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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Clockwork Prince Read Along Day #21: Chapter 20


One week from TODAY till Clockwork Princess is out! *sorry this is up so late. Blogger ate the original post that was posted earlier this morning*


Welcome to Day 21 of the Clockwork Prince Read Along. You can follow the entire read-a-long and find each of the day's posts here. Remember there's no right or wrong way to participate. Your comments can be as long or a short as you'd like them to be. You can answer 1 or each of the questions asked, it's totally up to you, BUT, in order to be entered into the CP giveaway (which you also had to sign up to win), you do need to be actively participating in the read-a-long. 

Today's discussion is about: Chapter 20
  • Are you surprised about the turn of events that unfolded at Benedict's house? Do you think he's lying about Mortmain's whereabouts? 
  • What do you make of Gideon leaving his father and brother behind? Does his actions surprise you? I personally am happy to see that Gideon has gone to the institute. Knowing that his son knows what happened to their mother, do you think Benedict is more likely to back off on his claims to the Institute?
  • Aw, WILL! This chapter seriously made my heart sigh and then ache for Will. FINALLY he says what he's truly been feeling to Tessa. He opens up like he's never done before, not even to Jem, and reveals so much about himself, and then tells her how much he loves her, and then has his heart broken. Are you surprised at how open Will was with Tessa? 
  • It's obvious Tessa loves Will too, just not as much as Jem. It seriously killed me the first few times I read this book when she didn't pick him, but for some reason this time around I really get why she choose Jem. Do you think being rejected by Tessa, and not being told of the engagement from Jem will push Will further away? Here he's thought he's been cursed all these years, and he finds out he hasn't been, and he's given hope and then everything he's hoped for is now impossible. How do you think Will is going to react about this over time?
Please DO NOT POST SPOILERS. There's some fans who are joining the read-a-long who are reading Clockwork Prince for the first time. 

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  1. This chapter is the most painful thing ever, every time I read it or listen to Ed Westwick’s narration it tears my heart … (Disclaimer: if you think reading it is devastating, be advised that listening to Ed Westwick narrate the part when Will confesses her love for Tessa, is just heart wrenching!)

    The events at Benedict Lightwood were surprising only because I thought that Gabriel would leave with Gideon when he heard of all this, but then I guess he has seen his father’s dealings with demons in the past and is used to it. I wasn’t surprised at all that Gideon renounced his family and left with Charlotte, I think we’ve been able to see that he was not at all in accords with what his dad was doing in the last few chapters.
    I’m glad that for once it seems that Charlotte and the rest have figured something out before Mortmain had the chance to trump their efforts!
    I think we will still see much of Gabriel in the coming book though…

    Will…. Oh my poor poor Will … my heart just crumbles to the ground every single time with this chapter… though do you guys really come out of this thinking that Tessa loves Will but not as much as Jem? I come out of this chapter thinking the complete opposite and seeing a lot of their sacrifice and the awful heart wrenching situation they find themselves in! Like Holly Black I think it was mentioned once that this love triangle between Will, Tessa and Jem was the Kobayashi Maru of love triangles and I couldn’t agree more… (for all non-Star Trek fans, you can find the meaning of Kobayashi Maru on google) …

    Continues....


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  2. I find interesting that before they leave to Benedict’s house she is thinking about Will and wondering if she is ever going to stop looking at him the way she does and whether her heart will stop fluttering every time she sees him, and to me that sounds like she is not “in love” with Jem, she loves him granted, but she is not “in love” when you are in love your heart doesn’t flutter for someone else other than the one you are in love with.

    The scene in the drawing room (this is what I gather from that): When Will grabs her Tessa mentions that she drowns in his kiss and he tastes like rain and Will, and to me that again sounds like every time he touches her, kisses her, everything disappears for her, of course the memory of Jem pops up in her head, but I think it’s guilt cause in a way (well in every way) kissing Will is being unfaithful to Jem.

    The things Will says, I love him!
    it was like a breath of fresh air to hear him tell her that he loved her, that he has loved her from the moment he met her, after he read those letters. How those letters made him feel like he was dreaming what she was dreaming, connected to her somehow.
    How he had tried to make her hate him and then he had died, how it had felt like choking down poison. The desperation in Will’s voice was just so raw so vulnerable tears were spilling down my cheeks.

    Tessa things to herself that this is what she had always wanted a boy to tell her when he professed his love for her, what she had deep in her heart wished Will would tell her, a boy that loved the same books as she did, a boy who understood her.
    Will is, I believe, her true love.

