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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
To Be Published August 2010. I love reading a prequel that is better than the original series! The Mortal Instruments series started with City of Bones, continued with City of Ashes and City of Glass, and a fourth book, City of Fallen Angels, will be published in March 2011. The Infernal Devices books will be a trilogy (or more, I guess, if they sell well) also--yay!
Tessa, a sixteen-year-old orphan, travels solo across the Atlantic to Victorian England to join her brother in London. But her brother doesn't meet her at the port--the Dark Sisters do. The Sisters keep Tessa captive while teaching her to use her "talent." Tessa can change into anyone else, dead or alive, as long as she holds something of that person. Spooky, huh? Eventually Tessa is rescued by the Shadowhunters (recognizable from the Mortal Instruments series) and she is thrust into a fight between the Shadowhunters and the Magister of the Downworlders.
I loved this book more than any in her other series and anxiously await the second title. She has a way of combining werewolves, vampires, humans and automatons together. Love that Clare conquered steampunk!
Tessa, a sixteen-year-old orphan, travels solo across the Atlantic to Victorian England to join her brother in London. But her brother doesn't meet her at the port--the Dark Sisters do. The Sisters keep Tessa captive while teaching her to use her "talent." Tessa can change into anyone else, dead or alive, as long as she holds something of that person. Spooky, huh? Eventually Tessa is rescued by the Shadowhunters (recognizable from the Mortal Instruments series) and she is thrust into a fight between the Shadowhunters and the Magister of the Downworlders.
I loved this book more than any in her other series and anxiously await the second title. She has a way of combining werewolves, vampires, humans and automatons together. Love that Clare conquered steampunk!
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
3.5* the first half was BORING so many words and exposition and TALKING. After the first battle scene halfway through though it got really good
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Thoroughly enjoyable! This was my introduction to Cassandra Clare. Her writing style is straightforward and clear, but engaging. The "magic" system wasn't explored in depth, but the aspects that were explained I found very interesting. Hopefully, we'll get more details in the next books. I really enjoyed the concept of nephilim warriors protecting the world against evil, demonic forces. Not really "canon" to what nephilim were said to be, but certainly an interesting take! I also really liked Tessa Gray. She has a good balance of girlish innocence but is also badass and doesn't shy away from a confrontation or defending herself. There was a plot twist close to the end of the book that I actually didn't see coming and that really piqued my interest for the second book!