Genre:
Young Adult
Paranormal/Fantasy Romance
Action/Adventure
Series:
The Dark Artifices, #1
Publish Date:
March 8, 2016
Audiobook Release:
March 8, 2026
Publisher:
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Narrated by:
Morena Baccarin
Synopsis:
The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in the first 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 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.
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The Dark Artifices series:
(covers link to Goodreads)
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**About the Author**
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Cassandra Clare was born to American parents in Teheran, Iran and spent much of her childhood travelling the world with her family, including one trek through the Himalayas as a toddler where she spent a month living in her father’s backpack. She lived in France, England and Switzerland before she was ten years old.
Since her family moved around so much she found familiarity in books and went everywhere with a book under her arm. She spent her high school years in Los Angeles where she used to write stories to amuse her classmates, including an epic novel called “The Beautiful Cassandra” based on a Jane Austen short story of the same name (and which later inspired her current pen name).
After college, Cassie lived in Los Angeles and New York where she worked at various entertainment magazines and even some rather suspect tabloids where she reported on Brad and Angelina’s world travels and Britney Spears’ wardrobe malfunctions. She started working on her YA novel, City of Bones, in 2004, inspired by the urban landscape of Manhattan, her favourite city. She turned to writing fantasy fiction full time in 2006 and hopes never to have to write about Paris Hilton again.
Cassie’s first professional writing sale was a short story called “The Girl’s Guide to Defeating the Dark Lord” in a Baen anthology of humor fantasy. Cassie hates working at home alone because she always gets distracted by reality TV shows and the antics of her cats, so she usually sets out to write in local coffee shops and restaurants. She likes to work in the company of her friends, who see that she sticks to her deadlines.
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***My Thoughts***
Note: This Review contains NO spoilers
So, I am working on my TBR list, and I finally got Lady Midnight crossed off my list...Haha!
Cassandra Clare still does not disappoint in bringing a gripping and dramatic story to life within the pages. Lady Midnight is just another emotionally charged story in the world of the Shadowhunters. Although this the first book in the The Dark Artifices series, many characters from other series within the Shadowhunter universe plays a part in bringing the story together.
This was absolutely a fantastic read! Moreover, I listened to the audiobook. The book was narrated by the amazing Morena Baccarin! Oh my wow! I thought she did a wonderful job in voicing characters. She brought these characters to life!
Lady Midnight was filled with secrecy, mystery, action, and adventure. Cassandra Clare's characters and story were well developed, complex, and diverse giving that powerful and riveting drama of these young characters. This was such an engrossing read! Can't wait to get into book 2, Lord of Shadows and continue the ongoing saga of these characters!
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