5/5 stars
Tessa Gray and her Shadowhunter friends are back fighting for humanity once again in this third and final installment of The Infernal Devices series. However, things are more complicated than ever with threats rising up darker and more dangerous than ever as the inhabitants of the London Institute find themselves without aid in the face of the greatest evil they have yet faced. As they fight for the world and their lives Tessa finds herself torn between love and honor, and yet driven forward by the very love that has caused her so much confusion and pain.
As the last book in this steampunk rendition of the
shadowhunter world, Clockwork Princess had a lot to live up to. And it did so
nicely and with flare. As usual with Clare’s work there was nary a dull moment
and every page has you begging to go on and every chapter ending just when
things are starting to get good. Clare’s fast wit and easy narration carries
you through as effortlessly as it does in her previous novels, living up to her
excellent characterizations and delivering noteworthy plot.
This novel was most assuredly a good read, and well
worthy as an end cap to the Infernal Devices trilogy.
*SPOILER
WARNING*
The ending however, in my opinion, left something to
be desired, and in the opposite way than one would think. It felt almost too
happy, too perfect. As a reader I am often fond of happy, well wrapped up
endings, but this one had the distinct taste of almost unrealistic and convenient.
It was a little bit of having one’s cake and eating it too that has been often
criticized in such end cap novels as the Harry Potter books. That being said, I
still very much enjoyed the story and the writing on the whole.
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