Cover Characteristics (#15): Manga/Comic/Graphic Novels

Cover Characteristics is hosted by Sugar & Snark!

Each week we will post a characteristic and choose 5 of our favorite cover’s with that characteristic. If you want to join in and share your 5 favorite covers with the weeks particular characteristic, then just make a post, grab the meme picture (or make your own) and leave your URL in Linky (so we can visit).

You don’t even need to participate, just stopping by and saying hi would be great!

My 5 Favorite Manga/Comic/Graphic Novels Covers:

 

 

Waiting on Wednesday (#42): Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's eagerly anticipated release is:

Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices #3)
by Cassandra Clare
Expected publication: March 19th 2013 by Margaret K. McElderry Books

If the only way to save the world was to destroy what you loved most, would you do it?

The clock is ticking. Everyone must choose.

Passion. Power. Secrets. Enchantment.

Danger closes in around the Shadowhunters in the final installment of the bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy.

New CLOCKWORK PRINCESS Snippet

In this newest CLOCKWORK PRINCESS snippet, Will and Tessa go to Magnus for help in saving Jem.

“You do not want to help us,” Will said to Magnus. “You do not want to position yourself as an enemy of Mortmain’s.” 

“Well, can you blame him?” Woolsey rose in a whirl of yellow silk. 

“What could you possibly have to offer that would make the risk worth it to him?” 

“I will give you anything,” said Tessa in a low voice that Will felt in his bones. “Anything at all, if you can help us help Jem.” 

Magnus gripped a handful of his black hair. “God, the two of you. I can make inquiries. Track down some of the more unusual shipping routes. Old Molly —” 

“I’ve been to her,” Will said. “Something’s frightened her so badly she won’t even crawl out of her grave.” 

Woolsey snorted. “And that doesn’t tell you anything, little Shadowhunter? Is it really worth all this, just to stretch your friend’s life out another few months, another year? He will die anyway. And the sooner he dies, the sooner you can have his fiancée, the one you’re in love with.” He cut his amused gaze toward Tessa. “Really you ought to be counting down the days till he expires with great eagerness.”

New CLOCKWORK PRINCESS Snippet

Jem always said that Will rushed toward the end of a mission rather than proceeding in a measured manner, and that one must look at the next step on the path ahead, rather than the destination in the distance, or one would never reach one’s goal. Will closed his eyes for a moment. He knew that Jem was right, but it was hard to remember, when the goal that he sought was the girl that he loved.

New CLOCKWORK PRINCESS Snippet

Gabriel’s green eyes sought Will. “It was demon pox, wasn’t it? You know all about it, don’t you? Aren’t you some sort of expert?” 

"Well, you needn’t act as if I invented it,” said Will.

First CLOCKWORK PRINCESS Synopsis Revealed

Danger intensifies for the Shadowhunters as the New York Times bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy comes to a close. 

If the only way to save the world was to destroy what you loved most, would you do it?

The clock is ticking. Everyone must choose.

Passion. Power. Secrets. Enchantment.

Danger closes in around the Shadowhunters in the final installment of the bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy.

New CLOCKWORK PRINCESS Snippet

No one can say that death found in me a willing comrade, or that I went easily.

CLOCKWORK PRINCESS, the conclusion to THE INFERNAL DEVICES, will be released on March 19, 2013.

Cover Ogle (#22): The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare and HyeKyung Baek

 The cover for the manga version of Clockwork Angel was revealed today!!

I'm a HUGE manga fan. I've read a couple thousand volumes to date, but I'm not sure I've ever been more excited for a release than I am for this one.

Now for the big cover reveal...

And now here is the cover to The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel...

FEATURING WILL ON THE COVER!!

 

Yen Press will be releasing the manga October 30, 2012!!

