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Clockwork Angel

Clockwork Angel

Urban FantasyFantasy
Pages
240
Published
2010
Language
English

Synopsis

Tessa Gray travels from New York to Victorian London in 1878 to join her brother, only to be kidnapped by the Dark Sisters, two women who reveal that Tessa can Change — take on the body and mind of another person. Rescued by the Shadowhunters, demon-hunting Nephilim tied to the London Institute, Tessa is drawn into the world of Will Herondale and Jem Carstairs as the group investigates the Pandemonium Club, a secret society building an army of clockwork automatons to seize control of the British Empire. Tessa must learn to use her unexplained power while deciding who she can trust in a city where nothing is what it seems.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

DarkRomanticMysteriousAtmospheric
Love TriangleForbidden LoveFound Family

Genres

Urban Fantasy Fantasy Young Adult Dark Fantasy Historical Fiction Romance Steampunk Adventure History Paranormal

About the author

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Cassandra Clare

Cassandra Clare is the pen name of Judith Lewis, born Judith Rumelt to American parents in Tehran, Iran. She spent her childhood travelling with her family, living in France, England and Switzerland before she was ten, and attended high school in Los Angeles. She worked in entertainment journalism — including a spell at The Hollywood Reporter — before turning to fiction full time in 2006. City of Bones (2007) opened The Mortal Instruments, the six-book series that established her Shadowhunters w...

Characters

Tessa GrayProtagonist

An American orphan who discovers she can Change into other people, living or dead.

Will HerondaleSupporting

A sharp-tongued young Shadowhunter hiding a devastating secret.

Jem CarstairsSupporting

Will's gravely ill parabatai, kind-hearted and quietly steadfast.

All characters in Clockwork Angel

Frequently asked questions

  • Do I need to read other books before starting this one?

    While this book is part of a larger interconnected universe, it functions as the start of its own trilogy and can be read without prior knowledge of the author's other works. However, reading it first may reveal certain world-building elements that are expanded upon in the author's other series.

  • Does this book have any connection to the author's other series?

    This story shares a common world with other series by the same author, featuring ancestors of characters from those books and recurring figures who exist across different time periods. These connections are designed to provide additional context rather than requiring knowledge of other series to follow the plot.

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