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★★★★☆ T hough it started off slow and didn't pick up until rather far into the book, I found the characters truly growing on me for that first time. The explorations of Will's backstory were great and emotional. I found that by the end of the book, in that last scene, I was smiling giddily because of how happy I was with these characters and their progressions. I had low expectations for this book, and though many of the issues I had with it's predecessor were equally present in this one, the characters really came through in this one, and quite made up the difference. Buy the book here: Amazon Book Depository Barnes & Noble

★★★★☆ A very interesting reimagining of two classic tales: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White. It ties together the obvious similarities of the two tales seamlessly and is well done, though the climax is rather short and uneventful. Overall, it was an engaging and intriguing short story that I really enjoyed. The illustrations by Chris Riddell are very well done and integrated with the text very well.   Buy the book here: Amazon Book Depository Barnes & Noble

★★★★☆ This book actually started showing me why this series is so popular and without a doubt is my favorite entry so far. There were actual twists and interesting story elements, and for the most part, they all worked really well. Buy the book here: Amazon Book Depository Barnes & Noble

★★★☆☆ The "Below" part of this book was spectacular and really well done but unfortunately the "Above" part was rather disappointing and I lost interest pretty quickly after that. Buy the book here: Amazon Book Depository Barnes & Noble

★★★☆☆ This book is very interesting, is the simplest way to put it. Sometimes I really hated it. Sometimes I really loved it. Most of the time it was painfully predictable. Sarah J Maas obviously wasn't going for subtly with some of those so-called  plot twists . I have a lot of feelings about this book but for some reason, I keep reading. The world is just too cool though the characters are a little dumb. I guess I'll just go on to the next book. I've got nothing better to do. Buy the book here: Amazon Book Depository Barnes & Noble

Avg. ★★★☆☆ Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy ★★☆☆☆ The Lost Herondale ★★★☆ ☆ The Whitechapel Fiend ★★★ ★★ Nothing but Shadows ★★★☆ ☆ As usual, the dialogue of these stories is always painfully unrealistic and lacking the wittiness of Simon. The Evil We Love ★★★ ★ ☆ Pale Kings and Princes ★★★ ★★ Bitter of Tongue ★★★ ★★ The Fiery Trial ★★★ ★ ☆ Born to Endless Night ★★★☆ ☆ Angels Twice Descending ★★★ ★★ I'm  sobbing  so freaking hard omg why? Buy the book here: Amazon Book Depository Barnes & Noble

★★★☆☆ For those of you who have already read The Mortal Instruments and liked it, I suppose reading Clockwork Angel will be a somewhat pleasant, somewhat unpleasant deja vu. For starters, it involves a girl from New York who is introduced to the Shadowhunters by a hot headed, obvious love-interest Herondale. Doesn't exactly prove Cassandra Clare's versatility, does it? The world building that Clare crafted throughout all six books of TMI never seemed too rushed, though I admit it got rather exposition-y at times; whereas, Will Herondale literally hands Tessa a book of Shadow World 101 that she spews verbatim at the reader only a few chapters in. Besides that, the plot didn't really stand on it's own. I know Clare was a fan fiction writer before writing TMI, but making a fan fiction out of your own story? It's just a City of Bones copy that got a period piece twist. It wasn't until more than half way through, when the clockwork automatons became...