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Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, #2)

Cassandra Clare

Start date: January 23, 2012

Finish date: February 16, 2012

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Dec 08, 2014 Angie ~aka Reading Machine~ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

William Herondale is keeping a secret from everyone. He believes that he's cursed and desperate to find a cure for his curse. Meanwhile Tessa Gray is continuing to live at The Institute much to the dismay of Benedict Lightwood. Tessa is searching for answers to who she really is or what she is. Tessa finds Jessamine's behavior to be out of character but pushes it to the back of her mind. Tessa has conflicting feels for both Jem and Will. Charlotte is anxious to prove she can run The Institute an ...more

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Jul 13, 2014 Avid Reader and Geek Girl rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: re-read, fantasy

I LOVED this one. A lot of stuff happened that I am really happy with.

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Apr 20, 2013 Jessica rated it really liked it

Shelves: aimer, 2020

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Jan 29, 2014 Julie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, 2014

I have had a terrible time trying to write a review for this book. I am not sure if it is because I have had a migraine for the past three days or because I am unable to say what I loved without giving spoilers. Flip a coin and you have the answer.

I honestly cared about the characters and what was going to happen to them. The villian was set up in the first book so there wasn't any real interaction with him in this one. The characters would talk about him every once in a while, but he never act ...more

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May 13, 2014 Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantastic-heroine, look-at-the-pretty-cover, romance, fantasy, paranormal, from-my-shelf, all-of-the-feels, great-side-characters, 5-stars, young-adult

5 stars. Fantastic sequel. For everything that was so great about this book though, something grated my nerves that I did not expect would.

Love triangle. *rage* I swear I hate love triangles more than anything in the world. The love triangle is more prominent here than it was in the first book. Ms. Clare wrote it in a way that she tried to make it subtle but it still bothered me. I still really loved the writing, the story was so intriguing and the characters were still fantastic. Even though I 5 stars. Fantastic sequel. For everything that was so great about this book though, something grated my nerves that I did not expect would.

Love triangle. *rage* I swear I hate love triangles more than anything in the world. The love triangle is more prominent here than it was in the first book. Ms. Clare wrote it in a way that she tried to make it subtle but it still bothered me. I still really loved the writing, the story was so intriguing and the characters were still fantastic. Even though I wanted to strangle Tessa for the last third of it.

Tessa is still a great character that I like but in regards to her and her feelings for Jem and Will she was a mess. She bounced between the two frequently, then would avoid them afterwards. It was exhausting. Also, the ending was really awkward and I don't know how I feel about the situation. Other than that, she was still the same headstrong, independent Tessa from Clockwork Angel. I just wish she was more firm and certain in her feelings between Will and Jem. She leaned more towards one of them and then ends up with the other one. Ugh.

Will is still my favorite character in the series. We finally got to learn more about him and his back story. It really broke my heart to read about his family and why he acts the way he does. It all made sense. He might seem like a selfish asshole but he only did it to protect the ones he love. I really felt for him. Especially at the end. Poor guy just can't win for losing.

Jem is such a sweet character that you can't help but love him. I hate that I had this fear of his condition worsening in the back of my mind the entire time. It made me anxious that he could die at any moment but luckily he didn't. I don't think I would have been able to handle it if he did. I liked learning about his and Will's parabati and why their bond is so deep.

The other characters were great as well, especially Jessamine. Despite what she did, I think I felt more for her than anyone else. She was in love and she did things because of it only to end up with nothing. That has to suck.

I think I prefer the first book more but this one was still amazing and I cannot wait to see how the trilogy ends. ...more

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