RATING: ✖✖✖✖
A thrilling extension of the Shadowhunter universe, we follow the Los Angeles Institute as they grapple with Shadowhunter law, the faeries running amok in L.A and the feelings that start to intensify between them. A terrific read for fans of Cassandra Clare’s work, and for anyone looking for exciting YA Fantasy without the stuffy, forced romance or overpowered MCs.
SYNOPSIS: In a secret world where half-angel warriors are sworn to fight
demons, parabatai is a sacred word.
A parabatai is your partner in battle. A parabatai is your best friend. Parabatai can be everything to each other—but they can never fall in love.
Emma Carstairs is a warrior, a Shadowhunter, and the best in her generation. She lives for battle. Shoulder to shoulder with her parabatai, Julian Blackthorn, she patrols the streets of Los Angeles, where vampires party on the Sunset Strip, and faeries—the most powerful of supernatural creatures—teeter on the edge of open war with Shadowhunters. When the bodies of humans and faeries turn up murdered in the same way Emma’s parents were when she was a child, an uneasy alliance is formed. This is Emma’s chance for revenge—and Julian’s chance to get back his brother Mark, who is being held prisoner by the faerie Courts. All Emma, Mark, and Julian have to do is solve the murders within two weeks…and before the murderer targets them.
Their search takes Emma from sea caves full of sorcery to a dark lottery where death is dispensed. And each clue she unravels uncovers more secrets. What has Julian been hiding from her all these years? Why does Shadowhunter Law forbid parabatai to fall in love? Who really killed her parents—and can she bear to know the truth?
Hey! I’m back – with another review! So, Lady Midnight is the first book in an upcoming trilogy (I think it’s a trilogy, since that’s what it’s listed as on Goodreads.) anywho, for Christmas Santa dropped by with a copy of this book, which made me very excited as it’s been on my TBR ever since it was announced. As someone who devoured pretty much all of Cassie Clare’s books when I was but a mere tween’, I was happy to get back in the Shadowhunter universe.
I have to admit I didn’t remember all of it since it has been a hot minute since I last engrossed myself in these books, and there were some cameos from old characters that were supposed to make me jump out of my seat and positively shriek with delight, but unfortunately, that didn’t happen as I don’t quite remember them with the same tornado of delight as I would’ve done if I had read this a few years back. Unsurprising unemotional cameos aside, I devoured this book in seven hours a day which is proof as to how enjoyable it is – with that said, let’s hop into the review!
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