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Okay to start this off, I must note that this was probably the best possible conclusion Cassandra Clare could have made for this trilogy. I just can't... Jem... and Will... and Gabriel... but THAT DAMN WAYLAND. I JUST.... ALL MY FEELS.
Before you begin the book, I have two suggestions for you.
1. DO NOT LOOK AT THE FAMILY TREE. WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT LOOK AT IT. NOT EVEN A GLANCE. 'CAUSE THAT WILL RUIN EVERYTHING.
2. Brace yourself.
We left demon pox, yin fen, and a number of things hanging there at the end of Clockwork Prince, and this is where we start from in Clockwork Princess. Apparently, demon pox doesn't just stop at making your skin funny. I was as surprised as everyone else (save for Will) about what happens to Benedict Lightwood. Let's just say it's gets a little slimy. But can I just mention that Cecily is a freaking badass. She just OWNS it out on the field and as annoying as I found her, I also couldn't help but respect her. Her character really grew on me as the book went on.
OH MY GOD THOUGH can we just talk about Gideon. His character is adorable in this book. He was just not meant to be a suitor, but by Jove, when it came down to it, his speech and declaration of love was just perfect. -sighs happily-
Then there's Gabriel. LORD knows that kid needed some taming. But I was really proud of both him and Gideon in this book. They really proved themselves in my eyes, and their characters really came out in this novel.
THEN THERE'S CONSUL WAYLAND. CAN HE JUST ... well... But honestly, he was such a HUGE douche in this novel. From him, we don't even really see him much. Most of his 'appearances' are in letters going between him and the ... Clave? was it? But yeah, just from LETTERS, I was extremely pissed off at his character. How did we go from this douche to the 'kind' Michael Wayland that everyone talks about in TMI?
Anyways, on to what you really want to hear. Jem or Will? Honestly, I've always been team Jem 'cause he's just so sweet and perfect and stuff, but then Will is reckless and sometimes a douche too ("but he's like that 'cause reason!!"). Yeah, yeah, I know, but he didn't click for me. However, in this book, I really couldn't hate either of them. They were so damn perfect in every respect I just couldn't... but then Jem... and then Will... and the Silent Brothers... worm... yin fen... Mortmain... UGH. I JUST COULDN'T HANDLE IT.
AND OH MY GOD... WILL... AND... UGH... THAT HURT MY HEART. AND THEN JEM... AND THE BRIDGE AND UGH....
But honestly, what slayed me was the damn epilogue. THAT. FUCKING. HURT. CASSANDRA. CLARE.
MOVING ON TO EVERYTHING ELSE THOUGH. I like how Cassandra tied everything together in the end. We understand the clockwork angel, we understand Mortmain (kind of... there's only so much you can understand about someone if they're like him...), and we get to see who Tessa does and doesn't end up with. Here's a hint. It's not.... BENEDICT. 'Cause... honestly, ain't nobody want to get with that...
In all seriousness though, I absolutely loved how Clare tied it all off. And then she also cliffhangered it for TDA, which I think is pretty darn devious. In my honest opinion, Clockwork Princess has topped my list of favourite fantasy novels. Amazing book and amazing story. Absolutely loved it ~
Plot: 5/5
Characters: 5/5
World Building: 5/5
Cover: 5/5
Overall: 5/5
GoodReads Rating: 4.61/5
-review by http://betweenprintedpages.wordpress.com/
Before you begin the book, I have two suggestions for you.
1. DO NOT LOOK AT THE FAMILY TREE. WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT LOOK AT IT. NOT EVEN A GLANCE. 'CAUSE THAT WILL RUIN EVERYTHING.
2. Brace yourself.
We left demon pox, yin fen, and a number of things hanging there at the end of Clockwork Prince, and this is where we start from in Clockwork Princess. Apparently, demon pox doesn't just stop at making your skin funny. I was as surprised as everyone else (save for Will) about what happens to Benedict Lightwood. Let's just say it's gets a little slimy. But can I just mention that Cecily is a freaking badass. She just OWNS it out on the field and as annoying as I found her, I also couldn't help but respect her. Her character really grew on me as the book went on.
OH MY GOD THOUGH can we just talk about Gideon. His character is adorable in this book. He was just not meant to be a suitor, but by Jove, when it came down to it, his speech and declaration of love was just perfect. -sighs happily-
Then there's Gabriel. LORD knows that kid needed some taming. But I was really proud of both him and Gideon in this book. They really proved themselves in my eyes, and their characters really came out in this novel.
