Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices #3)

I would have to say out of all three books the third one was my favorite though I almost cried at the end but everything seemed to come together nicely. Through this series I have fallen in love with the characters so much that they almost feel real to me. And for this reason I give the Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare 5 Stars all the way will 50 more stars added on! I love this series and feel that anyone could read it and fall in love with it just as I have. If you like fairies,warlocks,fallen angels,demons,vampires, or werewolves YOU WILL LOVE THIS SERIES!

Don't regret crying my eyes during the epilogue...

Epilogue saved this book for me.
Jem Carstairs will always be my favorite character and if he isn't happy, I'm sure as hell not happy either.

I love,love,LOVED this series and I finished the Clockwork Princess last night and was really sad then really happy. I have become so attached to the characters of this story that it almost feels like they are are people that have lived at one point in time.
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Dani’s Review:
Clockwork Princess has officially become my favorite YA book. I have read all of Cassandra Clare’s books released to date, and Clockwork Princess is the best by far. Ms. Clare’s vivid descriptions of the setting and the characters, careful planned plot twists, and heart wrenching romance made this novel flawless. She plunged deep into the lake of each character’s emotions. So many secrets are finally revealed!

Clockwork Prince left off with the London Institute in disarray because of an attack by Mortmain’s automatons. Jessamine had betrayed her fellow Shadowhunters, Tessa’s brother Nate died, and in essence a shadow fell upon the inhabitants of the Institute. However, love brought a ray of sunshine into the darkness....To all except Will and Tessa. Jem proposed to Tessa and Tessa agreed to marry him. A few minutes later, Will declared his love to Tessa and poured out his heart to her. Sadly, he is literally minutes too late. Will is stricken with shock and grief when Tessa pretends she is indifferent to his feelings and tells him that she has accepted Jem’s proposal. Both Will and Tessa are torn--Will is fighting his feelings for his parabatai’s fiancé and Tessa is fighting her feelings for Will. What a love triangle!

I can’t even begin to try to write about Clockwork Princess’s plot without spoiling anything. Here are a few SEMI spoiler-free things, so read at your own risk!

The fate of demon pox ridden Benedict Lightwood is revealed

Will and Gabriel’s enmity for each other is resolved....somewhat
Cecily eventually stops trying to drag Will back to their parents
Jem comes EXTREMELY close to death

Amazing! I liked Clare's other series, The Immortal Instruments, but this series I love much, much more! I'm hoping that it will also be put into film, if The Immortal Instruments movies turn out to be successful. Clockwork Princess was just a great ending to the series, even though I was sad to see it end. I can't believe Clare made it all work! I wasn't expecting how things turned out. There was a lot going on in the last several chapters of the book and it made me want to cry and laugh all at the same time! :)

I love the shadowhunter world! I could envision how the landscapes, buildings, and characters looked like, and what was going on. The plot is fairly intense, but that alone wasn't what made this book intense or why I enjoyed it. What made it so fabulous were the characters and their relationships. I'm not referring to just the main characters either, but the supporting characters as well. Magnus, Sophie, Gideon, Gabriel, Charlotte, Henry, and Cecily are all each great characters in their own right and I loved each of them. I think what makes Clare's characters so great is that they aren't perfect. They don't always make the right choices (I was really upset with Tessa about one particular choice she made with Mortmain), but they do have many redeeming qualities and pull through in the end.

Of course I love Jem, Will, and Tessa! How could I not? I don't tend to like love triangles. This one was really tough too because I just about equally love Jem and Will. They are so very different! I think it helped that there wasn't all that animosity you normally find in situations like this that can come across so immaturely sometimes. They both have a deep respect and love for each other and for Tessa, otherwise it would never have worked. I'm not going to say who Tessa chooses or who lives or dies for those that haven't read it, but it worked and I am so happy that it did. I will tell you that it's not something I have seen done before.

The dialogue in this book was fabulous! Tessa, Will, and Jem all have great lines as well as some of the other characters. I also loved the inclusion of classic works, especially that Dickens' David Copperfield made a small appearance. It is my favorite of his books. I haven't read a lot of poetry, but this has made me want to read more of it and become familiar with the classic poets. One of the things that Tessa said from the first book is re-quoted in this one by Will and it is one of my all-time favorite quotes. "I recall what you said to me once," Will went on. "That words have the power to change us. Your words have changed me, Tess; they have made me a better man that I would have been otherwise. Life is a book, and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read. I would read them together with you, as many as I can, before I die-" I loved it the first time I read it, and even more so now with Will's addition. Then there are all the things said about different facets of love. There were so many phrases that I loved! This is one of my other favorites:

“And now I need you to do for me what I cannot do for myself. For you to be my eyes when I do not have them. For you to be my hands when I cannot use my own. For you to be my heart when mine is done beating.” -Jem

I highly recommend reading it, if you haven't already!

Content: There is one instance of non-descriptive sex, some violence
Source: Library

Clockwork Princess is the heartrending conclusion to The Infernal Devices trilogy and finally reveals the mystery of what Tessa is, what Mortmain's ultimate plan is, and the resolution to the love triangle that is Will, Tessa, and Jem. I really loved this final installment on a really great series, up until the ending...

**Spoiler alert if you haven't read the book yet!**

Will and Tessa share a lifetime together (at least Will's lifetime). Their love is described as an inspiration to others. It spoke of Will's complete and utter devotion and adoration of Tessa. Tessa, in turn, seems to be a very devoted wife. We know that Tessa meets with Jem yearly for only one hour without fail during this lifetime. Was Will aware? Would he have minded? What would their children have thought about that? After Will's death, she can no longer stand to lose any more of those she loves (since her lifespan is much, much longer), so she flees, leaving her children and grandchildren behind. Where does she go? To meet with Jem, who is now, miraculously and conveniently cured of his illness and addiction, and has another lifetime to spend and not as a Silent Brother (apparently, you can stop being a Silent Brother whenever you feel like it?). Tessa, without hesitation, asks him to spend it with her, because she has never stopped loving him this entire time. Talk about having your cake and eating it too....

I cannot help but feel angry on Will's behalf. He deserved so much more and so much better. Loving two people equally at the same time? Really? I believe that the saying, being lucky enough to find not one, but two loves in one lifetime, did not truly mean simultaneously. If Tessa had loved Will as much as Jem, she would not have been able to leave her children and grandchildren behind, who are all that she has left of Will. I also suspect that Will was unaware of her annual meetings with Jem. If he were, would he not have jumped at the opportunity to see his parabatai again himself, year after year, and not only at the usual rituals that require a Silent Brother? If both Will and Tessa had met with Jem year after year, it would not feel like such a betrayal of Will's love when Tessa and Jem got together later. But no, Will was lead to believe that Tessa loved him completely, just as he did her.

What if Tessa were a man? However noble and valiant and honorable this man would be (and I can't say Tessa is all these things), would his wife be perfectly happy knowing that his heart is equally in love with two separate woman at the same time? Would she be happy with only half his heart? Would any woman?

Despite all this, the book was really beautifully written. I could feel the heartbreak and pain that life brings through each of the characters' adversities. I just really, truly wish it ended differently, consistent with the themes of life that the rest of the book emphasized...that there is love and loss and savoring of precious moments, but that you move on, stronger for it. The heroine, in this case, was apparently above all that; she got to have it all.