Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices Book 3)

by Cassandra Clare

and Will went down hard onto the cobblestones, his head cracking against the stone.

Good fight scene ref

“Do what your brother would have wanted,” he said,

I will meet you in another life, and if there is a river, you will wait on the shores for me to come to you, so that we can cross together.”

Now Im crying

“To my cutting off all his fingers and then slitting his throat,” said Starkweather,

Jfc

“She was not born sickly!” he barked. “She was a healthy infant.

Omg is it tessa

If necessary, I shall swear by the Mortal Sword that all this is true. Yours in Raziel’s name, Gabriel Lightwood

I cant believe him rn

“I wished for you to feel safer.” “If you wished me to be safe, you would have left me at the Institute.”

On god lmao

“You are half-Shadowhunter, half-demon,” Mortmain said. “That is the first thing you should know.”

My father built your clockwork angel, you know. It was meant to be a gift for my mother.

It contains within it a bit of the spirit of an angel, a rare thing,

Isnt it interesting that Tessa is part demon yet the angel comes out to protect her, shes technically half demon half nephilim? (which is part angel i suppose)

“My parents were not singled out for murder, of course. Starkweather and his kind delighted in slaughtering Downworlders—they

I love when there are characters that seem like the villians but if the story was from a different perspective, we may think otherwise

many Downworlders had before at the hands of Shadowhunters. Now they had killed one they had come to love. A fitting retribution.”

I mean he is a villian because of things like this but yeah yall know what i mean

I sent a demon to her in the shape of your father. She never knew the difference.”

This is so fucked up

Only the emptiness in Tessa’s stomach kept her from being sick. “You—did what—to my mother? A demon? I am half-demon?”

Babe he just told you that, keep up

“He was a Greater Demon, if that comforts you. Most of them were angels once.

In you the blood of demons and the blood of angels has fought its own war in Heaven, and the angels have been victorious.

You are something new, something entirely other.

she thought of Will, who had laid down his heart for her and Jem to walk upon because he loved them more than he loved himself.

Stop im FRAGILE

Will lay down, his head spinning, and stared up at the sky—like a gray sheet pulled tight, touched here and there with streaks of black cloud.

Love this description

“My clockwork prince,” Shade said. The light in Mortmain’s eyes grew.

Not since the Dark Sisters had trained her had she been unable to extricate herself from a Change,

He is a warlock

to embrace him as a mother would, holding him as he choked dryly against her shoulder,

:( im mad at him rn but this is so sad

“Where is my father?” he said again, and when she tightened her hold on him,

My heart is broken

If I hear that you have brought this matter before any other Nephilim, I shall consider it the gravest disobedience and act accordingly.

Dude why is he so ass

the matter cannot be placed before the Council, and without a Council there can be no assistance for us.”

Honestly they need to dissent and make their own Clave

but the Institute provides us protection. Without it our ability to help Will and Tessa is severely compromised.

But they arent protecting their people so fuck em

“Did you send it?” Gabriel took a long, gasping breath. “No,”

HELL YA GABRIEL

“You are the leader of the Enclave, and of the Institute,” said Gabriel. “We have faith in you, even if the Consul does not.”

WE LOVE GABRIELS CHARACTER ARC

“And I, of course,” Gabriel said. His expression was resigned, nervous, considering, determined. Never had Cecily liked him more.

“Nonsense,” Charlotte said. “I can find another maid; I cannot find another Sophie.

My baBy HEART

besides, how else can we be married?” “What?” said Gabriel

Omggggg OOPSIE

“Everyone out of the room.”

Cece is sucha baddie

She was too busy pressing her ear up against the dining room door, trying to hear what was going on inside.

Omggg she is my girl

He carved a rune quickly into his wrist, then placed his hand flat against the door. “I do, at that.”

Omg theyre perfect for each other

I fear he will not go down in history as one of the world’s great wooers of women.”

Hhahaaahaahaa

And yet it was so difficult not to tweak him. He was so aggravating. “That is hardly a great endorsement for a woman as fine as Sophie.”

I am cece and cece is me

“But you haven’t proposed,” Gideon looked startled. “I— What?” “You haven’t proposed,”

Omh ITS HAPPENING

“Now that’s putting my brother in his place,” said Gabriel, looking delighted

Im eating up this back and forth hahahah

Sophie’s eyes tracked him as he crossed the room toward her and knelt down at her feet.

AHHHHHHH

to imprint upon one’s mind that the memory might be taken out later,

Ooof

like a flower pressed between the pages of a book, and admired and recollected anew.

It is an honor I could never deserve but most earnestly aspire to if you could only be mine—that is, if you would consent to be my wife.”

Im screaming

“Gracious,” Sophie said, startled out of all countenance. “Have you been practicing that?”

Oh my godddd

“Well, it was lovely.” Sophie squeezed his hands. “And yes. Yes, I love you, and yes, I will marry you, Gideon.”

My heartttt

“On a Tuesday they were wed And by Friday they were dead

Bridget NEver misses a beat lmao

To have chosen this life is a very different thing from having been born into it. The life of Jessamine Lovelace has taught me that.

Awww :(

Remember me, for I will always remember you.

Its so fucked that they cant see their family

despite the fact that I have presented Consul Wayland with incontrovertible proof provided by one of my Shadowhunters

GO OFF QUEEN

Will did not turn at the sound of her voice, only raised his arms, his coat lifting in the wind, sweeping out behind him like wings.

Fear rose up in her heart. Isolde had come for Tristan, but it had been too late. He had died of grief. “Will!” she called again.