    If Will had proposed first and she had accepted and Jem would have later to confess his love Tessa would have never considered “what if?” What if I told Will what’s happening, what if I told Will that I needed time to think, What if this, what if that… she would have never second guessed her love and commitment to Will.

    But what made her backtrack on this? Her love for Jem alone? No. What she thought about was Jem that day in his room asking Will if it was him, and thought about how much Will loves Jem and how she can’t be the reason for them to damage that friendship, that bond, to create this unhappiness between them.
    She knew that Will would never, after thinking about it, would never hurt his friend/brother, he would never date Tessa and parade his happiness around at the cost of Jem’s …. If Tessa was truly in love the only reason for not considering breaking the engagement should be “I’m sorry Will I don’t love you I love Jem” but instead she comes up with all these ways they would be hurting Jem and each other…
    They have no other choice, but to sacrifice for Jem, for his happiness both Tessa and Will… and this just absolutely tears at my heart like nothing Ive ever read has done before.. my heart literally breaks for all 3 of them but especially for Will… I have come to love these characters as if they were long time friends, so much that I feel their pain :’(
    When Will asks her “Do you love me?” I don’t think that Tessa doesn’t answer because she doesn’t love him, but because she loves him so much and it makes absolutely no difference at all.

    Sophie…. Oh Sophie how I love her… I would love an happy ending for Sophie and for he to be able to ascend to be a shadowhunter, especially because that’s what she really wants.
    It really made me sad when she said “ He’s himself and I am me, and we don’t belong together” :’(
    Sophie so deserves a good man that loves her and to be happy.


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    1. Thank you so much for your insight throughout this read-a-long. I've really enjoyed reading your posts. And thanks for saying so much that I agree with in a nice way for this chapter because honestly, I was to angry with Tessa during her scene with Will to have anything nice to say.

      But I don't think those two have to sacrifice anything for Jem. They should be honest with him, rather than keeping secrets like this. When this all comes to light, Jem will feel betrayed by them both for not telling him how they feel. And I know Jem loves Tessa, but I can't help questioning if he's actually in love with her. I wonder if maybe like Tessa, he's confusing his feelings for her as love when it's just a deep fondness. And I can't help but wonder if he's rushing things because of his illness and because he doesn't want to see Tessa struggle on her own. I just wish I knew for sure what Jem was thinking. I feel like there's something there that I'm missing. Hopefully, Clockwork Princess will have someone special for Jem to really fall in love with and earn her true love in return.

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    2. I’m glad you’ve enjoyed all my ramblings! ;-)

      Believe me that if I had to choose in between throwing Tessa or Will over a bridge, Tessa better grab on to the ledge because I’ll be sooooo pushing her LOL!
      But I also understand where she comes from you know? The first time I read the book I really want to crawl in and slap her for a week, but then I tried to put myself in her shoes and it’s hard not to see her side.
      She didn’t know about this curse all she saw was this boy that she liked from the time she set eyes on him and that she has fallen in love with, be nasty to her most of the time and then act like he wants nothing more in the world other than her, and then pushes her away yet again with nastiness and as painful as possible… god I would telling him to go fly a kite too! lol but of course we know everything she doesn’t know.

      I don’t feel that they should sacrifice for Jem either, Tessa knows in her heart that she is not in love with Jem, she is in love with Will. And Magnus once told Woolsey Scott “it is always better to live the truth that to live a lie” and I can only agree with that, eventually Jem will find out that Tessa loves Will and that Will loves Tessa and things will, well …get even more painful for the three of them..

      I do think though that Jem loves Tessa, I think his love for her has been growing since he met her but I also believe that as corny as it sounds that love that Tessa and Will feel for each is the kind of love you only feel once and never forget.

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    3. Both of you have added comments that make me think that much more. All along I have wanted them all to be honest. People are always hurt when the whole truth is not laid out. Looking from Tessa's view Will has only behaved as a little schoolboy. The one that punches you or pulls your hair and runs. Jem does love Tessa. It's not a truly passionate love. More that he is fond of her and wants to protect her. He will be hurt in the end- once he knows the truth. You are absolutely right there. I think I mentioned this was the worst triangle ever. EVER. Never before have I loved three characters so.

