Tessa is a teen that travels by herself to London to meet her older brother and ends up getting kidnapped. Someone wants to use her "changing" abilities for bad. Enter the Good guys that take her in to protect her. I usually figure out the twists and turns in these pretty quickly, so it was great to be kept in the dark up until the end. There is a romance triangle in the making. Which really sucks, because really?? Only a masochist would hook up with Will. Girls need to stop trying to save boys like this.
Clare is setting it up to be a good series, but I just liked her Mortal Instruments characters more. I missed them when the last book was done. With this book I was almost relieved to say good-bye. The only one that I would want to see/hear more of would be Jem. Everyone else I felt was just too whiny.
I thoroughly enjoyed Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments Series. This new series I'll see through because know I need to know what happens. Not so much because I care about the characters.
This story takes place in Victorian London and I think that the story was very well evolved for the time period. I remember reading many romance novels of this time period. The setting has a lot to do with the behaviors of the characters. I found it interesting how most women during this time would have killed for an opportunity like Jessie's and she wanted to be a lady and raise babies.
I'm invested for the rest of the books, I'll read it when I have time, but I am not as anxious for the next installment as I am for City of Angels.
I was hesitant to purchase the book because most reviewers didn't want to give too much away but gave me so little I couldn't make a decision. After my best friend said that I had to read, "But I can't tell you anything about it." I bought it, and I loved it.
The settings are characters in books as well as the live characters. Without being to preachy the author educates us on the ugliness in the world around us, and what people are capable of to save themselves or others. He guides us through the evolution that his cast go through as a consequence to people ignoring the things that don't happen in their back yard.
Although all of the characters were very rich, and thought out, I had a hard time really liking anyone in particular. There was no one that I would want to hang out with, to have a cup of coffee with or an after dinner drink, much less share a full meal. Least favorite was. Well...maybe a juice box with Batman.
The story is spectacular and I'm glad it ended where it did. Cleave did a wonderful job telling the story from two points of view and from a women's perspectives. The last male author that I believe did an awesome job of that was Wally Lamb. The story structure was another thing that blew me away. I know I recently complained of another author using too many back-stories to tell the present story, but Cleave weaved this in such a way that it was effortless reading. It made sense to tell the story this way!
Okay, so I don't want to give too much away, but what I will tell you is that it's a story about survival.
Little Bee: "We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived" Only sixteen and so wise…
