Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

Lady Midnight (Dark Artifices, #1)

by Cassandra Clare

The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in Lady Midnight, the first novel in Cassandra Clare's newest series, THE DARK ARTIFICES, a sequel to the internationally bestselling MORTAL INSTRUMENTS series.

It's been five years since the events of City of Heavenly Firethat brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion. Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning, but a young woman bent on discovering what killed her parents and avenging her losses.

Together with her parabatai 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.

Reviewed by Chelsea on

3 of 5 stars

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Quick Thoughts
1. Not bad for a continuation of a very long series. I am getting a little bored of the same world though.
2. I liked these new characters but they felt almost the same as our old ones. Part of me wishes we didn't see our old characters at all in this series.
3. The plot was the best part. It was a little mysterious and it was fun trying to figure out some of the riddles.
4. I'll probably continue on with the series but if we don't see some different things happen then I'll most likely get bored and stop.
5. I find Cassandra Clare's writing never gets any better. I found there were A LOT of really awkward lines that really had no purpose in the book. We saw it with the condom line in CoHF and we see that same awkwardness here in this book.

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