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Clockwork Angel: Mortal Instruments Character Clone?
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I agree that the book series are alike, but strangely, i'm happy that she is doing it like that because i loved the mortal instruments series
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Well, I haven't read much about Jem so that was just an assumption. Thanks for clearing it up though. As for Will, he really doesn't sound any different at all to me. Like I said before I know the plot is different so the fact that their best friends is no news to me. I guess in my opinion Will and Tessa seem exactly like Jace and Clary. I haven't read much on Tessa so she could be very different but Will to me seems EXACTLY like Jace.

however i see where ur coming from, and i guess we can just hope and wait to see if it's different from the MI series.

I guess if Will isn't into the Shadowhunter thing like Jace was that does make im different. Whatever the case I agree. We'll just have to wait and see.
*Care* wrote: "does anyone know where the folder for who you think should play in the movie is---I'm blind..."
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/3...
wait, do you mean this? :)
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/3...
wait, do you mean this? :)

http://www.gravityreviews.com/2010/05...

Yay :) i can't wait till the book actually comes out!

http://www.gravityreviews.com/2010/05..."
Thanks! That just got me really excited.
Meh, i went to this book convention thing when i was like 8 (the time i didn't discover my love for reading) and people were giving out free ARC books and i hate myself for not taking any...Bleh.. :(
sometimes you can contact the publisher and get free copies :)

do they have arcs for mockingjay?!!
Tia ARC is Advanced Reading Copy :)


Good point. I'm thinking more about Will and Jace now. I've also read so Tessa/Clary differences recently I'm not as focused on those two.

read the Clockwork Angel qoutes
dosent he sound like Jace i tghink we know where he gets it from
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if you want to join the group as well thats wonderful too :]

but still, with the similarities and all, im still gonna read the series. :)

But that's my opinion!

same here! i love Jace but Will is so his worst version. he's actually irritating.

Well, I wrote this topic before the book came out but I dfeinitely should've trusted Cassie and given it a fair chance because I'm happy to say Will is actually nothing like Jace. He's more closed off and just plain nastier.
Personally, I like Will a lot. I don't think he's a "bad version" of Jace. In fact I think it'd be worse if he was too much like Jace (sure they have things in common but you get it). I'd like him even less because nothing's better than the original!

No! I don't hate Will at all. I just like Jace better because I think he's a softer, more caring character and Will is much, much darker. I'm glad he's different though. If he was exactly like Jace, I'd hate him.

No! I don't hate Will at all. I just like Jace better because I think he's a softer, more carin..."
I can see why you would hate him if he was exactly like Jace but he is such a jerk
yeah. will is almost nothing like jace!!! jace is waaaay sweeter and is more comfortable saying what he feels. will just keeps it all locked up in that mind of his. . .
but i like tessa better than clary. tessa sounds smarter than clary to me. since obviously she loves to read and has learned a lot more than clary. i like her quick thinking moments especially when she talks back at will. and who could forget the end with mortmain??
jem. not simon. i never liked simon. but jem, i LOVE. i don't think they are to be compared. simon is not like jem at all. simon's the nerdy best friend!! but still nice.
plus this book has something i love that TMI doesn't have. a BROMANCE!!! Jem and Will are just so cute when they're with each other!!!
Sorry this post was so loooong. i'm sure ur bored so i'll stop.
but i like tessa better than clary. tessa sounds smarter than clary to me. since obviously she loves to read and has learned a lot more than clary. i like her quick thinking moments especially when she talks back at will. and who could forget the end with mortmain??
jem. not simon. i never liked simon. but jem, i LOVE. i don't think they are to be compared. simon is not like jem at all. simon's the nerdy best friend!! but still nice.
plus this book has something i love that TMI doesn't have. a BROMANCE!!! Jem and Will are just so cute when they're with each other!!!
Sorry this post was so loooong. i'm sure ur bored so i'll stop.
I get that all authors follow a formula. Stephen King will always write horror and Jodi Picoult will always write about family relationships with a cheap twist at the end (My Sister's Keeper being an exception, IMO). So to say that Clare's book is an exact copy of the CoB is wrong. It's a new world, new storylines, etc.
But it seems to me that Clare has not changed the characters at all. That makes me nervous. Will is Jace. I read in an interview that they're ancestors, but they're exactly the same. Tessa is Clary (except a Downworlder), pretty girl who doesn't know about SH until she reaches age 16. They will CLEARLY fall in love and there will clearly be a love triangle (or trapezoid) between them and I'm guessing Jem (who, it is fair to guess, is Simon). I know the world is different and I'm excited about reading a period piece with the costumes and all that. But I believe that they will come off as "cheap knock offs" of characters we know and love.
What's the good thing about this? I always crave to experience the "reading a favorite book for the first time" feeling again and maybe I'll get that from CA.
Please don't take this as a bashing of Clare or the new series. I'm looking forward to reading it regardless.