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  3. I wanted to add… to those of you that like me have read this series more than once… did you guys find interesting what Tessa says when they are at Benedict’s?
    That he seemed to her like a fat worm wriggling around a garden? ;)

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    1. Read the 1st chapter of Clockwork Princess on the Shadowhunter website and you will get it. ;)

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    2. Hi Jasmine,

      I probably shouldn’t have said anything about that but I couldn’t resist… once you are done with CP and don’t mind reading a little ahead of time head on to read the prologue and Chapter 1 of Clockwork Princess (they’ve already been released) and you’ll know what I mean ;-)

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    3. I couldn't help but laugh when I read your comment. ;) I think that a lot of people haven't read the first chapter because they would rather wait to just read the book. (I know I almost didn't read it because I knew I would just want more and not want to wait!)

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  4. * I think that I was surprised by how muc Gideon knew and Gabriel knows almost nothing about it. I don't think Benedict really knows where Mortmain is, only because Mortmain wouldn't be that stupid. Even with putting in mind blocks and such.

    * I don't think Benedict wants his secrets out, but I think he's pretty sneaky and manipulative too. I think that he will find a way to get back at them. I am glad that Gideon decided to go with them!!

    * I am not surprised with how open he was. He really does love her and he wanted her to know everything. I think it was very brave of him to put himself out there like that and it totally broke my heart. Was of course a big sobbing mess!!

    * I really don't think she loves Jem more than Will. I think she does love him, but definitely not as much. Like she said, she doesn't want to break them apart, and she does care for Jem and wants him to be happy. I think she is trying to do what she thinks is best for everyone and believes she will eventually love Jem enough to fill the void in her heart for Will. I am afraid that Will will end up putting a wall back up when he has just been able to let it down. He is going to hurt seeing them together and I think it's really going to take a toll on him.

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  5. OMGG! Everything Ursula said! Everything! I still stand by my belief that Will is her true love. Nothing will convince me otherwise. But first to Benedict--- I was elated by the happenings here. For the boys to know the truth about their father and their mother's death? Wow! His devastation at Gideon leaving his side? Benedict will not sit idley by and watch the Charlotte take away his son. I'm very disappointed in Gabriel but not surprised that he would stay with his father. He's been poisoned by lies for too long. Tessa's comment is very interesting. It's obvious there will be more trouble with the Lightwoods as long as Benedict is around.

    Now back to Will and Tessa... to say that I cried over Will's confession and Tessa's reaction, holy Christ, I cannot bite my tongue. I bawled and bawled and bawled. I was thrilled by Will's bravery. And gutted by Tessa. To me she feels obligated to Jem. Understandably so, but she does not love him to the depths that she does Will. I'm so worried for Will at this point. He's laid it all out and not been given what he deserves. How broken he must be. How can he handle seeing her with Jem? Her physical reaction to Will betrays her, but because they both are touched by written words so deeply he will believe what she says and not what his heart knows to be true. I also wonder what Jem's reaction would be should he find out Will's true feelings? This is the worst triangle ever is in one has never broken my heart so. I care so much for each of these characters.

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    1. LOL. Obviously I was going to say something about the Institute and then went with Charlotte.

      But to further my thoughts on this triangle. I desperately want Jem to be happy, but I don't believe Tessa truly will be if she goes through with this marriage. She will always wonder what if. I don't think there are any good choices here. The damage has been done.

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  6. ~I was very shocked. Benedict didn't seem to be a guy who wasn't on top of everything--but he slipped up, and he paid. I doubt Benedict is lying. All of Mortmain's contacts, that we know of, were Nephilim--Jessamine was uncovered as a spy, Nate is dead, and now Benedict. Mortmain probably only ever told Nate, and possibly others who have no affiliation to the Clave. If they want to find Mortmain, they'll have to search the regular way.
    ~I love that Gideon left his father behind; it could mean something for him and Sophie, but it was sad to see him leaving Gabriel--no one should lose a sibling, whether they die or just leave. I can't imagine what Gabriel thinks of all of this. Benedict will probably back down. I doubt he would want anyone to know that he's been consorting with demons.
    ~I was very surprised, though I figured Will would tell her eventually, now that he knows the curse isn't real; I just wasn't expecting it so soon. I felt bad for him, learning that Tessa was engaged to his parabatai and near brother. But I also don't feel anything for him--he was so confusing, keeping her close to him, and then pushing her away. I can't believe he thought he could actually try to get her back. Sorry Wessa shippers, but I don't believe he deserves to be with Tessa.
    ~I think Will will probably be a little indifferent to them; keeping his distance from Tessa to control his feelings, and he may also be different around Jem now. Will can handle himself--he handled himself for five years, thinking he couldn't be loved without death being involved--there may possibly be another girl in the future that we don't know about. I want Will to be happy, but I don't think he deserves Tessa after all he's done and how he's acted.