Here is the synopsis:

A prequel to Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments series, the #1 New York Times-bestselling The Infernal Devices is the story of Tessa Gray, a sixteen-year-old American girl traveling alone to Victorian London who runs afoul of the city’s sordid supernatural underworld. Rescued by the Shadowhunters of the London Institute, Tessa quickly finds herself caught up in an intrigue that may very well destroy her new friends – including the two enigmatic young men, Jem and Will, who have taken her under their wing.

Cover Ogle (#20): ClockworkPrincess by Cassandra Clare

Want to see the cover of Clockwork Princess, the thrilling conclusion of Cassandra Clare’s THE INFERNAL DEVICES series?

You have the power!

The cover is hidden behind an ethereal veil that can only be removed by the magic of Twitter.

Every time you send a tweet with the hashtag #ClockworkPrincess, the strength of the veil will be diminished and the cover will be revealed one piece at a time!

 WE DID IT!!

HERE'S THE COVER FOR 

CLOCKWORK PRINCESS

FEATURING TESSA!!

In Clockwork Princess, Tessa and her companions travel all over the world as they race to stop the clockwork army before it’s too late. As Jem’s health worsens alarmingly and his friends search desperately for a cure, can Tessa choose between the two boys she loves—even if it means never seeing the other one again?

Clockwork Prince Chapter 9 "Fierce Midnight" Alternate Scene from Jem's POV

Jem’s knees gave out, and he sank to the trunk at the foot of his bed, still playing. He played Will breathing the name Cecily, and he played himself watching the glint of his own ring on Tessa’s hand on the train from York, knowing it was all a charade, knowing, too, that he wished that it wasn’t. He played the sorrow in Tessa’s eyes when she had come into the music room after Will had told her she would never have children. Unforgivable, that, what a thing to do, and yet Jem had forgiven him. Love was forgiveness, he had always believed that, and the things that Will did, he did out of some bottomless well of pain. Jem did not know the source of that pain, but he knew it existed and was real, knew it as he knew of the inevitability of his own death, knew it as he knew that he had fallen in love with Tessa Gray and that there was nothing he or anyone else could do about it.

SWOON Thursday (#11): Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

Hosted by YA Bound

From the book you’re currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON. What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering. Shout it out on Twitter with the hashtag #YABound, post it here in the comments, or grab the adorable button above and share it on your blog! We want to know :-)

Here's mine:

She stood still as his fingertips left her mouth and trailed a path down her throat, stopping at her pulse, slipping to the silk ribbon at her collar and pulling at one end of it; her eyelids fluttered half-closed as the bow came apart and his warm hand covered her bare collarbone. She remembered once, on the Main, how the ship had passed through a patch of strangely shining ocean, and how the Main had carved a path of fire through the water, trailing sparks in its wake. It was as if Will's hands did the same to her skin. She burned where he touched her, and could feel where his fingers had been even when they had moved on. His hands moved lightly but lower, over the bodice of her dress, following the curves of her breasts. Tessa gasped, even as his hands slid to grip her waist and draw her toward him, pulling their bodies together until there was not a millimeter of space between them.

-Clockwork Prince SWOON #YABound

The “Will meets Jem” Scene Snippet

Will’s fingers brushed the other boy’s as he took the weapon from Jem: it was the first time, Charlotte thought, that she had ever seen him touch any other person willingly.

I can't wait until we get to read the full scene! Who else is looking forward to it?

Clockwork Princess Scene Revealed for Valentine's Day

“And that is it?” Jem said. “That is the whole of it? The truth?”

He was sitting at his desk, one of his legs bent up on the chair beneath him; he looked very young. His violin was propped against the side of the chair. He had been playing it when Will had come in and, without preamble, announced that now was the end of pretense: Will had a confession to make, and he meant to make it now.

That had been the end of the music: Jem laying his violin down with a startled look and leaning back, tensed as if he were readying himself for whatever Will might throw at him.

“That is all of it,” said Will, who had been pacing back and forth as he spoke, and had only now paused to look at Jem. “And I do not blame you if you hate me. I could understand it.”
There was a long pause. Jem’s gaze was steady on his face, steady and silver in the wavering light of the fire.“I could never hate you, William.”

