I looove Cassie Clare. Can't wait for more books!

Honestly, I can't believe it's taken me this long to finally read Clockwork Angel. As it's a prequel to The Mortal Instruments series (of which, I've only read the first one of), I thought I'd have to read that series first. While I thought City of Bones was okay, Clockwork Angel completely blew me away.

Being close to 500 pages, it was an easy well-paced read. I loved the old London world setting and, touched with a paranormal aspect, it made this an interesting story right up my alley. The plot points with its twists and turns are well established, leaving room for further potential development in subsequent books. I did find the character of Henry reminiscent of Arthur Weasley (of Harry Potter fame).. redhead who's fascinated by gadgets and inventions.. On a purely superficial note, I absolutely adore the cover of the book (3 Will) ;)

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Oh, how I love Cassandra Clare. In short time, I devoured her Mortal Instruments series (which I'll write a review on eventually), falling in love with Clary and Jace. When the trilogy ended, I was devastated. I needed more of these Shadowhunters and more of the beautiful world that Cassandra Clare had crafted.

Lucky for me, Clockwork Angel came out. This was the first in a series of prequels to The Mortal Instruments series. I was scared at first, thinking that it just would not stack up to her previous efforts, but I was so, so wrong.

First of all, can I talk about that gorgeous cover? When I was wandering aimlessly through the bookstore (not even knowing that this book was out), I caught it out of the corner of my eye and was drawn in by the dark beauty. The whole cover has an old London, mysterious feel to it and I was in love.

Now, the actual book. If I had doubts before, I have none now. Cassandra Clare cannot disappoint me-Clockwork Angel sucked me in during the first two pages and I had a hard time putting it down. I actually decided to read it for the Dewey 24-Hour Read-A-Thon, but was so sad that I would almost be finished the book that I kept putting it down so I could come back to it later. I didn't want it to end!

The character development was spot on and I can't wait to see Tessa grow throughout the series. The clockwork creatures were terrifying to me, in a way-it made for a great Halloween read. And the love triangle between Tessa, Will, and Jem … well, of course, I'm on Team Will! It was great to see the characters from The Mortal Instruments in this series and I look forward to seeing how the new characters came to be. Each character has their own story to tell and it was nice to read a book and not have to refer back to previous pages to figure out who is who.

All of that being said, I definitely enjoyed The Mortal Instruments more than this installment-who wouldn't love Jace and Clary? Clary was such a great character and Tessa's just not there yet for me-but it definitely holds a dear place on my bookshelf.

In even more great news, the second book in this trilogy, Clockwork Prince, comes out THIS Saturday. I can't wait to get my hands on it. It will be a great read during this snowy Alberta month. Thank you to Cassandra Clare for writing such amazing books!

**Spoiler Alert** (But I doubt it will be that much of a spoiler)

I read TMI before reading this, and I'll admit I was expecting (and also hoping) that Clockwork Angel would be somewhat similar to City of Bones, but it wasn't. Even though, I wasn't disappointed at all. I loved Clockwork Angel! The only thing that I hoped there was more of was Will's thoughts about Tessa. I liked the fact that Cassie wrote about him in a way that makes us want to read more just to find out what he's thinking about. And let's be honest here, we all know we love the bad-boy Will just as much as we love Jace. ;)