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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... read more
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Characters edit
- Theresa "Tessa" Gray: Main character, from New York where she was raised by her aunt along with her older brother. She is a shapeshifting person who doesn't exactly know who or what she really is. She is engaged to Jem Carstairs, yet a piece of her still has some feelings towards Will, Jem's best friend and parabatai.
- William "Will" Herondale: Jem's best friend and parabatai. Will recently found out that the curse he tried so desperately to avoid was fake. He is in love with Tessa, his best friend's fiancee, and told her himself. Tessa is constantly torn between him and Jem. Will ran away from home at the age of 12 so his family would not suffer because of his "curse".
- James "Jem" Carstairs: Came to the London Institute from China after his parents were murdered by demons. Jem relies on demon drugs to fight back his sickness and although it keeps him alive, it's slowly killing him. It is unknown how long he will live because the drug dealers stated that the drug was becoming harder and harder to get their hands on. Jem is engaged to Tessa Gray.Wise. WIll always be there for Tessa no matter what and is a man of his word.
- Charlotte Branwell: née Fairchild. Head of the London Institute and married to Henry. Charlotte feels like a mother to all of the children in her institute, even Tessa. At the end of Clockwork Prince, Charlotte announces that she is pregnant with Henry's child. She is expected to have a boy. Charlotte was previously a Fairchild before marrying Henry, meaning that she is related to Clary and Jocelyn from The Mortal Instruments.
- Henry Branwell: An eccentric inventor married to Charlotte. No one in the Clave really takes him seriously because he is a bit off his rocker and his inventions usually fail, although he's goodhearted and loves Charlotte tremendously.
- Jessamine "Jessie" Lovelace: A Shadowhunter that would like nothing more than to be a normal human girl, or a mundane. She despises the Shadowhunter lifestyle and spends most of her time being snobbish and buying beautiful dresses. She married Tessa's "brother" Nate after two or three meetings with him, convinced that they were in love with each other. Eventually she got caught by Tessa and Sophie for betraying the Institute and now resides in a cell in the City of Bones, heartbroken over her loss of Nate.
- Sophia "Sophie" Collins: A servant in the London Institute. Sophie has a long scar running down her face inflicted by a previous employer. She is very fond of Charlotte, and has a soft spot for Jem. She thinks nothing good of Will and is friends with Tessa. Has a bit of a romance with Gideon Lightwood, although she never calls him by anything other than "Mr. Lightwood."
- Cecily Herondale: Will's younger sister, residing at the Institute. Although she claims to hate Shadowhunting and only wants to bring Will home to Wales, you can tell that she loves it and is very brave by the first few chapters.
- Mrs. Black: She is one of the Dark Sisters.
- Magnus Bane: A warlock of great skill and underneath the facade of a cold immortal, he has a heart of gold.
- Gabriel Lightwood: Youngest son of Benedict Lightwood, brother to Gideon. In his teens.
- Gideon Lightwood: Oldest son of Benedict Lightwood, currently residing in the London Institute. Brother to Gabriel Lightwood. Sophies pursuer.
- Consul Josiah Wayland: He put Charlotte Branwell in charge of the London Institute, and he is normally known as a good man and Consul.
- Axel Mortmain: The main villain of the story, wants revenge for Shadowhunters killing his foster parents, the Shades. One of Tessa'a pursuers.
- Tatiana Blackthorn: née Lightwood. Gideon and Gabriel's sister. Of high social status.
- Rupert Blackthorn: Tatiana's husband.
- Brother Enoch: a silent brother
- Brother Micah: a silent brother
- Brother Zachariah: a silent brother
- Saint Augustine: Add a description of this character.
- Sydney Carton
- Richard Gray
- Ella
- George Penhallow
- Tennyson
- Elias Carstairs
- John Thaddeus Shade
- Zhong Ziqi
- Elizabeth Gray: Tessa's mother
- Balios: One of the Institute's horses
- Benedict Lightwood: Father to Gabriel and Gideon
- Charles Darney
- Nate
- Christopher Wren
- Yu Boya
- Woolsey Scott
- Ithuriel
- Armaros
- Bridget
- Victor Whitelaw
- Estella
- Jonathan Shadowhunter
- Adele
- Aloysius Starkweather
- Sallows
- Xanthos
- Cyril
- Boadicea
- David
Quotes edit
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“I love you now more desperately, this moment, than I have ever loved you before, and in an hour I will love you more than that.”
