The Clockwork Princess

Infernal Devices, Book 3

By: Cassandra Clare

Narrated by: Daniel Sharman

Length: 16 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

Don't miss The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, soon to be a major motion picture, in theaters August 2013.

Danger intensifies for the Shadowhunters as the New York Times best-selling Infernal Devices trilogy comes to a close.

If the only way to save the world was to destroy what you loved most, would you do it?

The clock is ticking. Everyone must choose.

Passion. Power. Secrets. Enchantment.

Danger closes in around the Shadowhunters in the final installment of the best-selling Infernal Devices trilogy.

©2013 Cassandra Clare (P)2013 Simon & Schuster Audio

All 3 books have been excellent.

Will, Jim and Tessa are such strong characters. Charolette, Henry are perfect together. I was not sure I would like this kind of book, but Cassandra Clare has won me over. The narrator, Daniel Sharman does a terrific job bringing the characters to life. I could not hardly put these books down.

Great story!

Cassandra Clare never seems to fail to entertain. Though the story wraps up a little fairy tale-ish as no one is left broken hearted and literally every good possible outcome is achieved it is still a great read through. I'm not a huge fan of the narrator who didn't do a bad job at all, just sounded odd as the female voices and sometimes pronouncing "Tessa" as "Tesser". It is for those reasons I wish alternative narrators were available.

loved it

best story ever. it's a must read good for everyone in the family of all ages.

A Triumph!!!

Cassandra Clare has always been a great fantasy writer. I loved this trilogy as much as I loved the Mortal Instruments and the movie. But what I find to be incredible <slight spoiler> is that she has managed the holy grail of romances in the Clockwork series. She has told a story about a love triangle that is completely successful. Where no one is jealous and nobody is left out. they can all love each other with all of their hearts. And it was believable! <end slight spoiler > And I cried for the last glorious two or three chapters of the ending. It was sooo well written! Thanks Ms Clare!!! I loved it!!!

wow that END!

SPOILERS


AHHHHH I was not a happy camper when Jem went to become a silent brother and Teas and Will began their courtship---
I was FUMING when Tess and Will slept together when they thought Jem had died--- even if he had.... it had only been hours maybe a day. I get that they also believed they would die but I still had trouble with it. But I loved when he decided to court her the long way around and how deeply they both felt the loss of Will.
The death of Will was so beautiful and the details of their life together brought tears to my eyes. And when Jem came in and played him a song of his life on his death bed I lost it! Soooo beautiful! SO MANY TEARS!
I would have been happy their and the fact that she added in Jem and Tessa finding their way back to eachother was just an added bonus! looovvveee.

Love

I love this series. I've read it at least twice now and imagine I'll be reading it again.

The Final and Best Book of the Series

I was utterly surprised to find that a book that I chose and enjoyed tugged at every heart string I have.

I'm not much of a romantic. I don't read romances and generally groan when a book I'm reading (or hearing) starts to turn that direction.

This book that I chose because of the fantasy, intrigue, and action had such beautifully woven character development that I barely saw it coming and when it did I didn't groan a bit.

This is also a testament to how well the characters were developed in books one and two. In this third and final book the character threads were pulled taught and they wove together beautifully to deliver an emotional and fitting ending to a great series.

Excellent read!

Please read book 1 & 2 before this book. This is an awesome conclusion to this trilogy. It made laugh and cry. It is suspenseful. And the narrator was the best narrator for this series. I hope they can use him again for future shadow hunter series books.

Best book ever!

Amazing culmination to Clare's best series of work to date!! Phenomenal! And to get to listen to it in this sexy British/Welch accent is icing on the cake!

Phenomenal end to an amazing trilogy!

Where does The Clockwork Princess rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It's among my favorites, for sure.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Clockwork Princess?

When Will finds Tessa in Mortmain's lair. I was laughing and crying at the same time. Phenomenal.

Which character – as performed by Daniel Sharman – was your favorite?

That would be a toss up between Tessa, Will and Magnus. I adore all of them, though. It was brilliantly done.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I laughed, I cried, I gasped, I held my breath, it was amazing.

Any additional comments?

Clockwork Princess is the third and final installment in The Infernal Devices trilogy by the incomparable Cassandra Clare. I was terrified to read this book, I won't lie. I bought it the moment it released and then started it and put it down, so very afraid of what was going to happen to my beloved Tessa, Will and Jem. I wanted to know what happened- yes- but I didn't want it to be over. I did not want to say goodbye. So I shelved it. I'm a wimp, I own it. However, after my recent visit to Oblong Books & Music where I got to hear Cassie speak & get a picture with her and Holly Black (yay!), I found I was unable to put it off any longer. I put on my big girl panties and started the book again.

The story picks up not long after Clockwork Prince ended and dives right back into the action. I have to say, I was so happy that this book was so long. My hardcover copy was over 500 pages-I LOVE big books. Love them. And I felt Clare really tied all the necessary threads off to satisfactorily wind up her trilogy. I honestly don't know how to review this book without gushing and screaming in both happiness and heartbreak. There is just so much to scream about. And we don't do spoilers here and I would never want to be responsible for ruining someone else's reading experience.

I will say this-all of you authors attempting to write love triangles, you should all be taking notes from Cassandra Clare. Here, finally, we have a TRUE triangle. Three people who all truly love one another-not in a weird, kinky way- but real, deep, abiding, lasting, timeless love. Both romantic love and the love between friends and/or brothers, it leaps off the pages. Who should Tessa choose? No matter what happens, someone's heart will be broken, they could all potentially wind up alone and shattered inside.

Reading this book was a bit of a traumatic experience if I'm being honest. I couldn't stop once I'd started again. I had to know what would happen and how things would fall in the end. It was beautiful and brilliant and I know I'm gushing, I'm sorry but I am sincere in saying that I don't think I will ever love a series or the characters therein as much as I have these ones. They have left their marks on my soul and I see many re-reads in my future.