THEN THERE'S CONSUL WAYLAND. CAN HE JUST ... well... But honestly, he was such a HUGE douche in this novel. From him, we don't even really see him much. Most of his 'appearances' are in letters going between him and the ... Clave? was it? But yeah, just from LETTERS, I was extremely pissed off at his character. How did we go from this douche to the 'kind' Michael Wayland that everyone talks about in TMI?
Anyways, on to what you really want to hear. Jem or Will? Honestly, I've always been team Jem 'cause he's just so sweet and perfect and stuff, but then Will is reckless and sometimes a douche too ("but he's like that 'cause reason!!"). Yeah, yeah, I know, but he didn't click for me. However, in this book, I really couldn't hate either of them. They were so damn perfect in every respect I just couldn't... but then Jem... and then Will... and the Silent Brothers... worm... yin fen... Mortmain... UGH. I JUST COULDN'T HANDLE IT.
AND OH MY GOD... WILL... AND... UGH... THAT HURT MY HEART. AND THEN JEM... AND THE BRIDGE AND UGH....
But honestly, what slayed me was the damn epilogue. THAT. FUCKING. HURT. CASSANDRA. CLARE.
MOVING ON TO EVERYTHING ELSE THOUGH. I like how Cassandra tied everything together in the end. We understand the clockwork angel, we understand Mortmain (kind of... there's only so much you can understand about someone if they're like him...), and we get to see who Tessa does and doesn't end up with. Here's a hint. It's not.... BENEDICT. 'Cause... honestly, ain't nobody want to get with that...
In all seriousness though, I absolutely loved how Clare tied it all off. And then she also cliffhangered it for TDA, which I think is pretty darn devious. In my honest opinion, Clockwork Princess has topped my list of favourite fantasy novels. Amazing book and amazing story. Absolutely loved it ~
Plot: 5/5
Characters: 5/5
World Building: 5/5
Cover: 5/5
Overall: 5/5
GoodReads Rating: 4.61/5
-review by http://betweenprintedpages.wordpress.com/
First things first, this books was amazing. Now I say that about a lot of books, but this one I’d actually recommend every female to read. Why? Because this book addresses sexual assault and the idea of guilt. Even if you’ve never experienced it for yourself (which hopefully you haven’t) it’s an eye opener to that side of the world and it’s something that every female should understand. And if this has ever happened to you, please remember, it was not your fault.
Jacqueline is in her second year of university and two months in, her long time boyfriend, Kennedy, dumped her to “play the field”. Unable to face him, she spends the next two weeks avoiding him and skipping economics, the only class they had together. Forced to go to Kennedy’s frat party by her roommate, Jacqueline spends the night watching Kennedy hit on and get hit on by girls. Unable to take it, she leaves the party, only to find herself being attacked by Buck, one of Kennedy’s frat brothers. Lucas, her savior, seemingly goes from being non-existent to being everywhere. As their meetings become more frequent, she decides to use him as her rebound, with the help of her friends. But even with the girly gossip and the thought of having a boyfriend again, the fear of being assaulted still haunts her. And when Buck refuses to give up, Jacqueline finds herself running from him, afraid of what could still happen.
I loved this book for a number of reasons. [Mini Spoilers Ahead]
1. The message saying that it was not your fault. This hits home for many. Those who blame themselves for the death of a loved one, for tempting people into assaulting them, victim of rape blaming themselves.
“What did I just say? This is not your fault.”
I nodded, staring into my lap, tears stinging my eyes. I wanted to believe it wasn’t my fault, but [she] was hurt after [he] had chewed him out. For me. It felt like my fault. I knew better, but I couldn’t help connecting the dots.
Lucas’s fingers brushed under my chin and turned my face to his. “Not. Your. Fault.”
I nodded again, holding onto his words like they were redemption.
2. I loved Jacqueline’s rise in strength throughout the novel. She had the support system that many lose after being assaulted. People become introverted after incidents like that, and if they don’t then people often don’t believe them.
“Do you believe me?”
“Jacqueline, how can you—of course I believe you! What kind of question is that?”
Her best friend, Erin, was there for her, encouraged her to take self-defense lessons and that gave her the confidence she needed to stop letting fear take over her life. In a world where it’s so hard to trust people, this book showed the true bond of friendship and how the people you surround yourself with make all the difference.
“Are you saying she should press charges?”
“Absolutely.”
Gasps sounded around the table, and I was so dumbfounded I couldn’t move.
