Lady Midnight
Hey, guys. Today I’m going to be sharing my thoughts, opinions and feelings on Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare. This is the first book in a new Cassandra Clare trilogy set in the Shadow Hunter world called The Dark Artifices. And we follow characters Emma and Julian, who are a part of the Los Angeles Institute, and we follow them as they try to figure out who’s behind all the mysterious murders that are taking place. BTW, you can listen to the audio version here.
Obviously, that’s just a general idea as to what’s going on with this book. I don’t want to give too many details because I prefer to go with Cassandra Clare’s books without knowing too much about them. As with every Cassandra Clare book, there’s loads of stuff that goes on throughout this book, but those are things that I would love to discover for yourself.
Something specific that I truly loved about this book was the fact that our main protagonist already was aware of the shadow Hunter world. We don’t have a protagonist who is discovering the world firsthand. We had that in Cassandra Clare’s last two series, Cleary with the Mortal Instruments and Tessa with the Infernal Devices. Both of those characters hadn’t been exposed to the Shadow Hunter world, and so they kind of had to learn everything.
But our main character in this book, Emma, knows the shadow world, like the back of her hand. And that was just such a super refreshing perspective. And it was also nice to just kind of be thrown into the story and not have to really learn anything new about the shadow Hunter world. But there are some different things that have happened since the moral instruments left off.
We got some new runes and we also just had this new setting, which was also really refreshing being in the Los Angeles Institute. I found this to be the strongest first book in a series when it comes to Cassandra Claire’s book, It was Stronger than City of Bones and Stronger than Clockwork Angel, and I really appreciated that. You can really tell that she’s grown as a writer, and that just makes me super happy because I can only imagine how good this trilogy is going to turn out to be.
It’s probably going to rip us all apart into a million pieces, though, with all the feels. But either way, I’m super pumped for this trilogy. This first book was amazing and I can’t wait for the rest of the books. That’s all I’m going to say. When it comes to non spoilery thoughts, I’m not going to be jumping into a spoilery section.
So if you have not read Lady Midnight, you should go read it and check it out. If you have read Lady Midnight, then let’s discuss this sucker. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Time to talk about Lady Evil in time to talk about Lady Midnight. So we start our journey off in Lady Midnight, in this super sketchy shadow market, we meet Johnny Rook and Kate.
my gosh, Kate. I’ll get to that later. But. my gosh, How did I not see that coming? How in the world did I miss that? How, how, how, how did I not make that connection? I don’t know. As you can see, I’m still reeling over that reveal. Emma comes over to Mr. Rookie Cookie to get some information from him regarding all the mysterious murders that are taking place.
And he tells her that the bodies have been covered in writing, just like the writing on her parent’s body. And we end this little section with Johnny telling Kate that he’s his biggest secret. How did I not see the ending coming? How did I not make connections here? How how in my stupid or something? Cassandra Clare is literally handing it to my eyeballs.
How come I didn’t catch on? So we jump to a scene with Emma and Christina at a party, and Emma is ending things with her boo at Mr. Cameron Ashdown. I find it really interesting that we only see Cameron through the phone in this book. We don’t see him in the flesh. We don’t ever see that boy in the flesh.
We only see him through the phone. Yeah, you call me on my cell phone. Anyways, Emma is dumping that boy over the phone. snap. Kids, These days in their technology. Right? Well, how Emma reveals that she wasn’t even planning on breaking up with him. I wasn’t planning on dumping Cameron. We were here, and he called, and his face came up on my phone.
Well, actually, a llama came up on my phone because I didn’t have a picture of him, so I just used a llama. And the llama may be so angry, I just couldn’t help myself that time to be a llama. Is it ever a good time? Really? We learned that Julian has been in England for two months and that he’s coming home.
So Emma’s at the place where Mr. Rook Dunkirk told them where the next murder was expected to be. Something that I loved about Emma was seeing how rebellious she was and how she’s just going completely against the Clave without any fear. When they told her just to accept what had happened to her parents, she was like, Nah, I’m not.
Take this into my own hands and do my own thing and figure this all out. And I just loved her. Thoughts on the law of the Cold Peace. The law is annoying, but it’s flexible. So Emma ends up going against some faith and ends up racing after him and steps on a dang dead body. Now I would have shrieked at the sky, opening the gates of heaven.
But of course images are chill. It’s like whatever. I just stepped on a dead body. No big deal. Just another dead body. Another day on the job. Anyway, the body is covered in writing, just like most parents. The black to make it back to the institute. I really wish we would have seen Eileen and Helen in this book.
I know that we kind of see them briefly, but it’s through technology again. I wanted to see them back at the institute. It was really sweet learning that year after year, Julian had been writing to the Clave, petitioning to let his sister come back and live at the Institute. But the Clave can’t resist because the Clave is the worst.
And they’re excuses always because Helen needs to be studying the words. Okay. Yeah, we totally believe you. It was so interesting seeing the dynamic between Emma and Jules because obviously they’re secretly in love and I feel like just in general, they do things that most para battye wouldn’t do. I mean, I doubt that most parents sleep in the same bed sometimes.
I love learning a little bit about Clary and what she’s up to now and how she had created some new runes one for breathing underwater, one for running long distances. And you know that one rune for birth control. Leave it to Clary to create a room like that. Jules and Emma decided that they really want to get to the bottom of the murders that are taking place and kind of figure out who’s the murderer.
