The Infernal Devices

Magic is dangerous- but love is more dangerous still...
When 16 year old Tessa Gray arrives in England during the reign of  Queen Victoria , something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Friendless and hunted, Tessa seeks refuge with the Shadowhunters, a band of warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons. Drawn ever deeper into their world, she finds herself fascinated by-and torn between- two best friends and quickly realises love may be the most dangerous magic of all. 

Hello all! Sorry for no posts and contact with you all on this blog, but now I can make it all up to you by telling you all about this startling brilliant triology by the wonderful Cassandra Clare. Yep, this trio is the perfect set of books for me; victorian London,  dark magic, a brave heroine and lots of romance with *swoon* gorgeous boys. Oh, and did I mention the brilliant plot, amazing character depth and grabbing writing style? Yes, if you don't read this triology you are, in honesty, seriously missing out and being a bit stupid!

Tessa Gray is an orphan with a frightening ability to change into someone else as long as she is in possession of an object of theirs. Coming to London on the request of her brother Nate, Tessa is stunned when she  is instead imprisoned by the Dark Sisters who want to use her abnormal talents. Tortured and told nothing, Tessa suffers for days until being told she will have to marry 'the Magister'. Shortly afterwards, a handsome 17 year old Shadowhunter Nephil called William Herondale burst s in, deciding to save her even thoughTessa assumed he meant harm and hurled a jug at him.

Soon Tessa becomes wrapped in the world of the Nephilim, her talent helpful to them and their promise to help Tessa find Nate in return being the start of a bond between Tessa and her new Nephil friends. Finding attraction and friendship in both mysterious, bookworm Will and ill, kind Jem Tessa struggles with a difficult love triangle over the three books.
Amongst fighting demons, searching for Nate and the truth as to what she really Iis and why she can change, Tessa finds familial friendship amongst the fearless yet friendly Shadowhunters.

 I will not explain any more regarding plot, because it will just ruin it for any potential reader, but I cannot say enough how truly outstanding these books are. I laughed (Will is the best character for me; gorgeous, funny and so well read he hads  a quote for any situation!), I cried and I found no fault in Cassandra Clare s wtiting of these fabulous books. It recieves a full five shiny golden stars for brilliance in plot, characters and non put downability and if you do choose to read them I can promise that you will too aadore them. Cassandras other series, The Mortal Instruments (the Infernal Devices are a prequel to these) is being released as a film in August, but their is hope that the Infernal Devices will too be made into a cool film! The screenplay is in progress and they are finding a director, so fingers crossed! Please do comment and share your, hopefully adoring, thoughts in the comments and tell me which boy you prefer! I am a Will supporter myself, so in his gorgeous immortal words, 'Never trust a duck'. Enjoy, please comment and happy reading! From RedHead