After I finished Clockwork Angel yesterday morning I was happy and sad and psyched for the next installment in the Infernal Devices series. Seriously, how am I supposed to wait like a whole year for the second book Clockwork Prince?
First, Cassandra Clare once again proved her remarkable talent to write witty dialogues which are just as funny as they are canny. The story flowed at a nice pace neither to slow nor to fast. I was sucked into the world of Shadowhunters and Downworlders almost the second I opend the book... actually the cover itself already did that for me - have I mentioned that I did fall in love with that cover artwork? And since it is so great here it is again...
*swoon*
Secondly, the characters are all beautifly complex and flawed and thus real. One really can't help oneself but to love them all and that includes all the side-characters like the inventor/Shadowhunter Henry who is just adorable in all his dorkiness.
But of course the three main characters are the most important and well able to carry the story and the love triangle.
Tessa, who coming from New York to London for her brother who has gone missing, finds out she is not entirely human but can change her appearance into anothr person. She is thrown completly unprepaired into the world where vampires, werewolves, warlocks and fairys (also called Downworlders) exist. Working with the Shadowhunters she tries to find her brother, evade being married to the Magister and not being killed of by Automatons, a kind of clockwork device that looks human or almost. And then there still are the two handsome Shadowhunters Will and Jem who are best friends.
Will always cracks jokes at the worst time possible and does not care for consequences. He has a dark side to him (*yummi*) and let's nobody come close. Maybe aside from Jem. Nobody knows what happend when he was child, that made him turn up at the London Shadowhunter institute, but it certainly wasn't good.
Jem plays the violin and seems overall physical weak which is real strange for a Shadowhunter. But unlike Will's secret we learn what this is about. I'm rather curious how this will affect the future story because I expect this to become like a mayor plotpoint. He is kind to everyone and never gets upset over Will - a skill unique to him and almost godlike (kiddin').
For weeks (maybe even months) now the fandom is split into Team Will and Team Jem... and most haven't even read the books yet but since there was quite a lot material released for promotion (thanks Cassie!!!) everybody has a good idea how these guys differ from each other. It kinda reminds me of Twilight...
I also like those who are Team Henry... Henry is just great - his inventions never work.
So now that I finished the book there simply is nothing else for me to do but to reread it and then reread the Mortal Instruments series before the forth book (to the MI series) City of Fallen Angels comes out in may. And when I have done that I'll be back to upsessing over every bit of information that is released on these books... It really is a neverending circle... like Sisyphus and his stone ... not that I'm complaining...
... also my phone tells me there are a ton of books that I have been waiting for which are coming out next month... *hurray for my*
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