A Secret Masquerade

Even if you dont see me, I'll be there...
        I'm still on Clockwork Princeby Cassandra Clare and still loving the book.  I really like Clare's word choice and how she describes things such as the rain on page 178 when she writes "great, icy drops that tasted of cahrcoal and silt." and that it- the rain in London- had a "needlelike sting" to it, and compared it to the rain in the countryside and the "green fresh taste of it, the way it felt to roll over and over down a damp hillside, getting grass in your hair and clothes.  You think of different scenes in each.
       So, Tessa has kissed Jem now.  But still maybe likes Will, so... there's that.  And then Sophie and she have seen Jessamine leaving her room at night dressed as a boy and then Sophie catches her with a masquerade ball invitation that is pretty secret and held by Mr. Lightwood.  Nate, Tessa's brother is apparently back, and Jessamine is his lover because he wrote her a note on the back of the invite with what dress to wear and called her "Jessie" in the note, very informal for a gentlemen then.  So, since they had the invite and Sophie knocked out Jessamine, Tessa is Changing into Jessamine for the night and going to the ball with Will, who will be hiding in the shadows, but will be there for her when she needs him. Tessa has to pretend to be her brother's lover... weird right? So she goes and Changes and gets all dolled up and then walks out and her and Will are picture perfect contrast in their get ups.  She, as Jessamine, has blonde hair which contrasts with Will's dark hair and her white dress and gold domino half mask that is sharp contrast with his black suit and mask.   Some things go down at the dance about what Tessa may be that you will just have to read the book to find out.  I'm not gonna spoil the book.  So then she and Will kiss on the balcony when she Changes back on accident.  But it was probably because of a drug in a drink? Ya right but whatever, I think it just made them show wha they really fell but that's just me:)
       After the ball, Will chases the demon that cursed him and gets his tooth stuck in his arm and acts a little weird, which Magnus finds might be a coincidence, might not be one.  Then Jessmaine is sent to the Silent City so that the people there can try and figure out what she knows besides what she told Charlotte and them all in her room when she woke.  Right now, Jem and Tess have gone there to convince her to write a note to Nate, asking to meet him, and Tess will Change into her and dress in boy's clothes and go meet him, and catch him.  Also, Sophie and Gideon Lightwood might have a "thing" going on between them, but maybe not, according to Sophie.
      I really like this book and can't wait to finish it.  What is Tessa? Jem or Will? Nate and Jessmaine... together forever? I'll just have to find out.


Reading times:
9/11/12: 9 minutes, 9 pages
9/13/12: 10 minutes, 10 pages
9/14/12: 17 minutes, 12 pages
9/16/12: 120 minutes, 77 pages