“ɪ ᴀᴍ ᴄᴀᴛᴀꜱᴛʀᴏᴘʜɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ɪɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜ.”

Clockwork Princess, The Infernal Devices Series by Cassandra Clare

This prequel/trilogy was a romp - I loved the historical elements, the classic snarky Cassandra Clare characters, and the drama-filled twists and turns.

I am still reflecting on how I felt the last book's romance moments were weaved—it felt a little messy and hard to fall into at times, but that was partially due to how much happened between the characters in this book.

The characters I enjoyed a lot, as with any other book of Clare's, and the Shadowhunter lore overall is always so interesting. It was great to see the originating moments of certain technology/things that come into play later in the story.

Overall, I certainly enjoyed this trilogy - I think the second book was strongest for me, and I can't wait to finish up the Mortal Instruments series next!

Quotes:

“ʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀʏᴇᴅ ᴏꜰ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴏꜱꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴏꜰ ꜱɪʟᴇɴᴄᴇ, ᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ ᴜɴꜱᴀɪᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴠᴏᴡꜱ ᴜɴꜱᴘᴏᴋᴇɴ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇꜱ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ʜɪꜱ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇɪʀꜱ; ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴅᴏɴᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇ'ᴅ ꜱᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠɪᴏʟɪɴ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ɪɴ ɪᴛꜱ ʙᴏx, ᴡɪʟʟ'ꜱ ᴇʏᴇꜱ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇᴅ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛᴇꜱꜱᴀ'ꜱ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ꜰᴜʟʟ ᴏꜰ ᴛᴇᴀʀꜱ.”

“ʟɪꜰᴇ ɪꜱ ᴀ ʙᴏᴏᴋ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀ ᴛʜᴏᴜꜱᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴀɢᴇꜱ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ʀᴇᴀᴅ. ɪ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜ, ᴀꜱ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴀꜱ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ, ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ɪ ᴅɪᴇ -"

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐.75/5