Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices Book 3)

by Cassandra Clare

They mean you are part of the Clave. Part of our warrior family. Something different and better than everyone else.”

Not a single person is shocked about his mindset

her bloody, lacerated skin began to peel back from the bones, blackening and burning under the rune as if it were fire,

Wtff

“Don’t be ordinary like that. Don’t say you’re sorry. Say you’ll train with me.”

Little baby Jem :'(

His fingers brushed the other boy’s as he took the weapon from him. It was the first time, Charlotte thought, that she had ever seen him touch any other person willingly.

“William,” only ever “Will” or his Welsh name, Gwilym.

“I said I would write it. I never said I would send it.” Cecily’s breath went out of her in a gasp. “How dare you trick me like that!”

This is such an older brother thing to do

Mam used to cry for the first year or two after Will went; she had said, holding Cecily to her, that the Shadowhunters would “take all the love out of him.” A cold people, she had told Cecily,

“Sophie—,” he began. “Mr. Lightwood,” she interrupted. “Is there anything else you require?”

Noooo stop pushing him away he loves youuuu he doesn’t care you’re a servant

“I cannot be your friend.” He took a step forward. “What if I were to ask you—”

WAS HE GONNA ASK FOR HER HAND

Jem paused on the steps in startlement, and Tessa realized that he had caught sight of her in her wedding dress. His eyes widened,

Ain’t that just a shame

Gabriel’s green eyes sought Will. “It was the pox, wasn’t it? You know all about it, don’t you? Aren’t you some sort of expert?”

“Well, you needn’t act as if I invented it,” said Will.

THIS IS SO FUNNY HAHAHA

“I don’t suppose it would be possible,” said Henry into the silence, “to, er, step on him?”

HENRY PLEAASE OMGGG

“Ah,” said Henry. “Too big to be stepped on, then.”

“And maybe it would have bitten you in half,” said Will. “What you are describing, the transformation into a demon, is the last stage of the pox.”

not as if you know the meaning of loyalty—” “Gabriel.” Gideon’s voice was a reprimand. “Do not speak to Will in that manner.”

Ohhhh shit

“Cecily, absolutely not.” “You have no right to tell me yes or no.” Her eyes flashed. “I am going.”

Ooop

I don’t think Will could fight in that dress either.” “Perhaps not,” said Will, who had ears like a bat’s. “But I would make a radiant bride.”

LMAOO

“You screamed,” Will said. “Is that all you did?” “I screamed a great deal.” Tatiana sounded injured.

LMAO

“There was a time when my inappropriate humor brought you a certain amusement,” sighed Will. “How the worm has turned.”

Gabriel held a bow. He was notching it again as he ran,

Dang he done just saved Will

“By the Angel, it just crushed Sophocles,” noted Will as the worm vanished behind a large structure shaped like a Greek temple. “Has no one respect for the classics these days?”

“You are very tall,” Tatiana said. “Do gentlemen complain of it?” Tessa stared.

Deceased

She had missed his jokes, the books he had lent her, the flashes of laughter in his gaze.

‘Estella,’ ” Tessa said softly. “ ‘To the last hour of my life, you cannot choose but remain part of my character, part of the little good in me, part of the evil.’ ”

I always disliked dickens writing but maybe i shall give him another chance

“Do not make the mistake of believing that he does not love you because he plays at not caring, Cecily.

Do not cast him from your heart. For if you do, you will regret it.”

Tessa out here talking to herself actually

I am afraid I cannot second your recommendation of Charlotte Branwell as my successor.

Wait what

“Don’t fuss, Will,” Jem said. “Everyone’s been fussing over me and I can’t abide it; I wanted you because—because you wouldn’t. You make me laugh.”

Will ALWAYS fusses over you Jem

“My conscience,” Will whispered. “You are my conscience. You have ever been, James Carstairs. I will do this for you, but I will extract one promise first.”

There had been an air of trapped, resigned sadness about Tessa that had made Cecily feel prickly and anxious.

“Will,” he said. “You do look very much like him. It is . . . unnerving.”

Lmaoo yet he got a crush on her

“And Tessa is your heart,” she said, not angrily but thoughtfully. “Not a fool, as I told you,” she added at his startled expression. “I know that you love her.”

OOPSIE

“Mr. Lightwood,” she said, raising herself up on her elbows. “Are those scones under your bed?” Gideon froze, blinking, a rabbit cornered by hounds. “What?”

HAhahahahaaha

“Nicely done, brother,” said Gabriel from the bed, blinking sleepy green eyes at Gideon. Gideon threw a scone at him.

Henry Branwell lacks the strength of character to restrain his wife, and, unfettered by womanly duty, she has left the virtues of obedience far behind.

I feel like mortmain is behind this bc there is just no way

He thought of Milton’s Satan. Abashed the Devil stood, / And felt how awful goodness is. “You saved my life,” Will had said.

We love Milton's Satan over here

Her every smile divided his heart as lightning might split a blackened tree, as did her every look of sorrow.

She leaned forward and caught at his hand, pressing it between her own. The touch was like white fire through his veins.

You kindled me, heap of ashes that I am, into fire. He had wondered once why love was always phrased in terms of burning.

“Mortmain,” Tessa whispered before Will could say it. He could still remember his own voice:

Oh i thought we were operating under that assumption already

“Really you ought to be counting with great eagerness the days till he expires.”

Really??? Wtf dude

“I can’t wear this, Magnus. It’s too pretty for a man.” “So are you.

Lmaooo

“Love him, do you?” Woolsey managed to make it sound unpleasant. “But you love Will, too.”

Will was utterly still. “Tessa,” he said. His voice sounded peculiar, odd and choked.

Oh god did jem just die

“I am, quite,” Jem said. “The Silent Brothers were of great assistance.”

Hmmm

“I used to come here with your father,” said the Consul, once all three of them were on the pavement.

Wtf

The Blackthorns would throw Tati out on the streets, and she wouldn’t last a moment there, her and the child—”

She literally just accused yall of murder

And Sophie loves her.” “And you love Sophie.” Gideon’s mouth tensed.

:)

If the past year were offered me again, And choice of good and ill before me set Would I accept the pleasure with the pain Or dare to wish that we had never met?

Uh oh is Jem gonna die in this chapter?