A quote from Clockwork Prince (2024)

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A quote from Clockwork Prince? ›

I could not tell you if I loved you the first moment I saw you, or if it was the second or third or fourth. But I remember the first moment I looked at you walking toward me and realized that somehow the rest of the world seemed to vanish when I was with you.

"Good thing we were there to clean up after you, or the whole plan would have gone down in flames, along with the shreds of your reputation." "Are you implying that shreds of my reputation remain intact?" Will demanded with mock horror. "Clearly I have been doing somethin wrong.

Rated: Moderate.

The language is minimal, and the violence and gore isn't quite as heavy as it is in other books.

Clockwork Prince is a Shadowhunters novel. In the magical underworld of Victorian London, Tessa Gray has found safety with the Shadowhunters. But that safety proves fleeting when it becomes clear that the mysterious Magister will stop at nothing to use Tessa's powers for his own dark ends.

The Infernal Devices was originally written as a prequel to The Mortal Instruments, however, it can be read on its own. The reading order is Clockwork Angel, Clockwork Prince, and then Clockwork Princess. Then, if you want more of Brother Zachariah from The Infernal Devices then Ghosts of the Shadow Market is for you.

I am the way into the city of woe, I am the way into eternal pain, I am the way to go among the lost.

Is it better for a man to have chosen evil than to have good imposed upon him? We can destroy what we have written, but we cannot unwrite it.

I think I care more about them kissing though, and the more the merrier... :) Rashika (is tired) Nurlely wrote: "Mariam wrote: "Hey guys, SO I just noticed the other day that in both Clockwork Angel and Clockwork Prince, Will and Tessa only kiss twice. Yes, I know that's common information everyone knows, but..."

Sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother. Her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets.

At the end of the series, Will marries Tessa, having two children, Lucie and James, with her. Jem has to separate from both of them now that he is a Silent Brother, however, when Will dies in 1937 of old age, his family and friends, Tessa, and Jem are all by his side.

Can a 13 year old read Clockwork Angel? ›

This series is a prequel to ” The Mortal Instruments” series. Clockwork Angel is written for kids ages 14 and up. The age range reflects readability and not necessarily content appropriateness.

I do warn anyone who is sensitive about violence against reading A Clockwork Orange due to its graphic nature. Although, having said that, I am somewhat squeamish myself and found it bearable, so anyone over the age of 14 or 15 would most likely be able to deal with it.

Parents need to know that Clockwork Princess is more violent than the previous two installments in the Infernal Devices fantasy trilogy. The Shadowhunters slay a giant worm, and an army of automatons destroys an entire village and all the people in it. People are stabbed, dismembered, and engage in fistfights.

"When I mean morally deficient, I say, 'Now, that's something I would have done. If You don't give readers what they want, they'll be mad at you. If you give them what they do want, they'll be even more mad at you. Therefore you can never lose hope, because if you keep hope alive, it will keep you alive.

In the far distance, I sense the presence of tiny flames. Like precious embers, left to us by past Lords, linkers of the fire. Could this be what draws me to this strangely enticing darkness?"

Oh, it was wonder of wonders. And then, a bird of like rarest spun heavenmetal, or like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship, gravity all nonsense now, came the violin solo above all the other strings, and those strings were like a cage of silk around my bed.

During a conversation between Julian Blackthorn and Emma Carstairs in 2012, the pair joked that the Herondale's family motto could be "Chiseled but angsty" or "If you don't know what your last name is, it's probably Herondale".