turned out to be complete FOOLS, who are ill informed, who can also be easily tricked and manipulated. I feel like I’m always bothered by the lack of agency for female protagonists from this era, but no.

This book is about a girl who travels to London to meet her brother,but when she arrived there someone else takes her and keeps her as prisoner. The Final Words: If you can tolerate annoying, sometime hateful characters, people acting like fools for most of the time and poorly delivered plot twists and 'surprises', then you might go ahead and read this book.And this book starts out with a young girl named Tessa, who is picking up her life and moving to England from America after the death of her Aunt. My goodness, these people are supposed to be warriors who protect humans from the evil demon race, but judging from the way how those Shadowhunters ran business, I wouldn't even trust them to guide me to cross the freaking street! I knew about The Mortal Instruments series, but mistakenly believed that I wouldn't like it and since this one is set in Victorian London, a setting I adore, I figured I would start here; skipping TMI altogether. The character building that they actually DO have only exists because she did the work years ago (on top of another author's pre-existing characters) – otherwise they’d be little more animated than the clockwork automatons that appear in this story.

The boxed Illumicrate edition includes a letter Tessa wrote during the events of the book as well as cog designed sprayed edges. When Jem arrives, he runs straight into Nathaniel and his four clockwork automatons, two of them holding Jessamine and Sophie, and one holding the Pyxis, a box that holds demon energies needed to revive the automatons. The thing is, this book is a good reminder that a great book can live from its character cast as well. Hace años deseaba la edición del décimo aniversario y por fin estoy releyendo el libro en esta edición.

As its exclusive bonus content it includes new art by Kathleen Jennings, portraits of the characters revealing their birthstones drawn by Cassandra Jean, as well as a list of their birth dates.