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A review by lanalewis0
Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
4.0
“no one is ever the villain of their own story.”
[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.”
<3
“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.
[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.”
<3
“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.