CP answers … and spoilers!

When Cecily comes to the Institute, will she tell Tessa to stay away from Will or be mad at her for breaking his heart? And from snippets we’ve seen Jem treats Cecily like a little sister so does that mean no romance for them? 

1) Well, Tessa is already staying away from Will. It’s not as if she decides that the solution to their problem is for her to spend a lot of quality time with him — some problems you can’t fix, so she gives him space. I am not sure you can yell at someone to do something they’re doing anyway, unless Cecily expects Tessa to move back to America.

2) Is she mad at Tessa for breaking Will’s heart? I’m a little wary here. I think there’s a lot of readerly anger toward Tessa for hurting Will, which is emotionally valid, but within the logistics of the story is maybe not so much so in terms of other characters’ views on the situation. I’ve seen people say that a girl that breaks boys’ hearts is a bad person, but if two boys walk up to you and go “We both love you. Say yes to one of us. The other one will be heartbroken” your options are 1) break someone’s heart 2) blow your own head off with a shotgun. Not to say that Tessa never makes mistakes, but ladies get a lot of dressing-downs in books — from men, from other women, for behavior men never get blamed for; I try to save the dressing-downs for when they’re either really needed or revelatory about the situation somehow.

2) Cecily is Will’s sister, which would in a lot of ways naturally put her on Will’s side, but she’s also someone Will left; she’s missed him for years and she wants to know why he ran away from home. She has all sorts of issues of trust. For me Will is a very interesting topic for Tessa and Cecily to talk about as they doubtless both have revelations for each other.

3) Jem and Cecily: I believe everything I’ve posted has been from the beginning of the book so it’s hard to say how their relationship plays out over the whole thing. You know I hate to squash a theory. :D
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