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chloejen's review against another edition
5.0
snoopydoo77's review against another edition
5.0
Okay, where to start other than saying I loved the book? If you have not read any of the previous books in the Shadowhunters world and don’t want to be spoiled I recommend to you read them first. Plus some things will make more sense if you read them.
I must admit while I have read and loved The Infernal Devices Trilogy I have only read the first three books in The Mortal Instruments which I also enjoyed but yet have to read the last three books. But thanks to the internet I know how it all ends, so I decided to finally start Lady Midnight which I had sitting on my shelve for some time now.
Now to Lady Midnight. I loved this book and I think it is my favorite book in the shadowhunters word I’ve read so far. Though The Infernal Devices are a close second.
In this book we meet the Blackthrons and Emma Carstairs. I really enjoyed them all. Julian seems all broody but really he has a soft heart and once you get to know it all it all makes sense. He has a lot to carry on his shoulders. Mark, I was not really sure for some time where he stands but I did like him a lot. I also enjoyed all the other kids in the family each had their own quirks and strengths. I look forward getting them to know more about them.
The Blackthorns are not having it easy, not at all. It seems at first all is going smooth but the deeper we go in the more we see the flaws and the struggle, which made me love them even more. With them comes Emma who lost her parents in the dark war and now lives with the Blackthorns and is also Julian’s parabatai which comes with its own little difficulties as she is also in love with him. But as we know it is forbidden for parabatais to be lovers. "The Law is hard, but it is the Law."
We also meet Christina and Perfect Diego, both I liked very much and can’t wait to see more of. It would not be complete without some fair fold and a warlock both are pretty important as always to the story and both are scary, yet exciting to read.
We also get to see some people we met and loved in both The Infernal Devices and The Mortal Instruments. Which was so great and written into this story perfectly. It was great to see them but even better to see them happy.
This book was a total emotional roller coaster ride and nonstop action. Plus we get some pretty wicked plot twists throughput the book. Every time I thought I had it figured out I was thrown a curveball.
Overall I loved this book and I can’t say much more without spoiling it so I just leave it at that. If you are a Cassandra Clare fan, than this book is a must read.
I rate this book a full 5 ★ and will start book two tonight .
Some of my favorite quotes:
“There was beauty in the idea of freedom, but it was an illusion. Every human heart was chained by love.”
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“Lex malla, lex nulla. A bad law is no law.”
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“Everyone is more than one thing,” said Kieran. “We are more than single actions we undertake, whether they be good or evil.”
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“Laws are meaningless, child. There is nothing more important than love. And no law higher.”
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“When you love someone, they become a part of who you are. They’re in everything you do. They’re in the air you breathe and the water you drink and the blood in your veins. Their touch stays on your skin and their voice stays in your ears and their thoughts stay in your mind. You know their dreams because their nightmares pierce your heart and their good dreams are your dreams too. And you don’t think they’re perfect, but you know their flaws, the deep-down truth of them, and the shadows of all their secrets, and they don’t frighten you away; in fact you love them more for it, because you don’t want perfect. You want them.”
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“Heros aren't always the ones who win. They're the ones who lose, sometimes. But they keep fighting, they keep coming back. They don't give up. That's what makes them heroes.”
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enerinaz's review against another edition
5.0
itslorei's review against another edition
5.0
The flow was good and it makes ne eager to read more. Emma and Julian, i already somehow predicted that something will happen to them especially 'that thing'. Emma was impulsive in my opinion. She's strong and a girl version of jace. Julian. Oh Julian. I thought that he was like a nerdy boy but when I get to read more, he was kind of scaring me. Really scaring me like i thought that he will betray them but no.
About Malcolm. I didn't expect him to be him. At first i really thought that Emma was the Lady Midnight but she wasn't.
I can't put it into words the feeling i am feeling. Its just so .....
By the way, i am currently reading lord if shadows and stopped to wait the third book.
I remember having second thougts with this book but I still did bought it and read it after a month of purchasing it.
I was so surprised how the book turned out, like Cassandra really did improve a lot since City of Bones. The writing was way better than ever and I thought that, "This book is definitely her best book." (TDA is definitely her best books
blindlyadoringlymadly's review against another edition
5.0
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lanalewis0's review against another edition
4.0
[b:Lady Midnight|25494343|Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices, #1)|Cassandra Clare|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1460477682l/25494343._SY75_.jpg|19104294] by [a:Cassandra Clare|150038|Cassandra Clare|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1689347318p2/150038.jpg] is about a shadowhunter named emma carstairs and her parabatai, julian blackthorn. they both have lost their parents, so they look out for eachother. emma refuses to believe that sebastian morgenstern killed her parents, and she's going to find out who did. the only problem is, theres no leads, and it's been five entire years. but suddenly, theres dark magic sprouting up in different areas, and emma is going to find out what is going on. especially when she realizes the next body that was dropped has the same carved runes in their skins that her mom and dad had in theirs when they were found.
throughout the book, mulitple love stories are unfolding. one of the most important ones being julian and emmas love story. but according to the clave, parabatai cannot fall in love, or they will be stripped of their marks and exiled as shadowhunters. the law is hard, but it is the law. unfortunately, they fall in love anyway. but emma knows it will ruin julians life, and perhaps take away his siblings from him, and emma cannot allow that. towards the end, emma tells julian that they cannot be together, and she can feel his heart breaking as she tells him. she tells his older brother mark that she wants to pretend to be in love with him, and he agrees.
“i love you, julian blackthorn. i love you more than starlight.”
the relationships in the book are so well-developed that i believed that they were genuinely real people. i fell in love with the relationship between ty and livvy, two twins. i wanted so much more between them two. i wanted them to become parabatai so bad. :(
lets talk about cristina and diego????? so much that wasn't unpacked in that book!!! the angst, the tension, the KISS?!?!? absolutely blown away. insane chemistry between the two.. they had me kicking my feet and screaming at every scene with them two in it. it was so well-writen. diego loves tina so much, i can already tell. i wish we got more than the 200ish pages we got of them because they make my heart hurt in a good way.
“he can touch your soul. and there is a difference between having your heart break and having your soul shatter.”
the quotes in this book are so so so so SO gorgeous. i just love cassandra's writing, i've loved it for almost two years now. i hold her so dear in my heart. now i'm gonna drop some more of my fav quotes. <3
“when you love someone, they become a part of who you are. they’re in everything you do. they’re in the air you breathe and the water you drink and the blood in your veins. their touch stays on your skin and their voice stays in your ears and their thoughts stay in your mind. you know their dreams because their nightmares pierce your heart and their good dreams are your dreams too. and you don’t think they’re perfect, but you know their flaws, the deep-down truth of them, and the shadows of all their secrets, and they don’t frighten you away; in fact you love them more for it, because you don’t want perfect. you want them.”
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“there was beauty in the idea of freedom, but it was an illusion. every human heart was chained by love.”
<3
“these pictures are my heart. and if my heart was a canvas, every square inch of it would be painted over with you.”
overall, this book was a four star. i loved it! the only criticism i could give it would be that i feel as though malcoms story was so underrated. he honestly didn't deserve what happened to him in the beginning. :/ like i feel like we should have deep-dived into him more. other than that, i think this book was so good.
andreamariee4's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
b1ue_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0