Not at all! Charlotte sat back, one hand resting protectively, unconsciously, over her belly. You don’t think, perhaps, that the lace is a trifle too much adornment? She had lengthened the chain so she could wear them both at once, not being willing to part with either. Below it dangled the jade pendant that Jem had given her. The hourglass corset shaped and curved her everywhere it was supposed to, and the clockwork angel around her throat comforted her with its ticking. The gold put some much-needed color into her cheeks. Tessa turned and twisted in front of the mirror. It’s lovely! Charlotte clapped her hands together and leaned forward.

Duchesse lace edged the tightly fitted bodice and dripped from the sleeves. The dress was a deep gold silk, as was the custom for Shadowhunters, who believed white to be the color of mourning, and would not marry in it, despite Queen Victoria herself having set the fashion for doing just that. Tessa looked at her reflection in the pier glass in her bedroom. What do you think? It is modeled after one of Worth’s own designs. As they say, ‘When December snows fall fast, marry, and true love will last.’ She placed a final pin in the gown and took a step back. Read moreĭecember is a fortuitous time for a marriage, said the seamstress, speaking around her mouthful of pins with the ease of years of practice. But I couldn’t shake the nagging feeling in the back of my mind that the thing was just structured wrong. I love the characters of The Infernal Devices, and they were my favorite aspect of the story, so I didn’t mind reading more about them. Except that was like another twenty pages. There was a point at which I wondered if it was ever going to end. I understand she wanted to set up the family lineages and tie up all the loose ends, but man, that was a long ending. After the climax where the gang defeats Mortmain, it takes Clare 104 pages to wrap the story up. It tied in well to The Mortal Instruments, answering many questions about the origins of many things.In other words, it was exactly what I expected.I just had one problem with it.The freaking forever ending.I counted. There was a glorious ending battle where the protagonists defeated the bad guy in a seemingly hopeless situation.

The characters were done well and were consistent with their characterizations in the previous books. I didn’t really have any qualms with the plot.

The clockwork princess