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Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Well this book was steamy, I could not put it down! I loved Magnus Bane, Will, Jem and Tessa. But even more, the lesser characters of Sophie, Gideon, Jessamine, and the rivalry amongst the Nephilium as Tessa, Charlotte, Henry, Jem and Will race against time and the clockwork army. The tension builds as Will confides to Magnus his secret. Tessa is torn between her feelings for Jem and Will. There are many tense moments and surprises: Nate, Tessa's brother returns and is as dastardly evil as before; Tessa and Sophie are trained by the Wayland Brothers and this training helps them and Will finds out his family is alive. Clare's secondinstallment of the Infernal Devices does not disappoint and I can't wait to see what happens with Tessa and the men in her life. Tessa still seeks the answer to who she is and the ending was totally awesome. Bring on Book Three!

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City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I loved this book! Clary and Jace are still my favorites, even though I loved Jem and Will from
but Cassandra Clare is the author of this wonderful Infernal Devices so she won't mind me paying homage to her protagonists in both books.
There was so much adventure, drama, secrets, lies and I just wanted to keep reading the book and not work!!!
I really detested Sebastian and I hated when he tried to reach Clary by working on the "sister" angle. It really irked me to see Sebastian and Jace getting along, ew! It was so good to see more of Simon and Isabella, Alec and Magnus, Jordan and Maya. Clare does such a superb job with her characters, their worlds and all of the action going on, I really hated to see it end, but I am so happy to just wait for another one of Cassandra Clare's books. Love, love, love this book.

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Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I waited quite awhile to read this 2nd book (loved !!!) because sometimes the 2nd book is disappointing if you read it too close to the first one. Even though I am giving it four stars---many books I read I give 5 stars because I love them, this 2nd book was really, really good but you had to really hang in there with Ethan and Lena because their relationship is so unsettled---so you as the reader question what is really going on. I particularly enjoyed Ethan's best friend, Link because he ALWAYS is there for Ethan, even when he is scared to death! He is a real hoot, he doesn't push Ethan away with questions or judgments, he truly cares about Lena and still pines for Ridley and her lollipops! Ridley reappears and gets a come-uppance, we will see what the future hold for her. A new character I really liked was Olivia, the British Keeper-in-Training with Margaret, where Ethan has a summer job in the human library. But that doesn't stop him from exploring the tunnels under the library, trying to figure out why Lena is slipping away from him, a little bit each day, until one day she is gone from Gatlin. I love all the history in this book about the war, about the normals and the Casters. There is lots of horror, fantasy, and Ethan's love for Lena is definitely put to the test. I love their telepathic thoughts to each other (Kelting) and the odd cast of characters that mean them harm and vow not to allow a Mortal/Caster union. I look forward to #3!


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