#READshadowhunter Discussion post: Clockwork Prince (Week 3)

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#READshadowhunter Discussion post: Clockwork Prince (Week 3)

Welcome, everyone!! We are almost done with the second book of the Infernal Devices for the #READshadowhunter readathon; can you believe it?! I love the shadowhunter world and I was even more excited to share my joy with Stephanie and other fans. Be sure to visit Stephanie at Books in the Skye. For those of you who don’t know what this readathon is, that’s alright because I am going to talk a little bit about #READshadowhunter before getting into the discussion just so those of you who are new know what this readathon is all about.

 

The world is full of people who love the Shadowhunter series written by Cassandra Clare. I even ran into two of her fans at Barnes and Noble yesterday while I was taking a break from writing! We chatted a while about her books among others and it honestly made my day. Stephanie decided that she wanted to reread the series and better yet, she wanted all Shadowhunter fans to join in. Thus, #READshadowhunter was created. This is no ordinary readathon though. Many of you are thinking “There are so many books and I’m crazy busy. How the heck am I going to manage this?!” I’ll tell you… We are only reading one book a month so that everyone can keep up even if their lives are busy with blogging or reading other books. Yep there you go. Even people as busy as myself can manage to keep up with this one. I know the #OWLsreadathon2019 is going on as well so we are all busy this month. As far as OWLs go…I’d rather not talk about it. I gave my writing a front seat for a while.

 

Although these book series’ were published in a specific order, many of us agree they read better in a different order. Therefore we are starting with the Infernal Devices. The first book is Clockwork Angel and although you don’t need to follow along, there is a reading schedule for the entire readathon as well as each book to make it a little easier. We are not through week one of Clockwork Prince.


 

 

Readathon Schedule

 

 

Clockwork Prince Reading Schedule

 


Isn’t that super easy to follow along with?!?! That is roughly 100 pages a week! My husband does a chapter a night. Sometimes I do one, others I do two. Each Monday there will be a discussion post with two questions provided by Stephanie and then the discussion post host will expand with any further thoughts they might have. There will also be a Twitter chat after we finish each book. The final Monday of the month is when you can all see my review of that month’s shadowhunter book.

So, let’s get to our #READshadowhunter Discussion Post!

 

There will be spoilers so do not read if you do not want to see them!

 

This week we only have one discussion question because this is sort of a two-in-one.

 

1. Jessamine’s betrayal to the London Institute it hard for them all. She was seduced by the human world Nate said he would provide for her. Do you think Jessamine was right at all in betraying the Institute for the life she wanted to live? Do you sympathize with Jessamine at all?

I understand that she was seduced by the dream life she wanted but no, I do not think it was right for her to betray the institute. As I’ve said before, being a shadowhunter is more than a job. It comes with an entire family so to speak. She was betraying not only the institute but those who have loved and cared for her for years. The same people who would risk their own lives for her. She was selfish, thinking of nobody but her self and her own desires.
Now on to the second part of this question…I do sympathize with her. I do not agree with her choice but I do understand why she made the decision she did. Jessamine is not happy at the institute, she feels no loyalty to it. Her entire life, she has dreamed of a normal…mundane life. The promise of such a life within reach would obviously make her do anything. She never had the chance before and now that she has it, she is willing to risk anything to take it. That is how desperate and alone she must feel. I feel sorry for her, sorry that she does not want this life and now she has been taken advantage of.
Let me pose this question…What would you have done on Jessamine’s position?

Further Thoughts

 

 

Since we can all see the confusion Tessa is facing with Will and Jem…

 

Who would you choose? Would you love the kind and caring Jem or the brave and rebellious Will? Why?

 

I know…very difficult choice. Let me know what you would choose! I’d love to know.

 

I want to talk about so many things but the review is coming next week and I am currently dealing with a house full of sick people so I have been crazy busy. I will say this, I am still happy to see more Magnus. He is such a well-developed character that I love seeing him transcend all of the books. Being a warlock, he has years of wisdom and it is refreshing to see him make mistakes but always stand strong for his belief of what is right. He is a character I can always rely on to bring a great story. Of course, I love seeing his romantic interests as well because how could you not love seeing Magnus happy?