She is snatched from the docks by a pair of evil sisters (the Dark Sisters) who hold her prisoner forcing her to learn how to use her supernatural ‘talent’. Tessa’s brother, Nate, has sent her a ticket to London to join him after the death of her Aunt (leaving them both orphans). The novel opens with a great action sequence with best friends and fighting partners, Will and Jem, pursuing a demon through the dark underbelly of Victorian London.Īfter giving the audience a little taste of what is to come, the novel formally opens with heroine Tessa fresh off the boat from New York in England. While some of the romance was a little Twilight-ish, it was more action, less ‘obcessive’, and the love story involves a shapeshifter and a shadowhunter ( Nephilim ) rather than a human and a vampire….not to mention all the great Steampunk elements. One word…HOOKED! When I started reading the book, I knew it was more YA than adult fiction…so I was expecting Twilight with gears and steam. But as the year is winding down I still needed one book for the challenge, Clockwork Angel was it!
When I first started the Steampunk Reading Challenge, I considered reading this book as one of my five books but then I started the Parasol Protectorate series instead. Part of a trilogy The Infernal Devices, this first book blends romance, sci-fi/fantasy, steampunk, and adventure all together churning out 400+ pages of entertainment. This is the problem that plagues shapeshifting heroine Tessa Gray in Cassandra Clare’s steampunk novel, Clockwork Angel.
How strange it is to have the power to literally transform yourself into other people and yet be unable to put yourself in their place.
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