Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare

Tessa has made her choice: she is marrying Jem despite Will's profession of love for her, but Jem is dying. He has used up his store of yin fen, the demon drug that he depends on to live, and the Magister has hoarded the rest in an attempt to get Tessa to cooperate with his evil plan. The Shadowhunters of the London Institute have lost the support of the others who view their leader, Charlotte, as weak and incapable of making sound decisions because she is a woman. So when the Magister sends an army of automatons to bring Tessa to him, it is a simple task. And when they refuse to send anyone after her, Will takes off on his own to bring her home.

This was a very satisfying ending to the trilogy. I will admit (and warn you) DO NOT LOOK INSIDE THE JACKET COVER! I saw something that I thought was a map but turned out to be a family tree. Imagine how disappointed I was when I found out who ends up together before even reading the first page... Aside from that, the story was very well-written in typical Clare-fashion, though I did feel like it was slightly more predictable than her other stories. And I have to admit that I was really excited to find that a theory I had concerning a character from the Mortal Instruments books turned out to be (almost) right!

Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

Tessa continues to try to find answers to her many questions: Who is she? What is she? And why is the Magister so interested in her? To find these answers, she works with Will and Jem, two Shadowhunters, to learn more about the Magister. What they find, though, is that the Magister knows everything about them, including their every move. Tessa is also struggling with her feelings for these two boys. She is inexplicably attracted to Will, despite his attitude, but she also feels a growing attraction to Jem.

I love Cassandra Clare, but this book had the feel of a 'middle book.' Don't get me wrong, it was still a great book, but it felt more like it was building to something than anything else. Definitely can't wait for the last book in the series, Clockwork Princess, due out in March 2013.

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

When her aunt dies, Tessa leaves America to join her brother, Nate, in Victorian London. When she gets off the steamship, she is immediately kidnapped by two evil women known as the Dark Sisters. They torture Tessa and force her to learn how to use the power she doesn't know she possesses: the ability to Change into another person, living or dead, by touching one of their possessions. Having fully trained her, the Dark Sisters are getting ready to hand her over to the Magister who intends to marry her when a group of Shadowhunters enters the house and frees her. Tessa is thrust into a world that she didn't know existed. She meets handsome and sarcastic Will, kind but fragile Jem, bitter Jessamine, and many others. As they try to help her discover who and what she is while searching for her missing brother, they uncover a plot to create an army of automatons whose sole purpose is to destroy the nephilim.

Cassandra Clare has become one of my favorite authors! She creates such complex characters and relationships while also weaving together many storylines. Her stories are FAR from predictable, which I absolutely LOVE! I can't wait for the next book in this series, Clockwork Prince, to come out in August. Until then, I'll get my Clare fix by reading City of Fallen Angels when it comes out in March!

Crescendo by Becca FItzpatrick

Nora should have known her life was far from perfect. Despite starting a relationship with her guardian angel, Patch and surviving an attempt on her life, things are not looking up. Patch is starting to pull away and Nora can't figure out why. Not to mention that she's haunted by images of her father and becomes obsessed with finding out what really happened to him the night he left and never came home. Since Patch isn't answering her questions, she has to start finding the answers on her own. Can she really count on Patch or is he hiding secrets darker than she can even imagine?

While I really enjoyed Hush, Hush, I had a hard time getting into this one.
I found the plot very predictable and often frustrating. However, the action did pick up towards the end and left me wanting to read the next one.