BOOK REVIEW - CLOCKWORK PRINCESS by CASSANDRA CLARE - THE INFERNAL DEVICES #3 - WALKER BOOKS - YA PARANORMAL ROMANCE

By: Cassandra Clare

Published By: Walker Books

Released: Available Now

Details: Paperback, 568 Pages

RATING: 5 EPILOGUE STARS!!

Blurb: Goodreads

Tessa Gray should be happy—aren't all brides happy? Yet as she prepares for her wedding, a net of shadows begins to tighten around the Shadowhunters of the London Institute. A new demon appears, one linked by blood and secrecy to Mortmain, the man who plans to use his army of pitiless automatons, the Infernal Devices, to destroy the Shadowhunters. Mortmain needs only one last item to complete his plan. He needs Tessa. And Jem and Will, the boys who lay equal claim to Tessa's heart, will do anything to save her.

BOOK REVIEW by Michelle:

“There are so many worse things than death,” he said. 

“Not to be loved or not to be able to love: that is worse.” 

I held off reading the last book in this trilogy purely because I didn’t want it to end. It ended whether I read it or not. 

I finished the book this morning crying my silent tears next to my sleeping husband for fear of waking him up and having to explain myself, which I would not have been able to articulate.

I admit I cried during the book and the epilogue undid me completely.

For me it is the best epilogue I have read to date. It contained so much emotion and I was completely satisfied, if not a little shocked with what I read. I am so glad I didn’t read any spoilers about the epilogue and I do hope reviewers don’t spoil for others.

What can I say that hasn’t already been said about Clockwork Princess? Cassandra Clare is such a widely accepted author around the world, her story telling is addictive. 

I love Will and I love Jem and what Cassandra did to the readers in this last instalment was both fitting and right. 

Will and Jem have such a beautiful friendship and I was crushed reading this story, such a beautifully told last book. From the start, Jem’s illness was not something he wanted sympathy for.

“No,” Jem said softly. He drew his jacket aside and took a knife from the belt at his waist. “Don’t be ordinary like that. Don’t say you’re sorry. Say you’ll train me.” 

Jem was sitting up straight, his eyes blazing. “There is more to living than not dying,” he said. “Look at the way you live, Will. You burn as bright as a star.” 

Jem looked at him with some wonder. “ Just when I think I know you perfectly, you surprise me again. Yes, I will free you.” 

I am steering clear of mentioning any story line. I simply loved Will and Jem’s touching moments.

“All my life, since I came to the Institute, you were the mirror to my soul. I saw the good in me in you. In your eyes alone I found grace. When you are gone from me, who will see me like that?” 

I did not see that epilogue coming and I LOVE how Cassandra finished off this trilogy, it was such a beautiful, sad and shocking epilogue, it twisted me up and brought deep sadness for the trilogy’s ending.

A truly fitting ending to The Infernal Devices trilogy that had me missing all the characters greatly the second I read the last words on the page, and yet my mind couldn’t help wandering towards the future.

I am even more excited to know I can read more about that epilogue on Cassandra’s page. 

After The Bridge can be found HERE

Michelle

BOOK COVER RELEASE - CLOCKWORK PRINCESS by CASSANDRA CLARE - THE INFERNAL DEVICES # 3

In Clockwork Princess, Tessa and her companions travel all over the world as they race to stop the clockwork army before it’s too late. As Jem’s health worsens alarmingly and his friends search desperately for a cure, can Tessa choose between the two boys she loves—even if it means never seeing the other one again?

Ok, somebody slap me, I wake up and I see the cover is released. I love the amount of work that goes into Cassandra's book covers. I was only looking yesterday at my countdown widget and wishing the days away. I knew it was being released in July and here it is.

Tessa is beautiful. Just like I imagined her. What do you guys think?

Due for release March 19th 2013......so long to wait......

Simon & Schuster and Walker Books ( Aust) .

Michelle

BOOK REVIEW - CLOCKWORK PRINCE by CASSANDRA CLARE - THE INFERNAL DEVICES # 2

By: Cassandra Clare
Published By: Walker Books
Released : Available Now
Details : Paperback , 495 Pages

RATING : 4.5 EMOTIONAL JEM & WILL STARS!!

Book Blurb : Taken From Goodreads

In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray has at last found safety with the Shadowhunters. But that safety proves fleeting when rogue forces in the Clave plot to see her protector, Charlotte, replaced as head of the Institute. If Charlotte loses her position, Tessa will be out on the street and easy prey for the mysterious Magister, who wants to use Tessa's powers for his own dark ends.

With the help of the handsome, self-destructive Will and the fiercely devoted Jem, Tessa discovers that the Magister's war on the Shadowhunters is deeply personal. He blames them for a long-ago tragedy that shattered his life. To unravel the secrets of the past, the trio journeys from mist-shrouded Yorkshire to a manor house that holds untold horrors, from the slums of London to an enchanted ballroom where Tessa discovers that the truth of her parentage is more sinister than she had imagined. When they encounter a clockwork demon bearing a warning for Will, they realize that the Magister himself knows their every move and that one of their own has betrayed them.


Tessa finds her heart drawn more and more to Jem, though her longing for Will, despite his dark moods, continues to unsettle her. But something is changing in Will; the wall he has built around himself is crumbling. Could finding the Magister free Will from his secrets and give Tessa the answers about who she is and what she was born to do?
As their dangerous search for the Magister and the truth leads the friends into peril, Tessa learns that when love and lies are mixed, they can corrupt even the purest heart.