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    1. Unfortunately, love doesn't always work that way does it? Even when we know a boy doesn't deserve our love, it doesn't stop us from loving him anyway. :/

      You can't help who you fall in love with, no more than you can change the stars.

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    2. Hi Lauren,
      This is where I disagree though… granted I understand how Tessa would feel like WTH!?! After all this you want me to trust you? forgive you? come running to your arms without question? … BUT she doesn’t know what we know, she hasn’t seen Will’s misery and suffering like we have.. I can’t find it in my heart to look at Will and think “this guy doesn’t deserve her love because he treated her so badly” he had to, he had no other choice, if anything I see everything that Will did, done out of love and sacrifice, he made his life a living hell because he wanted no harm to come to anyone .. if that’s not the definition of noble and loving then I don’t know what is.
      Will deserves to be happy with Tessa, whether he will be, unfortunately I have already come to terms for it being no, but as far as being deserving, I think he absolutely is.

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    3. Lauren, I love your perspective but I do also disagree. Love is messy. And everyone has secrets. I think if Tessa was at all insightful she would have seen Will's struggles. He's sacrificed everything for everyone his entire life. If anyone doesn't deserve it, it's Tessa. But then she hasn't done anything wrong- except not fight for the possible love of her life.;)

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  7. I dont know what to think. maybe he is telling the truth or maybe not. i am glad that Gideon is changing. Yey! My heart broke for Will. he was so happy, spirited, and full of hope. i think this is going to drive him further apart. oh my beautiful Will!

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  8. I was confused about what happened at Benedict’s house. I understand that Charlotte sent a letter to Gideon and I guess it had what really happened to his mother in that letter. I’m confused how Will knew that Gideon knew though. It didn’t seem like Gideon gave off any idea that he knew anything besides that his father had dragon pox. Maybe I need to read that scene a third time but I was just a little confused by what happened and how it happened. In the end, Benedict seems to get the point of the situation. I find it shocking that Benedict wouldn’t know where Mortmain was or how to get into contact with him. Honestly, Nate couldn’t have been around all the time to play messenger. So I don’t entirely believe Benedict is as ignorant as he says. Mortmain is capable of keeping his tracks covered by holding Benedict at arms length, so it’s plausible. I just don’t think Benedict would like being kept in the dark.

    Gideon leaving behind his family and home is a huge deal. I’m glad to see he knows where to draw the line between ‘Family before the Law’ and just outright corruption and contempt for the Law. I was disappointed that Gabriel didn’t go with his brother, and that Gideon—since he did know so much—did not inform his brother of their father’s crimes. Whether or not Benedict holds up his end of the deal to leave the Institute alone, we’ll have to see. I want to see what Gabriel will do when he finds out what really happened to his mother. I hope that changes his views on things.

    I am not surprised at all how open Will was with Tessa. He needed to do just that to really be taken seriously and believed. Will had to be honest and share exactly how he feels for Tessa in order for her to understand what she can have in her life with him, and hopefully realize that what she really wants is Will. I empathize so much with Will. When he went on and on about books and how he felt like he and Tessa were so much a like, that he felt and dreamed and thought like her, I nearly started crying. I fell in love with Will. And Tessa’s reaction to his declaration, how this was exactly how she wanted a man to say he loved her, well that just proves she’s in love with Will and not Jem. And I am so annoyed that she won’t realize that!

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  9. Tessa is NOT in love with Jem more than she is with Will. Not in a million years would she ever be in love with Jem more than Will. She feels for Will on a whole different level. And I am so upset that she won’t admit that to herself when it’s so easy to see, each time she’s around Will or sees him or anything having to do with him, it literally moves her world. This whole scene with her and Will had me livid beyond all reason. Her little thoughts about how Will now knowing she’s engaged to Jem could never love her because she will always be the girl Jem loved. I nearly strangled her! Will loves Tessa. She will always be his Tessa, no matter who she marries! I was so frustrated with Tessa, I was sick to my stomach by her assumptions and line of thought. How could she possibly know what Will would do or think? Did she ask him? No! And what she’s doing to Jem is worse that telling him the truth! She’s planning to marry a man she does not truly love because she’s too much of a coward to be honest with him! If I were Jem and found out about how she loved Will, I would be crushed, knowing that the person I loved was never happy with me because she sacrificed her happiness for me, too afraid to be honest with me because of my illness. Oh, that won’t make Jem feel like a weakling in Tessa’s eyes at all!

