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The Infernal Devices

Book One

I was unable to put this book down.

Tessa finds herself alone and on her way

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to London. Her only family left is her brother, Nate, and he has sent her a ticket to come live with him. She couldn’t wait. There was no money left since she sold everything to pay for her Aunt’s funeral and no where else to go. When she got to the docks, her brother wasn’t there but sent a letter telling her that he trusted the Dark Sisters and knew that they would take care of her.

She soon found out that the Dark Sisters were after a power that Tessa didn’t even realize she had. While being held captive with the fate of her brother hanging over her head, she was trained to shape shift into whomever she chose as long as she had an item of their person. After an attempted escape and failure, Tessa was overcome with a sense of never leaving until a boy, probably the cutest boy she’d ever seen came into her room. She hit him with a pitcher since it was handy. She didn’t know who he was or what he was doing there but she used her instincts first and apologized later. She had just finished hitting the maid with something and finding out that she wasn’t human but a more mechanical machine. When the boy helped Tessa out of the house, she worried that she was running from one danger to another. Her main worry was for her brother though. She didn’t want the Dark Sisters to harm him just because Tessa was being rescued.

It turns out that boy was named Will and he is a shadowhunter or Nephilim. He is a strange person but without anywhere to go, Tessa stays with the shadowhunters at the Institute until her brother is found and everyone figures out what the Magister wants with Tessa and who he is.

After following trails and having ups and downs about her love life, Tessa soon finds out a lot about her family and what it means to be a family.

I really enjoyed this story. I only have one downfall. I just kept waiting for Jaycee to come into the picture until I was able to put a time line together. I am so thrilled with this new series and can’t wait until Clare’s next one comes out. I will be waiting with very impatient arms. Great Read!!!