Lady Midnight
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4.6 • 140 Ratings
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in this #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling novel in Cassandra Clare’s newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. Lady Midnight is a Shadowhunters novel.
It’s been five years since the events of City of Heavenly Fire that brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion. Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning, but a young woman bent on discovering who killed her parents and avenging her losses.
Together with her battle partner Julian Blackthorn, Emma must learn to trust her head and her heart as she investigates a demonic plot that stretches across Los Angeles, from the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica. If only her heart didn’t lead her in treacherous directions…
Making things even more complicated, Julian’s brother Mark—who was captured by the faeries five years ago—has been returned as a bargaining chip. The faeries are desperate to find out who is murdering their kind—and they need the Shadowhunters’ help to do it. But time works differently in faerie, so Mark has barely aged and doesn’t recognize his family. Can he ever truly return to them? Will the faeries really allow it?
Glitz, glamours, and Shadowhunters abound in this heartrending opening to Cassandra Clare’s Dark Artifices series.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The first book in a new series by the author of the Mortal Instruments books follows the Shadowhunters to Los Angeles. We enjoyed reconnecting with familiar characters Emma Carstairs and Julian Blackthorn, who are now teenagers and parabatai (a.k.a. battle partners). Cassandra Clare introduces us to the alluring Blackthorn family and has a wonderful time putting a supernatural twist on the real-life urban and beach settings of her California hometown. We loved getting wrapped up in the mystery of who killed Emma’s parents—and the romance of the two protagonists’ forbidden love.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Clare returns to her Shadowhunters world with this enjoyable if drawn-out tale. Set in contemporary Los Angeles, it centers on Emma Carstairs, a Shadowhunter adopted by members of the Blackthorn family who, like her, were orphaned in the Dark War five years earlier. Emma has become parabatai or sworn companion to Julian, the oldest Blackthorn boy living at the local Institute, where Shadowhunters live and train. When humans and faeries start turning up dead, covered in mysterious runes like those found on the bodies of Emma's parents, she and Julian investigate, accompanied by Julian's disoriented older brother Mark, recently returned after having been stolen by the faeries years before. Having been gradually revealed in nine previous novels, the Shadowhunter universe is complex, jargon-rich, and a bit unwieldy, but Clare's well-developed protagonists (each a fragile combination of heroic warrior and teenage neurotic), pell-mell action sequences, complicated family dynamics, and fascinating magic system continue to engage. This first volume in the Dark Artifices trilogy should easily please Clare's existing fans, but newcomers will want to begin with the Mortal Instruments. Ages 14 up.
Customer Reviews
I can't wait to read it
I don't know why some people are hating this book. Yes I know she writes a lot of books in the same world but its Cassandra we're talking about she'll do great
Amazing
Such a good book. Dark but awesome
Wonderful!!!
I loved this book very much! I love all of Cassandra Clare’s books and refuse to choose a favourite, but this one is definitely in my top three. And coming from me that’s high praise! This book and all of the Shadowhunter novels are wonderful! This book is a must read for Shadowhunter fans!