Even though it's the same world, it is so unbelievably different from anything I've read from Cassie before. All 1,000 copies are signed by Cassandra Clare herself and the cover features a design of Enkeli runes. Alongside her parabatai , Julian Blackthorn , she patrols Los Angeles, where vampires party and faeries – the most powerful of supernatural creatures – teeter on the edge of war with Shadowhunters. If she really just wanted more money, she wouldn't work so hard on all of this beautiful material she's creating for US. Overall, this is one of the best things I’ve read all year and I am so damn thankful that I read all those other books to get to this one.

With her parabatai Julian Blackthorn, she patrols the streets of a secret Los Angeles where vampires party on the Sunset Strip, and faeries teeter on the edge of open war with Shadowhunters. Well, apparently when the pair of parabatai fall in love, their runes become even more powerful because…. I always like gay/yaoi romances here and there, but OMG how can this certain someone think this faerie guy truly loves him because the faerie has been tender to him! Glitz, glamours, and Shadowhunters abound in this heartrending opening to Cassandra Clare's Dark Artifices series, a sequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. Every time I opened the pages of the book, I'd get sucked in and minutes would turn into hours until I was completely lost exploring around another world whether that was in the boot of the car with Julian bleeding out and Emma by his side or in the Institute with the whole Blackthorn family.There's so much left that I want to talk about, but I'm going to leave those things for my video review, which will come soon to my channel! i'm shell-shocked by cassandra clare's improvement in writing, world building, character development, EVERYTHING. I know I left a lot of things out in this review but it’d take me forever to tell you about every single thing I hated. 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 LA, from the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica.

i remember being so bored throughout the entire book because everything was so drawn-out and slow; i felt actually exhausted at the thought of having to get through 600+ pages of it. From the creator of the Mortal Instruments series and Infernal Devices trilogy comes this epic first instalment of the author’s highly anticipated The Dark Artifices series.

one of the conflicts of the story follows family relationships and the like, which i LOVE because i feel like there's more to YA drama than romance and monsters; LADY MIDNIGHT has all three!