Cassandra Clare has become a household name with her Mortal Instruments series set to hit the big screen this August with City of Bones. The series is wonderful and should be read but her (sort of) lesser known series and prequel, The Infernal Devices (Clockwork Angel, Clockwork Prince and Clockwork Princess) is actually my favorite so if you’ve not checked them out you should do so. This month (March 19) the last in the series, Clockwork Princess releases (for all those people who only like to start a series once all the books are out–now is the time).
Whereas the Mortal Instruments takes place in today’s world the Infernal Devices is set in the past: Victorian London. These books have a steampunk feel and Clare does an amazing job of melding historical details with her own creative influences to write a beautiful world populated with charismatic and well rounded characters. Jem and Will have got to be some of the best fictional characters ever written, they are truly alive to me and I am so enraptured with their worlds and journeys. Our heroine, Tessa, is strong willed and loyal (to a fault perhaps). And we can’t forget about the appearance of some of our favorite long lived characters from the Immortal Instruments.
And coming in 2015, a three book companion series to the Mortal Instruments: The Dark Artifices series. You can read a character list here
You can find the Clockwork Princess Tour Dates Here
Clockwork Angel Trailer:
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This is one of my all-time favorites!!
Its amazing–I am so eager for book 3 but I don’t want the series to end!
Believe it or not, but these books are still sitting on my shelves waiting to be read. I know. I know – I’ve really got to make time for them. I’ve heard they’re even better than the MI series.
Oh Tammy! You must read them NOW! And let me know how you like them
You should read it! Its amazing! If i could only tell you spoilers D: its a perfect story xD also its somehow connected to Tmi
I prefer the Infernal Devices series to The Mortal Instruments, too, though I do enjoy them both.
I can’t believe there’s only a few days left to go until Clockwork Princess is released!
I know–I am so eager to read Clockwork Princess. I will try to read it ever so slowly, I’m going to cry knowing the series is over.