Clockwork Prince

I read Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare. It is a sequel to Clockwork angel. It centers around a young woman named Tessa Gray and two demon hunters, called Shadowhunters or Nephilim. In the Nephilim, they have a sacred pact. When to people become partners, or Parabarti, they are closer than brothers, two halves of the same person. Two of the main characters, Will and Jem, are Parabarti. Jem is dying of an affliction that will  kill him in 2 years, and for all his life, Will thought he had a curse which stated anyone who loved him would die, but he recently found out it was all a lie. They are both in love with Tessa Gray.

 Who deserves to have her? A man who has lived his whole life without love or a man who will soon loose his life? Can one even have her without hurting his Parabarti, his dearest friend and brother? It is not the shallow love triangle it first seems, but a moral dilemma. Do we give the dying their wishes, when they are dying anyway? Or do we give it to those who have only just found they have a chance for happiness, and can enjoy it all the more? Do we reward those  have been faithful to their dying days or do we spurn them for those who have only just shown interest? This is a tale of morality and mortality that has been told throughout the ages.