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Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)

Cassandra Clare

Start date: September 1, 2010

Finish date: September 30, 2010

Why we're reading this: We voted and this book was one of the chosen. BTW, you do not need to have read any of the Mortal Instrum…more
[close] We voted and this book was one of the chosen. BTW, you do not need to have read any of the Mortal Instruments series prior to reading this book. This is the prequel to that series so you won't be lost.

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Jun 28, 2010 Melissa-The Book Addict rated it it was amazing

Ok, so this book laid around for a long time because I wasn't sure I would like the steampunk aspect of this story. (I'm still exploring steampunk and my feelings on the genre) But after some convincing by some girls on goodreads I gave this book a shot and I have to say that I think I like this series better than TMI. The characters are so full of life and the plot just sucks you in. Tessa was a great main character. She learned some things about herself that scared her but when push came to sh ...more

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Oct 18, 2010 Tien rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, historical-fiction, england

I wonder if you could love the story but not enjoy the writing so much? Well, I didn't think the writing was that special on this one but I do love the story - I like the unfolding of the plot and I absolutely love how each character has his / her own 'secretive' past who makes them who they are now (this is the highlight for me).

Tessa Gray has arrived in England to live with her brother now that Aunt Harriet has passed away. However, instead of being met by her brother, Nate, he has sent Mrs Bl ...more

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Nov 21, 2010 Claire rated it liked it

I had a hard time getting through this one. The story line was almost the same with 'City of Bones', just different character names and it felt like everything was just shuffled around and inter-changed, but still the same. Had also skipped some pages and still, was able to grasp the story, not missing important parts. Perhaps these types of books are not up to par for my taste anymore. And maybe I'm just bored as hell with the same paranormal plots, impossible to like heroes and no-common sens ...more

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Jan 09, 2012 Marcella rated it it was amazing

Great suspense one I am glad I read

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Aug 20, 2011 SarahSmith rated it it was amazing

I enjoyed this infinitely more than the mortal instruments series and can't wait to read the next two. Although to be fair I really liked the first three mortal instruments when they were intended to be a trilogy and now that it's an on going series it just isn't very good anymore and I probably won't read the rest of them (I've read the first four so far) unless I'm extremely bored and/or don't have anything else left to read. ...more

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