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Clockwork Princess is a fantasy novel written by young adult author, Cassandra Clare. It is the third and final installment of The Infernal Devices trilogy, following the first book, Clockwork Angel, and the second book, Clockwork Prince. It is written in the third person through the perspective of the main protagonist, Tessa Gray, who resides in the Shadowhunter's London Institute. This final installment follows Tessa and her friends as they face off against the series main antagonist, The Magister (also known as Axel Mortmain), who plans to completely obliterate the Shadowhunter race.

Plot Summary:
Tessa is in the midst of preparing for her wedding to Jem when darkness begins to lurk over the inhabitants of the London Institute. Axel Mortmain's plan to eradicate the Shadowhunter race is coming full circle and he only needs one last thing to complete it: Tessa. The head of the London Institute, Charlotte Branwell, becomes desperate to put a stop to Mortmain's insanity. Along with the pressures of stopping Mortmain, Tessa is also unsure on how to deal with being hopelessly in love with two men, Will and Jem. Although Jem and Tessa are engaged, Will cannot hide the fact that he is in love with her too.

After a battle at the Lightwood Residence in which Gabriel Lightwood is forced to kill his father after turning into a demonic worm, Jem collapses due to his illness and addiction to yin fen, the drug that has been killing him, but also strengthening him when he takes it. He is low on the drug, and it is discovered that Mortmain has bought the last of it to hang over the Shadowhunter's heads. Mortmain knows that it is exactly what Jem needs in order to survive. He makes an offer to send it to the Institute in exchange for Tessa. Jem states that he would rather die than watch her walk into danger, therefore, she agrees not to go. Feeling as if they are running out of time, they decide to move their wedding to the next day, the same day Jessamine Lovelace is to return to the Institute after her trial. That day, Tessa is kidnapped by Mortmain's army of automatons and Jessamine is mortally wounded. Will sets out to rescue Tessa at Jem's request. In order to buy time for Will's rescue mission, Charlotte's husband, Henry, works alongside the warlock, Magnus Bane, to create a device capable of defeating Mortmain and his army.

While her friends work tirelessly on her rescue, Tessa comes to the realization that she is the only one who is capable of saving herself and her loved ones. During the final battle in which all of the London Institute Shadowhunters are fighting for their lives against Mortmain, Tessa uses her warlock shapeshifting abilities to turn into the great angel Ithuriel. In Ithuriel's form, Tessa kills Mortmain, ending the tyranny he has caused once and for all. After shifting back to her human body, Tessa falls ill from the adrenaline of it all. The Shadowhunters take Tessa back to the Institute where it is revealed to her that Jem has begun his transition into a Silent Brother, the only thing that could save his life. He comes to tell her that he loves her, and urges her to move forward with her life with Will, knowing that the two love each other deeply. After agreeing to meet once a year at the bridge where they first met, Jem and Tessa part ways as he retreats back to the Silent Brothers.

Will and Tessa eventually marry, having four children and living happily together for forty years. Yet, because of Tessa's warlock blood, she does not age and Will grows old without her. He dies of old age with Tessa and Jem (Brother Zachariah as a Silent Brother) by his side. After his death, Tessa ventures out to travel the world, only returning to London once a year to visit Jem. When coming back for her yearly visit one year, she is shocked to see that Jem is no longer a Silent Brother and he appears to be healthier than he has ever been. He had found a cure for his illness and addiction. Tessa is wary when it comes to giving into her feelings for Jem, fearing the inevitable grief that came with having to watch him grow old and die, just as she had with Will. However, she realizes that she has loved Jem for the last 100 years and cannot deny either of them the pleasure of being with one another.

Setting:
Clockwork Princess, like the rest of the series, takes place in nineteenth century, Victorian England. The main setting is London, with parts of the story flashing back to and visiting Wales.

Critical Reception:
The novel received positive reviews from various critics. It received the #1 spot on Publishers Weekly bestseller's list, having sold over 68,000 copies within its first week according to outlets that report to Nielson BookScan. Breia Brissey from Entertainment Weekly gave the novel an A-, calling it, "Clare's best undertaking to date". Brissey also states that it's "as addictive as — and dare we say better than? — Clare’s original franchise," in reference to Clare's first Shadowhunter Chronicles series, The Mortal Instruments. The Guardian: Children's book reviewer thanks Clare in their article, stating that the book made them "more than happy and fulfilled." Clockwork Princess debuted at #1 on Wall Street Journal 's Best Seller list.

Clockwork Princess was also a finalist for the Children's & Teen Choice Book Awards from The Children's Book Council. The novel has a 4.6/5 star rating on Goodreads with nearly 27,000 fan reviews as of November 2019.

Promotion:
Sally Lodge of Publishers Weekly writes on how Clare uses social media in order to promote her new novel. Clare took to Twitter to post a link, revealing the first chapter of the book. Following the chapter reveal, fans participated in a cover reveal for the book, accumulating over 30,000 tweets in the span of two hours. Little by little, the cover of the story was revealed to the world. Anne Zafian, VP and deputy publisher of Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing, states, "We are always trying to bring something new to the table while promoting Cassie's books...Since she has such a good online outreach and social networking skills, it was great that, with the Twitter campaign, the first chapter could be revealed worldwide at one time." Clare also said that she was "thrilled" by the response from her followers and was thankful to be able to see everyone's reactions and theories as they read.

Other marketing efforts for the novel included the release of Clare's Shadowhunters App for Apple and Android, which launched early February 2013 and gave a first look into the book's prologue. Clockwork Princess 's trailer was revealed on EW.com's Shelf Life blog on February 21st.

Publication History:
Clockwork Princess was first released in the United States on March 19, 2013 and published by Margaret K. McElderry Books (Simon and Schuster Publishing).

Sales:
The book sold over 68,000 copies within its first week after its release. The Infernal Devices series had a global in-print tally of six million copies and there was one million copies of Clockwork Princess printed by the time of its release.

Film Adaption:
Cassandra Clare confirmed on her website that The Infernal Devices series has been optioned as a film by the same people who optioned The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones movie, Constantin Film. It is currently in the early stages of development.