Clockwork Angel

#99 in Young adult

Clockwork Angel

Cassandra Clare

First published 2010Original language ENYoung adult

8.18.1 / 10
Score out of 10966 ratingsConfidence 87%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
#99 of 200 in Young adult ahead of 51% of the category
482
Pages
about 9 h
Reading time

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About the book

Clockwork Angel is the first installment of The Infernal Devices trilogy by Cassandra Clare. After the death of her aunt, Tessa Gray is sent a ticket to travel to London by her brother Nathaniel. On arrival, she is kidnapped and abused by two cruel sisters who work under the name of 'The Dark Sisters', until her eventual saving by a group of people who are referred to as Shadowhunters. The rest of the book is based around her discovering the Shadow world and making a life with the new people she encounters.

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Reading order · The Infernal Devices

Full order & progress →
Score per volume3 volumes on a timeline, 2010 to 2013 · Best-rated volume: Clockwork Princess
  1. Clockwork Angel
    Clockwork Angel2010 · 966 ratingsThis book
    8.18.1 / 10
  2. Clockwork Prince
    Clockwork Prince2011 · 665 ratings
    8.48.4 / 10
  3. Clockwork Princess
    Clockwork Princess2013 · 580 ratings
    8.68.6 / 10

Where the score comes from

The sources average 8.1 across 966 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 87% of the weight and the score stays at 8.1 — the Young adult average of 7.8 barely moves it.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Open Library8.131 3%
Google Books9.050 5%
Hardcover8.1885 92%

Frequently asked

What age is Clockwork Angel for?

Clockwork Angel sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 482 pages — longer than 65% of the ranked books in Young adult.

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