I was impressed by the start of this prequel series. I could really tell that Ms. Clare's work has improved and matured. I really liked and enjoyed the Mortal Instruments series, but Clockwork Angel (the first in the Infernal Devises planned trilogy)just seemed like there was more planning as to where the entire story was going. It seemed more clear that there was a specific path that these prequels were going to follow and how these people are related to or effect the characters we have already read about in the sequel.