“But this will look so bad for—”
“You know what looks bad?” Katie cut off her VP. “A bunch of women who don’t support each other when a guy pulls some shit like this. I’m sick of it. Less than an hour ago, I told D.J. where he could stick his goddamned fraternal reputation.”
3. Lucas. He is amazing. His side story was absolutely heartbreaking. Is he a little violent? Yes. He is. I am in no way supporting domestic violence, because Lucas was never violent with Jacqueline. He fought people to protect her, he took care of her.
“This morning—that last thing—the ground defense…” He watched me closely, and I tried to look away, anywhere but his eyes, because my face was burning, humiliated, but I couldn’t tear my eyes from his. “I know you don’t believe it would work. I want to show you it will.”
“What do you mean, show me?”
His hands tightened on mine. “I want to teach you exactly how to execute it. Here. With no one else watching.”
It was the replication of the position itself, but also the thought of him watching that had been so unnerving this morning, but he couldn’t know that.
“Trust me, Jacqueline. It works…”
Lucas, although slightly overprotective (with good reason), takes care of Jacqueline. His violence isn’t uncalled for. Lucas is the type of guy that you would want as a boyfriend. One who listens to your limits. Who is willing to stand up for you, but also lets you stand up for yourself.
This book was amazing and gave me the longest book hangover ever, so much so I almost didn’t reach my reading goal ’cause of it. Of the one hundred books I read in 2012, this, I think, was the best. Of the books I’ve read my entire life…. Yeah, this might still be the best.
Plot: 5/5
Characters: 5/5
Writing: 5/5
Cover: 5/5
Overall: 5/5
GoodReads Rating: 4.28/5
-review by http://betweenprintedpages.wordpress.com
Jacqueline is in her second year of university and two months in, her long time boyfriend, Kennedy, dumped her to “play the field”. Unable to face him, she spends the next two weeks avoiding him and skipping economics, the only class they had together. Forced to go to Kennedy’s frat party by her roommate, Jacqueline spends the night watching Kennedy hit on and get hit on by girls. Unable to take it, she leaves the party, only to find herself being attacked by Buck, one of Kennedy’s frat brothers. Lucas, her savior, seemingly goes from being non-existent to being everywhere. As their meetings become more frequent, she decides to use him as her rebound, with the help of her friends. But even with the girly gossip and the thought of having a boyfriend again, the fear of being assaulted still haunts her. And when Buck refuses to give up, Jacqueline finds herself running from him, afraid of what could still happen.
I loved this book for a number of reasons. [Mini Spoilers Ahead]
1. The message saying that it was not your fault. This hits home for many. Those who blame themselves for the death of a loved one, for tempting people into assaulting them, victim of rape blaming themselves.
“What did I just say? This is not your fault.”
I nodded, staring into my lap, tears stinging my eyes. I wanted to believe it wasn’t my fault, but [she] was hurt after [he] had chewed him out. For me. It felt like my fault. I knew better, but I couldn’t help connecting the dots.
Lucas’s fingers brushed under my chin and turned my face to his. “Not. Your. Fault.”
I nodded again, holding onto his words like they were redemption.
2. I loved Jacqueline’s rise in strength throughout the novel. She had the support system that many lose after being assaulted. People become introverted after incidents like that, and if they don’t then people often don’t believe them.
“Do you believe me?”
“Jacqueline, how can you—of course I believe you! What kind of question is that?”
Her best friend, Erin, was there for her, encouraged her to take self-defense lessons and that gave her the confidence she needed to stop letting fear take over her life. In a world where it’s so hard to trust people, this book showed the true bond of friendship and how the people you surround yourself with make all the difference.
“Are you saying she should press charges?”
“Absolutely.”
Gasps sounded around the table, and I was so dumbfounded I couldn’t move.
“But this will look so bad for—”
“You know what looks bad?” Katie cut off her VP. “A bunch of women who don’t support each other when a guy pulls some shit like this. I’m sick of it. Less than an hour ago, I told D.J. where he could stick his goddamned fraternal reputation.”
3. Lucas. He is amazing. His side story was absolutely heartbreaking. Is he a little violent? Yes. He is. I am in no way supporting domestic violence, because Lucas was never violent with Jacqueline. He fought people to protect her, he took care of her.
“This morning—that last thing—the ground defense…” He watched me closely, and I tried to look away, anywhere but his eyes, because my face was burning, humiliated, but I couldn’t tear my eyes from his. “I know you don’t believe it would work. I want to show you it will.”
“What do you mean, show me?”
His hands tightened on mine. “I want to teach you exactly how to execute it. Here. With no one else watching.”
