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3 Stars/5
Tessa is engaged and should be happy but her heart is
torn between Jem, the man she has promised to be with forever and his best
friend Will, who Tessa is struggling to hide her feelings for. However, after
an unusual demon fight, the Institute finds out that Jem has been taking more Yin
Fen to hide the fact that he is more ill than they thought and they have to
fight against time to find a cure for him. At the same time Mortain is getting
closer to destroying the Shadowhunters and the Consul does not believe or support
them. Tessa has to figure out what she is and who she should be with before
Mortain uses it against her.
Clockwork Princess is the third and final novel in the
Infernal Devices series which up to about 2 thirds of the book through I thought
it was amazing. However, in the last third there were some thing’s that that
happened put me off it, and annoyed me, however, it is still a decent book.
I liked the secondary characters in this book and how
they all interacted with each other, however, it does get annoying that
everyone has to be in relationships to be happy.
SPOILER
I have two reasons why I did not like this book compared
to Clare’s other novels. Firstly, after only hours of thinking that Tessa FiancĂ©
and Will best friend, Jem, had died, they sleep together, I really did not like
this as it is really selfish of both of them and they obviously did not care as
much about Jem as they thought or they would not do that straight after they
thought he had died. Secondly the ending did not seem all that realistic as
after everything that happened it felt like the easy option to make Jem a
Silent Brother, Tessa marry Will and then in modern day Jem and Tessa get
together.
SPOILER END
I was rather disappointed by the final of this series and
I hope that City of Heavenly Fire is a better final book. I would recommend
Clockwork Princess to people who like the rest of Cassandra Clare’s work, even
though it is not her best.