Will’s guts contracted as he saw another face, a pair of steady blue-gray eyes looking up at his. “I could never hate you Will, no matter how hard I tried,” she had said.

In that moment he was painfully aware that what he had told Jem was not “the whole of it.” There was more truth. There was his love for Tessa. But it was his burden to bear, not Jem’s. It was something that must be hidden for Jem to be happy. “I deserve it,” Will said, his voice cracking. “I put you in danger. I believed I was cursed that all who cared for me would die; I let myself care for you, and let you be a brother to me, risking the danger to you —”

“There was no danger.”

“But I believed there was. If I held a pistol to your head, James, and pulled the trigger, would it really matter if I did not know that there were no bullets in the chambers?”

Jem’s eyes widened, and then he laughed, a soft laugh. “Did you think I did not know you had a secret?” he said. “Did you think I walked into my friendship with you with my eyes shut? I did not know the nature of the burden you carried. But I knew there was a burden.” He stood up. “I knew you thought yourself poison to all those around you,” he added. “I knew you thought there to be some corruptive force about you that would break me. I meant to show you that I would not break. That love was not so fragile. Did I do that?”

Will shrugged once, helplessly. He had almost wished Jem would be angry with him. It would be easier. “You saved my life.”

A smile spread across Jem’s face, as brilliant as the sunrise breaking over the Thames. “That is all I ever wanted.”

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Teaser Tuesday (#10): Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: 

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teaser (since it's Valentine's Day, here's a steamy teaser):

His mouth was soft and firm; one of his hands circled the back of her neck gently, guiding her mouth to his. With the other hand he cupped her face, running his thumb gently across her cheekbone.

- Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare, Page 202

SWOON Thursday (#7): Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

Hosted by YA Bound

From the book you’re currently reading, or one you just finished, tell us what made you SWOON. What got your heart pounding, your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering. Shout it out on Twitter with the hashtag #YABound, post it here in the comments, or grab the adorable button above and share it on your blog! We want to know :-)

Here's mine (it's a double-feature this week)

(Will SWOON):

For a moment their mouths pressed hotly together, Will's free hand tangling in her hair. Tessa gasped when his arms pulled her hard against him. She put her hands lightly around his neck; his skin was burning hot to the touch. Through the thin wet material of his shirt, she could feel the muscles of his shoulders, hard and smooth.
- Clockwork Angel SWOON #YABound

(Jem SWOON):

He did something that surprised her then, and took her hand, turning it over. She looked down at it, at her bitten fingernails, the still-healing scratches along the backs of her fingers.

He kissed the back of it, just a light touch of his mouth, and his hair--as soft and light as silk--brushed her wrist as he lowered his head. She felt a shock go through her, strong enough to startle her, and she stood speechless as he straightened, his mouth curving into a smile.
-Clockwork Angel SWOON #YABound

Teaser Tuesday (#6): Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teaser:

His heart sank immediately. The doors were open. Wide open, as if inviting in the night. It was strictly against Covenant Law to leave the doors of an Institute standing ajar. He had been correct; something was terribly wrong.

- Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare, Page 429

Third Sentence Thursday (#2): Clockwork Angel

 

Third Sentence Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Proud Book Nerd

1. Take the book you are currently reading and post the third sentence.
2. Share your thoughts on the sentence.
3. Post a link to your blog post in the link list below. Don’t forget to link back here, too! If you don’t have a blog, just leave it in the comments here.
4. Visit one or two of the other blogs to check out their third sentence.

Here's mine:

The viscous acid of the demon's blood had already begun to eat away at the shining blade. 

- Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

Well, it's obvious that someone was either fighting a demon or saw someone fighting a demon, and that someone won. Now the blade is being destroyed by the demon's acidic blood. If you read the first two lines first the person fighting is Will Herondale and he's the won who just killed the demon but didn't pulled the dagger out before it got all yucky.