Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

 This is the second book of The Infernal Devices series set approximately 100 years before Jace and Clary.  I have enjoyed these books, although I may have to go back to the first book and reread it since I do not remember much of Tessa's beginning story so I was lost at some points not remembering the first book.  As many second books, this one did not seem to ever get incredibly suspenseful or anything.  You just read along with very little emotional change, but it is very important to set us up for the third book and what Mortmain might try to do.

We still do not know who exactly Tessa is or where she came from, but her involvement in this book is needed.  She uses her power to transform in order to try to find out where Mortmain is.  She, along with the others in the Institute have two weeks to find Mortmain or lose the Institute to the Lightwood family.

We do find out why Will is negative and honestly just crazy.  He believes he has had a curse placed on him where all who love him will die.  It is not until the end of the book that he and Magnus Bane are able to summon the demon who put the curse on him.  He finds out at this point that the demon never put the curse on him, but just killed his sister.  Unfortunately for Will, by the time he finds this out, he is so excited to love Tessa, but Jem has proposed to Tessa and she has agreed to marry her.  I can honestly say that one part of me believes Cassandra will somehow make it work out for Will and Tessa to be together, but is she going to kill Jem to do so or find another girl for Jem.  I find it hard to believe she will actually keep Tessa and Jem together unless she kills Will.  I guess we will just have to wait and find out.

Mortmain is never found, but we find out he has drugged werewolves and killed them in order to build a clockwork army.  He has blackmailed the Lightwood father to help in his cause and Tessa's brother is involved as well, however, Tessa is involed with his death when he tries to kill all of them at the Institute. And little Jessamine surprises us by being a spy and marrying Tessa's brother.  She ends up in the Silent City prison to think about how she was decieved and used.  Quite a sad ending for her.