She also befriends the not by any means less beautiful Jem Carstairs a much calmer and sweeter contrast to the arrogant brooding Will. She is then thrust into the world of Shadowhunters where she meets devil-may-care Will Herondale whose icy beauty is an immediate interest to Tessa. After weeks of training in her new found power of shape-shifting she finally has an opportunity to escape when the Shadowhunters of the London Institute break into the Dark Sisters Lair.
Upon her arrival she finds that he has been kidnapped and the only way for her to ensure his survival is to comply with two demons named the Dark Sisters that intend on torturing her into using a power she never knew she had. (Aug.It follows Tessa Grey a New Yorker that arrives in London to live with her brother Nate after the sudden death of her Aunt.
Fans of the Mortal Instruments series and newcomers alike won't be disappointed. Mysteries, misdirection, and riddles abound, and while there are some gruesome moments, they never feel gratuitous. The events often read as bleakly as the Victorian London weather, punctuated by Clare's trademark humor, empathy, and authentic characters, who fight their own flaws and tragic pasts as often as they do evil. Tessa gets caught between the various players seeking to use her amid a plot to conquer Britain. Her rescue by a young man named Will leads her to the Shadowhunters-Nephilim descended from humans and angels-who enforce the magical Accords against demons and other creatures.
Upon her arrival in London, where her brother lives, Tessa is kidnapped by the Dark Sisters, who force her to learn to use a rare power-shape-shifting-she didn't know she had. This first book in Clare's Infernal Device series, a prequel to her bestselling Mortal Instruments books, opens as Tessa's pleasant life in 1878 New York is coming to an end when her guardian aunt dies.
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