    Tessa is making things so much worse for herself, Jem, and Will. I cannot believe how foolish she is being! Yes, Jem is a great guy—a good honest and wonderful guy—but Tessa if you do not love him with all your heart and in everyway—if he doesn’t encompass your every breath and thought—if he doesn’t make you feel like you can’t eat, sleep, or live without him—then you aren’t really in love with him. And staying with him is a lie! Tessa is only keeping Jem from falling in love with who he’s really meant to be with and that is a terrible thing to do! Just because Jem is wonderful, makes her laugh, and makes her feel special, doesn’t mean she loves him. Love isn’t about who’s the nicest and the kindest, or the wittiest and the cleverest. Love is the moment you see him staring at you and suddenly no one else exists, and an unexplainable pull draws you to him that you can’t understand. And that’s how Tessa feels about Will! Will is where her heart is, she couldn’t stop thinking about him even if she tried. And to watch her turn him away, all for the sake of an engagement her heart isn’t in, that she feels obliged to keep not out of love but out of fear, makes me so angry!

    Reading this whole scene, watching her burn herself like a crazy person, made me hope she dies at the end of all this. I’m fed up with her stupidity and excuses. How can she do this to Jem and Will, both of whom she does care about very much? How can she marry Jem, knowing how Will really feels about her, and knowing she could never fully give her heart to Jem because of Will? How could she do that? That’s crueler than anything Will has ever said to her in the past. When she said that she loved Jem enough to marry him and make him happy, I nearly threw the book across my room. All I could think was, “But are you going to be happy, Tessa? Are you going to be happy when you know now that Will loves you just as much as you love him?” I am just so disappointed in Tessa. Will better fight for her! He better make her realize that she’s madly in love with him and not Jem. He better not just take this lying down. I am utterly dumbfounded by what Tessa’s done and I cannot believe this is what’s happening in the story. I hope Clockwork Princess proves to be better than this otherwise I will be furious beyond belief.

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    1. I'm glad I'm not the only one who is sick of Tessa!

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    3. Lol. Tell us how you really feel! Your thoughts on Tessa mirrored mine throughout
      the books. I wanted to scream at her constantly. OPEN YOUR FRIGGING EYES! Be honest with yourself. What a tangled web we weave.

      I loved the scene where she burns herself. After she sees what a mess she's created.

      Jem will find out and he will most definitely be crushed. It may very well do him in. At the least make him resent them both for not being truthful.

      These sacrifices are not noble.

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  10. *I was definatly surprised at what happened at Benedict's. I am so proud of Gideon for walking out but at the same time I do feel bad for him. I am hoping Gabriel will come around to what everyone else is seeing about his father. I am glad that finally it looks like Charlotte has a way of keeping the Insitute. She deserves it. I do not trust Benedict so I am not sure whether to believe him about Mortmain's whereabouts or not. He is evil and up to no good so nothing from him is reliable.

    *I am so happy for Gideon stepping up and stepping out of his father's house. I feel like Gidoen knew that his fathre was up to no good and this is the last straw for him to walk away. I know it was hard for him to leave his brother but at the same time we knew Gabriel wouldn't leave. He is to much like his father. I am hoping Gidean can open Garbriel's eyes to how the world really is.

    *Oh My Poor WIll. I was so proud of him that he was finally able to open up. I really didn't think he would open up so much but it is Tessa and he has loved her for so long it was enevitable for him to get all his love and passion out. I am so heartbroken for him after the fact because after five long years believing he could never really enjoy love he can and it is ripped form him so suddenly. To him it is going to seen like life has it out for him. I don't think this will be good for him at all.

    *Not hearing it from Jem is going to kill him. Jem is so much closer than a brother to him. Jem is the only person he lets get close enough and now he is the reason he doesn't get his love. I feel like it is going to hurt Will more because he had no idea. Jem never even told Will he had feelings for Tessa much less that he was considering marrying her. Will is going to back off from everything and everybody because that is the only way he knows how to react.

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  11. Just finished reading the last chapter...
    And now I am dead.

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    1. Now you are dead with the rest of us!!!
      6 more days til the Clockwork Princes and I'm already freaking out, scared to death, dreading the end, anxious, twitching, etc etc etc .... lol

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    2. Lol. I have cried over books before. This was ridiculous. I had body shaking sobs- both hurt and angry through the last 3 chapters. I want to ask Katie why we didn't pace this closer to the release, I may die waiting and wanting.

