The Clockwork Angel by: Cassandra Clare is the first book in the Infernal Devices series which is a prequel series to The Mortal Instruments. *Note* This series is meant to be read after The Mortal Instruments.
     This book takes place in 1860 Victorian London. It starts off with a girl named Theresa Gray, A.K.A. Tessa, who moves to London after the death of her Aunt. While in search for her brother, Nathaniel, Tessa is captured by two demons named the Dark Sisters. The sisters open up the world of demons and shadowhunters and teach Tessa to use her newly discovered powers. Tessa later learns that a man called The Magister wants to marry Tessa and use her powers of change for his own purposes. In Tessa's escape from the Dark house she meets a young shadow hunter named Will Herondale who rescues her and takes her to the church to live with the shadow hunters. There she meets James, Charlotte, Henry, and Sophie who she will soon come to call her new family.
     Through out the book, Tessa must face treacherous dangers, life changing choices, and learn to mold herself to this new world. Along the way, she finds that she has feelings for both James and Will and that she will have to make a choice or risk breaking up their friendship.
     I really enjoyed this book. Not just for the action, romance, and angels, but also because this book provides a lot more background knowledge on shadowhunters, demons, and warlocks. Additionally, both Tessa and Will enjoy poetry and reading and they use quotes to describe their feelings which helped me connect to the characters as well as the book itself. They use quotes from The Bible, Tennyson, and most of all, Charles Dickens.
     Personally, I loved learning more about 1860's London. I loved the fashion, how she described the city, and most of all just the way they talked back then. It was definately a great learning experience.
     All in all, I loved this book and I am so excited to read the next one.