Will -
“You endure what is unbearable, and you bear it.”
Magnus Bane -
“Father is a worm.”
Gabriel -
“Sometimes one must choose whether to be kind or honorable. Sometimes one cannot be both.”
Will -
“You know that feeling, when you are reading a book, and you know it's going to be a tragedy; you can feel the cold and darkness coming, see the net drawing close around the characters who live and breathe on the pages. But you are tied to the story as if being dragged behind a carriage, and you cannot let go or turn the course aside.”
Tessa -
“No, demon pox.”
Jem -
“The good suffer, the evil flourish, and all that is mortal passes away.”
Magnus Bane -
“However little use you may find us, we are cleverer and more determined and more patient than men. Men may be strong, but it is women who endure.”
Tessa -
“Most people are lucky to have even one great love in their life. You have found two”
Woolsey -
“The Consul? Breaking up our breakfast time? Whatever next? The Inquisitor for tea? Picnics with the Silent Brothers?”
Will -
“Haven't you ever heard of pornographic gibberish before?”
Will -
“In all the world, you are what I love the most.”
Jem -
“And now I need you to do for me what I cannot do for myself. For you to be my eyes when I do not have them. For you to be my hands when I cannot use my own. For you to be my heart when mine is done beating.””
Jem -
“The world is a wheel. When we rise or fall, we do it together.”
Jem -
“You know, you really didn't have to throw that man through the window.”
Cecily -
“No one can say that death found in me a willing comrade, or that I went easily.”
Jem -
“I think when we make choices - for each choice is individual of the choice we have made before - we must examine not only our reasons for making them but what result they will have, and whether good people will hurt by our decisions.”
Cecily -
“Anyone can sharpen a stick.”
Will -
“And one does not question miracles, or complain that they are not constructed perfectly to one's liking.”
Tessa -
“All my life, since I came to the Institute, you were the mirror of 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?”
Will -
“I've heard that when I speak, it makes American women wish to strike me with umbrellas.”
Will -
“Life is a book, and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.”
Will
Setting & Locations edit
London, England
- The London Institute: The institute that Charlotte and Henry run. The main protagonists all reside here.
- Cadair Idris: Mountain near Will and Cecily's home
- Ravenscar Manor: Will and Cecily's home. Given to their parents by Mortmain.
First Sentence edit
"December is a fortuitous time for a marriage," said the seamstress, speaking around her mouthful of pins with the ease of years of practice.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
Chapter 1: A Dreadful Row
Chapter 2: The Conqueror Worm
Chapter 3: To the Last Hour
Chapter 4: To Be Wise and Love
Chapter 5: A Heart Divided
Chapter 6: Let Darkness
Chapter 7: Dare to Wish
Chapter 8: That Fire of Fire
Chapter 9: Graven in Metal
Chapter 10: Like Water Upon Sand
Chapter 11: Fearful of the Night
Chapter 12: Ghosts on the Road
Chapter 13: The Mind Has Mountains
Chapter 14: Parabatai
Chapter 15: Stars, Hide Your Fires
Chapter 16: The Clockwork Princess
Chapter 17: Only Noble to Be Good
Chapter 18: For This Alone
Chapter 19: To Lie and Burn
Chapter 20: The Infernal Devices
Chapter 21: Burning Gold
Chapter 22: Thunder in the Trumpet
Chapter 23: Than Any Evil
Chapter 24: The Measure of Love
Epilogue
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 4 in The Infernal Devices. (standard series)
Preceded by Clockwork Prince.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Cassandra Clare (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry
Country: USA
Publication Date: March 19, 2013
ISBN: 978-1416975908
Page Count: 496
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry
Country: USA
Publication Date: March 19, 2013
ISBN: 978-1416975908
Page Count: 496
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