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  12. This chapter just killed me!!
    The turn of events was indeed surprising although when you think about it, it is to be expected. We all know Benedict is involved in all of this and I think he's telling the truth this time around. And after all this, I feel really bad for Gabriel. He believes in Benedict so much - he looks up to him and everything. And knowing all this, well what happened sucks.

    I think Gideon leaving just shows how much he's against his father's actions. It just shows that he'd stand up against him when he knows that it's the right thing to do. I personally believe Gideon is one ally the Institute needs right now.

    William! Hearing him pour out all his heart and soul is just heartbreaking. This just shows that Will has this soft, gentle, sweet side every girl would fall for if he'd just show it.
    How I wish he would have gotten to Tessa first. He has just regained all the hope he has lost years ago and he lost it again in just a short time. I really hope Will would find his happy ending (even if not with Tessa).
    I really cannot believe what happened in this chapter!! What is up with Tessa and Will that they can't be together eventhough we all know that they want to?! I just know Tessa is meant to be with Will. The love she has for him is one that is passionate and one that lingers. Every kiss, every touch - when Tessa is with Will, she forgets everything else. And I think love - true love - is when someone makes you feel like you're the only two people in the world and nothing would be better than that. I think what Will and Tessa have is something to be cherished and felt..

    What happened may very well push Will further away. Knowing that it would hurt Jem if he showed just how much he truly loves Tessa, he'd suppress it and hide it everytime.
    I think Will sacrificed so much already he deserves to find love and happiness. Honesty doesn't come easily to Will - he's very secretive and he'd take all the burden if it means protecting those he loves.
    For the most part though, I think Will would act like he always does - distant and indifferent. He'd show that what happened doesn't concern and affect him but the truth is he's breaking inside. I think Will is someone who would put someone else's happiness before his own for those he loves. And Jem, Jem is the one person Will would never turn his back on or even betray. Will would sacrifice anything for his parabatai.

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    1. I too feel sorry for Gabriel. He is so under his father's thumb. I hope he can come over with Gideon soon.

      My big fear is Will completely shutting down. My heart cracked wide open for him. It's still hurting today.

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  13. I wouldn't put anything past Benedict Lightwood. He is a truly horrible person! It wouldn't surprise me if he knows where Mortmain is hiding out.

    At least Gideon seems to have a conscience. But in general the Lightwoods have been awful....I mean in the present (Mortal Instruments series) they are neo-Nazis. And Maryse is a horrible mom, IMHO. *not a fan in general of the Lightwoods* Gideon really had no other option than to go to the Institue. Benedict had no other option but to back down for the moment, but he seems so diabolical that I'm sure we haven't heard the last from him.

    Will is a very passionate person, so, no, I'm not surprise at Will's confession to Tessa. He now knows that there never was a curse, so he had to tell her his feelings. My heart truly does break for Will and Tessa. I feel for Tessa because she is truly torn between the two!

    Will has such a high capacity for love that I don't think he will do anything stupid. He still loves Jem and Tessa with all of his heart. I think he will be loyal and supportive to both of them (I hope).



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    1. Seriously. How did Alec and Izzy turn out so awesome?

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  14. Benedict is a self-centered person so I wouldn't be surprised if he was lying. I think he will protect himself at all costs.

    I'm so excited that Gideon left for the institute. I'm glad he stood up to his father and did what was right for himself and the Shadowhunter community. I think Benedict will back off his plans to take over the institute; he's too out for himself to let his secrets be known.

    Utterly heartbreaking. I always knew that Will had it in him, but this section made me hate Tessa a little. I know she is a good person, but she put herself in a awful situation and the fact that she hurt Will and cannot give her whole self to Jem is horrible.

    I think that Tessa actually loves Will more than Jem, but she knows that because of the choices she made she has not other choice but Jem.

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  15. I think this will be short.
    I think Benedict has a few secret he know more. He just a 'marionett' as Nate was. So yes, I think he's lying about Mortmain's whereabouts.
    Benedict will be angry because Gideon go to the Institute. I'm happy too but I'm worry too. We really know that who is Gideon? Is it not just a trick? I hope it's not because I like him.
    Poor William! I wasn't suprised. He has a true heart but mine is broken. I loved that he was a moment when he was really happy. He thought that he has a chance to be with Tessa. And Tessa loves him. But she doesn't want to be a broken heart. And I love that Will loves Jem too. He want to Jem's happy ending.

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