A review by kajaglede
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

the love triangle is finally triangle-ling

“Reading your words, what you wrote, how you were lonely sometimes and afraid, but always brave; the way you saw the world, its colors and textures and sounds, I felt- I felt the way you thought, hoped, felt, dreamt. I felt I was dreaming and thinking and feeling with you. I dreamed what you dreamed, wanted what you wanted — and then I realized that truly I just wanted you.”

Tess, Tess, Tessa.
Was there ever a more beautiful sound than your name? To speak it aloud makes my heart ring like a bell. Strange to imagine that, isn’t it – a heart ringing – but when you touch me that is what it is like: as if my heart is ringing in my chest and the sound shivers down my veins and splinters my bones with joy.

“It's too late," she said.
"Don't say that." His voice was half a whisper. "I love you, Tessa. I love you.”