BOOK REVIEW:

“There once was a lass from New York

Who Found herself hungry in York,

But the bread was like rocks,

The parsnips shaped like -------“

Oh, Cassandra you had me giggling at this little ditty, it is quite witty.


Be still my heart! This book has me left with a gaping hole in my heart where I want a threesome and I don’t mean that in the naughty sense. I mean....well truly after reading this book Cassandra has left me wanting Will .....but so desperate not to hurt Jem. Jem is so happy and feeling better. This would have to be one of the best love triangles written that I have personally read. Tessa be damned if she does or doesn’t.


Will is never going to hurt Jem, he loves him too much. Tessa loves Jem but not like Will, I think we can all see that, but Jem was the early bird who got the worm, first dibs. He is now grinning from ear to ear. Every time I look at Jem on the book cover I want him to be happy and find the love he so deserves, but then Will deserves love too.


Darn it Cassandra , you got us to love both guys and then ...what? You have us under both boys skin ...... deep...emotionally.


Clockwork Prince was a lot lighter on the action which Cassandra normally displays throughout The Mortal Instruments and Clockwork Angel. This book is about emotion and does it drip. It may be looked upon as a bit slower paced for the first part, but we as the reader are getting to know what makes the boys tick ( no pun intended).


I loved that Cassandra gave us the opportunity to think higher of Henry. He wasn’t just the bumbling husband. We got a more 3D look into his character.


Oh the balcony scene was .........sigh......wonderful and lustful and hungry, quite exciting for the 1800’s.


I felt sad for the ‘little boy Will’ who had put up such a strong wall at such a young age, to show such selflessness when everybody can only see ‘the Will’ that he wants them to see. Knowing what they think of him on a daily basis and shrugging it off.


Bridget....ha! She is a hoot. Cassandra leaves me wanting to know a lot more about her. Her ability to sing a verse of a song from afar , behind closed doors that coincides with a scene...ha!


Sophie’s character is blooming before our eyes. I really like her.


I love all the little tasty morsels dropped like bread crumbs for the reader to pick up on and know we are not going to be getting any answers this book. It’s this trail of crumbs we keep picking up and popping away in the back of our mind. The little Clockwork Angel necklace that Nate says she must always wear, who/what is Tessa? The characters Tessa comes into contact with that leave her and us wondering about the comment they have just said to Tessa, but didn’t explain themselves.


I face planted my desk after finishing this book as I have a ridiculous amount of time to wait to find out more. This would have to be the worst countdown to Clockwork Princess,........ almost painful.



p.s. I still have to look up the word Sepulchral.



FAVE QUOTES:


When she turned to look at him, he smiled at her. Jem put the full force of himself into each smile, so that he seemed to be smiling with his eyes, his heart, his whole being.





“I can trust you, Jessie, but you’re clearly not well enough to go. Which is unfortunate, since Aloysius always had a weakness for a pretty face.”

“Even more reason why I should go ,” said Will.





“Trains are great dirty smoky things,” said Will. “You won’t like it.”

Tessa was unmoved. “I won’t know if I like it until I try it will I?”

“I’ve never swum naked in the Thames, but I know I wouldn’t like it.”



“Gracious, that’s a lot of bosom you’re showing,” Magnus went on blithely, gesturing toward Tessa with the burning tip of his cigar. 

 
"Finally broken down and admitted you're in love with me, have you? he inquired of Will. "I do enjoy these surprise midnight declarations."



"He's very pretty," said Woolsey. "For a human."
"He's very broken," said Magnus. "Like a lovely vase that someone has smashed. Only luck and skill can put it back together the way it was before."




She fell and spun and drowned in the kiss; his lips were soft and his body was hard against her, and he tasted like rain.


( ...*sigh*........)



Michelle

RANDOM POSTING # 44 - CLOCKWORK PRINCE by CASSANDRA CLARE HAS ARRIVED!!!! THE POINTER SISTERS HELPED ME OUT!!

SSSsssSSShhhhh!!! I'm reading..........Why am I like always the last person to receive their preordered book, I know I live in a forest area....but....dudes!!!

Michelle

CLOCKWORK PRINCE TEASER by CASSANDRA CLARE - THE INFERNAL DEVICES SERIES # 2

“Must he be here?” Gabriel growled to Tessa the second time he had nearly dropped a knife while handing it to her. He put a hand on her shoulder, showing her the sight line for the target she was aiming at a black circle drawn on the wall. She knew how much he would rather she were aiming at Will. “Can’t you tell him to go away?”



“Now, why would I do that?” Tessa asked reasonably. “Will is my friend, and you are someone whom I do not even like.”


She threw the knife. It missed its target by several feet, striking low in the wall near the floor.


“No, you’re still weighting the point too much—and what do you mean, you don’t like me?” Gabriel demanded.

Teaser taken from Cassandra Clare's Teaser Page

Awww....now what's Gabriel doing with Tess, where is Will or Jem?

Due for release December 6th 2011, not soon enough!!!

Michelle

BOOK COVER RELEASE: CLOCKWORK PRINCE by CASSANDRA CLARE

HOW UTTERLY EXCITING!! 

This is the much awaited cover for

CLOCKWORK PRINCE 

(The Infernal Devices Book 2)

by

Cassandra Clare

The cover was officially released at the Book Expo America (BEA) and promptly followed by a feature on MundieMoms.

SO WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK 

ABOUT JEM & THE COVER??   

ENJOY!

MARISSA