Author: Cassandra Clare
Publisher: Simon and Shuester
Age Recomendations: 8th Grade and Up
Star Rating: 5/5
Plot: It's 1878. When Tessa Gray came to London from America, she thought she would find her brother, waiting, by the boat dock. About a year later, it becomes apparant that it was never the case. Stuck in the Dark Sister's manor house and being forced to perform strange transitions into people she never knew, she develops and learns to use her newfound powers. Until, she's rescued by the strikingly handsome and internally tortured Will Herondale. Will has secrets, but most shockingly, there's a world of demons and demon-slayers she never knew about, Shadowhunters. They live among her, Will and his mystrerious best friend Jem Carstairs are part of this race. With plots being cooked behind the scenes, romance boiling inside the Institute in which Tessa stays, and death over taking the accomplished London, chaos will break to the surface. Will the puzzling Tessa Gray be the hero after all, being ignorant to the world in which she must fight?
Critique: Yes! Cassandra Clare has nailed it again. In her bestselling novel, City of Bones, she unfolded the mysterious world of modern-Shadowhunters, those who live today in the chaos of modern betrayal. However, she yet again hit the target with her puzzling Victorian-era prequel. A strong heroine, complicated romance, thrilling battles, and dead on literature that I simply gushed about to everyone after I finished reading, it was all so perfect it left me breathless.
A Note to City of Bones fans: William Herondale is Jace Lightwood's (from City of Bones) ancestor. Both boys are equally sensational, and extremely similar (though not on the physical level).
--Rachel
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