It was the replication of the position itself, but also the thought of him watching that had been so unnerving this morning, but he couldn’t know that.
“Trust me, Jacqueline. It works…”
Lucas, although slightly overprotective (with good reason), takes care of Jacqueline. His violence isn’t uncalled for. Lucas is the type of guy that you would want as a boyfriend. One who listens to your limits. Who is willing to stand up for you, but also lets you stand up for yourself.
This book was amazing and gave me the longest book hangover ever, so much so I almost didn’t reach my reading goal ’cause of it. Of the one hundred books I read in 2012, this, I think, was the best. Of the books I’ve read my entire life…. Yeah, this might still be the best.
Plot: 5/5
Characters: 5/5
Writing: 5/5
Cover: 5/5
Overall: 5/5
GoodReads Rating: 4.28/5
-review by http://betweenprintedpages.wordpress.com
As I said in my review of the first novel, this book had what the other didn’t and vice versa.
List time!
1. A Need So Beautiful, I found, contained a lot more emotion, more anguish. There was more of a fire between Charlotte and Harlin than there was with the two characters in A Want So Wicked. This book had emotions, but they were more like self-hatred and regret than loss of life and memories. There’s not that much of a difference, but you see it (i.e. The first book managed to make me cry, while the second one didn’t, it did, however, make me pity Onika…)
2. Where A Need So Beautiful had the idea of ‘light’ and angelic beauty, A Want So Wicked showed the courser side of everything – it told Onika’s story and what she had to do in order to survive. It gave us the dark side to the Forgotten, and what happens when they stay. This kind of completed the ideas that were tossed out into the open in A Need So Beautiful.
3. Memories. Where Charlotte had none before a certain age, Elise remembered her childhood, her present self, and everything in between.
4. The End. I liked the end of A Need So Beautiful a lot more than A Want So Wicked. I actually found that the end of AWSW was a lot more confusing and rushed, almost, than ANSB. (Yeah I gave up on typing the titles…). Maybe I missed something? But AWSW didn’t really feel finished. It felt like there were supposed to be a few more pages, maybe even an epilogue, but there was nothing.
I really liked both books of this series, and each one had its merits. Though I loved seeing the darker side of everything, I didn’t like that the emotional connection wasn’t as strong. Also, the ending bothers me. I feel like there’s still a few answers that were left unsaid, and a lot of questions that were never answered. I don’t know… I feel like there should be more to AWSW or at least a novella or something answering some of the questions posed in AWSW that were never truly answered.
Plot: 4.5/5
Characters: 5/5
World Building: 3.5/5
Cover: 5/5
Overall: 4/5
GoodReads Rating: 4.06/5
-review by http://betweenprintedpages.wordpress.com/
List time!
1. A Need So Beautiful, I found, contained a lot more emotion, more anguish. There was more of a fire between Charlotte and Harlin than there was with the two characters in A Want So Wicked. This book had emotions, but they were more like self-hatred and regret than loss of life and memories. There’s not that much of a difference, but you see it (i.e. The first book managed to make me cry, while the second one didn’t, it did, however, make me pity Onika…)
2. Where A Need So Beautiful had the idea of ‘light’ and angelic beauty, A Want So Wicked showed the courser side of everything – it told Onika’s story and what she had to do in order to survive. It gave us the dark side to the Forgotten, and what happens when they stay. This kind of completed the ideas that were tossed out into the open in A Need So Beautiful.
3. Memories. Where Charlotte had none before a certain age, Elise remembered her childhood, her present self, and everything in between.
4. The End. I liked the end of A Need So Beautiful a lot more than A Want So Wicked. I actually found that the end of AWSW was a lot more confusing and rushed, almost, than ANSB. (Yeah I gave up on typing the titles…). Maybe I missed something? But AWSW didn’t really feel finished. It felt like there were supposed to be a few more pages, maybe even an epilogue, but there was nothing.
I really liked both books of this series, and each one had its merits. Though I loved seeing the darker side of everything, I didn’t like that the emotional connection wasn’t as strong. Also, the ending bothers me. I feel like there’s still a few answers that were left unsaid, and a lot of questions that were never answered. I don’t know… I feel like there should be more to AWSW or at least a novella or something answering some of the questions posed in AWSW that were never truly answered.
Plot: 4.5/5
Characters: 5/5
World Building: 3.5/5
Cover: 5/5
Overall: 4/5
GoodReads Rating: 4.06/5
-review by http://betweenprintedpages.wordpress.com/