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 Clockwork Angel Review 
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 What have I gotten myself into? It took serious willpower to put this down at six in the morning and finally get some sleep. I can already tell this series is going to be life-ruining. I'm going to enjoy every bit of it. To make matters even worse, Bec is blackmailing making me wait to read CLOCKWORK PRINCE because it is what we are reading in June for the YABBC. 
 Whether you like Cassandra Clare as a person or not, whether you think she is continuing to dish out Shadowhunter books to get as much cash as possible or not, or whether or not you think she is a plagiarizer , I think you can enjoy this book. If you go into the book with an open mind. Because I agree with all of those things I just mentioned in that long, run-on sentence, and yet I still fell in love with this book. 
 Tessa Gray is our heroine in CLOCKWORK ANGEL, and her story starts off with a ship. Tessa is traveling from New York to London, to meet up with her brother because their aunt recently died. Little does she know, her entire life is about to change. She realizes she fell for a trap, and ends up in the Dark Sister's clutches, a pair a crazy warlocks who work for a mysterious man called The Magister. 
 I really liked Tessa, she seemed like a pretty strong heroine for the most part. She is powerless except for the fact that she can Change into any living or dead being, but I appreciated the fact she never stood back and let other people fight over her. I do wish she showed a little more resistance to Will, though-considering how modest the women in this time period are. 
 Me: 
 Tessa: "But..." 
 Me: 
 Speaking of this time period, I love historical fiction. I was hoping for so much more in regards to the world building because Clare has such a magnificent stage to paint this story upon. It's Victorian London. Maybe we will see more of it in the next book? 
 Will Herondale is the main love interest here, and I say main because he is the only one Tessa really shows romantic feelings for CLOCKWORK ANGEL. Gosh, did I hate Will at first. In fact, this sums up my reactions of him from a good part of the story: 
 Still, he is gorgeous and mysterious-and what girl can't fall prey to that occasionally? I'm really curious to see what his motives are-see what drives him to do, act and say everything he does. Especially after that crazy cliffhanger with Magnus (and how he treated Tessa on the roof!) I was happy to see a softer, more protective side of him when it came to Jem. 
 Oh, Jem. Poor Jem. 
 How do I feel about Jem? Jem is just perfection. I honestly couldn't think of a fault in Jem even if my life depended on it. His relationship with Will is just... gah. His interactions with Tessa are also gah, if not more so.There was just no words to describe him. 
 All of the characters are just so amazing, I wish I could give each of them their own paragraphs. Thomas, Jessamine, Sophie, Nate, Mortmain, de Quincey, Camille, Henry, Charlotte-everyone. Everyone was written so amazingly, I loved each and every character. All of them have flaws and secrets, and I can't wait to read even more about them! 
 This book ended up giving more questions than it gave answers, but that only makes me even more excited to read the sequel! If you haven't read this yet, go. Go. Like now.