The Infernal Devices Trilogy by Cassandra Clare

The Infernal Devices is a trilogy (3 books) created by Cassandra Clare. It follows this girl, Tessa Gray, who travels from New York to London in the year 1878 and gets sucked into the world of downworlders. She was originally invited to London by her brother, Nathaniel, once their Aunt Harriet passed away. When she arrives to London, she realizes that her brother isn't there and that neither of them are safe. She is immediately captured by downworlders. Downworlders are creatures that are part human and part demon, such as vampires, werewolves, fairies, warlocks. Tessa is forced to change herself in a physical manor that is not only painful for her but is necessary for Mortmain, her main captor. 
Eventually, Tessa is saved from Mortmain, but only safe temporarily. From that point, Tessa learns about the downworlders counterparts, nephilim. Nephilim are also known as Shadowhunters, who kill demons and other rogue downworlders to keep the human, or mundane, world safe. In London, Tessa connects with the Shadowhunters who take care of her: Will, Jem, Charlotte, Henry and Jessamine. Here, Tessa learns how to defend herself but faces the ultimate question of can she defend the ones she love?

This trilogy starts off with Clockwork Angel, next Clockwork Prince and ending with Clockwork Princess. This is a fantasy novel with new creatures and new words but easy to fall in love with and imagine you are part of the world. You quickly fall in love with the characters and anticipate what they will do next. The first book is a little difficult to get into because of the writing style since the setting is in Victorian London but after the first couple of chapters, you can't get out of it. A book like this is very unique and it's one of those series where you can marathon the whole thing in a week but you take your time on the last book because you don't want it to be the end. Overall, I would give this series a 5/5 stars or a 94% rating.

Connie Liederbach