And they want to become heroes. Look at what the cleaved it for. Simon and for Magnus. And Alec, when you’re a hero, they’ll do a lot for you. So are we thinking they want to become heroes so that they can get rid of the fact that they’re poor? Beti A I really liked Malcolm. When we first met him, I was just like, this will be the Magnus of the series.
I’m super excited about that. By the Angel was I wrong? I freaked when the vampire delivered that pizza and he was wearing that TMI shirt. I was just like, Jess the Bears. I lost my chill there for a second over something so little. I loved learning that Jim had brought church over to the L.A. Institute. That cat and enough everywhere.
Church has seen it all. Jules is acting kind of strange at the beginning portion of this book, so I knew that something was going on. I don’t know if it was his feelings for Emma getting the best of hands. He dropped some bombs on Emma that are just like, Whoa, Did you just say that things like, I don’t think I would have wanted to be your of a tie, which is probably something that he shouldn’t have said without explaining himself.
But, you know, Shadowhunters, terrible communication. So we’ve got some theta come to the Institute for Possible Partnership. On one hand, I still feel really bad for the FE, but on the other hand I still don’t know how trustworthy they are. They definitely don’t have that great of a track record. So I don’t know if it’s the smartest idea to be making deals with them, but of course the partnership ends up happening.
They’ve translated some of the markings and the only way that they will reveal what they have translated is that they partner up so they make a deal with the faith. And part of the deal is to get Mark back to the institute, which I was kind of nervous about because I wasn’t sure what Mark was going to be like.
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So they get Mark back and they get the first line translated and it’s simply fire to water. It was really sad at first seeing how Mark just didn’t remember anyone, especially when we see his struggle in Shadowhunters Academy to kind of cling on to who he is to. The crew meets up with Malcolm and he’s already got company at his house.
They’re movie producers and they want me to cast a spell to ensure the success of their new release. But it looks terrible. Is this Cassie throwing shade at the television show? I don’t know if it is, but if it is, I’m living for it. Freakin Magnus Bane pops up out of nowhere, and it was nice seeing him for a split second.
So they’re having Malcolm kind of help them figure out the markings, which in the end is is not a good idea. I love the fact that Jules almost gets him and Emma and a wreck. Just to say to Emma that you, being my parents, I is the best thing that’s ever happened to me. Just make up your mind, Jules, because at this point, you’re hot.
Then you’re cold. You’re. Yes. Then you’re. No, you’re. And then you’re out, etc., etc., etc.. It was really nice kind of seeing Mark start to piece everything together and make sense of everything. Mark and Emma go to the convergence and Mark refuses to have Jules join them, which was just a little bit weird. In fact, Mark and Julian’s whole relationship throughout this book was just really strange.
Emma and Mark fly on the motorcycle and it just gives Emma life and I loved seeing that. Then we’ve got this in attack, boom, boom, slice, fly and Shazam! Julian pops up, they find a dead body, and I think it was in the pool. If I remember correctly. And the dead body is missing its hands, which was just a little bit creepy.
And then boom, they were attacked. For some reason, my first thought was, no, Mark is turning on them. He’s gone mad. But that wasn’t the case. And Jules had been shot. Dun, dun dun. And he’d rip the arrow out and it caused a burning sensation throughout his body. It was basically trying everything and nothing is working. And they call over to Silent Rose.
They’re going to be in trouble. I love the fact that in that moment Jules decides to bring up the fact that he thinks something’s going on between Emma and Mark. something’s going on between you and Mark, isn’t it? There’s something going on between you two. You love each other. Is this really the right time to be doing that, Jules?
No, it’s not. So it was really interesting how Emma was able to kill him, and I still don’t really understand how it all worked. I don’t know. It just kind of went a little bit over my head. Our little fake warrior, Karen, shows up to the institute, and it’s revealed that he and Mark had a little thing eating a snap scandalous.
And they have a little kiss, the kissing moment, and they’re caught by Chrissy. We’re see, I don’t know why I keep trying to write me why me? But I’m going to stop you Sharpie. It’s Olivia and tie her translated the markings from the cave. But our love, it was stronger by far than the love of those who are older than me, of many far wiser than we.
And neither the angels in heaven above nor the demons down under the sea can ever discover my soul from the soul of the beautiful. Annabel Leigh, Annabella Lady Midnight. nobody snap. Malcolm reveals that whatever Emma did to bring Jules back should have been impossible. And that Jules should be dead. Daddy dead. So we’ve got the lottery. Everybody’s getting all dressed.
Fancy, fancy schmancy, good ole, lovable little mark just comes out and nothing but a fur coat his butt naked, and he’s just got a fur coat on. Would you say him overdressed for underdressed? Marc inquired, arching his eyebrows, maybe just a tad bit underdressed, Marky boy. So they go to the lottery, which is the event that takes place every month, and whoever is chosen at the lottery is the one that must make this sacrifice.
Emma goes to the converging is by her lonesome, which is just not a good idea. Emma. All alone in the moonlight. She gets sucked into this portal that leads into the ocean. Julian pops up. I feel like Julian just likes to pop up and surprise people every now and then. And he gives her a hand and helps her out.
And things go pretty dang far on that beach. Gets a little steamy on that beat. I was not expecting that. But with Cassandra Clare books, I’ve just learned to expect the unexpected. Either way though, that’s a big no no for you little pair of tie. So they slept on the beach and then they wake up in the morning and they see footprints, so hopefully nobody saw them.
I was really surprised that Emma revealed to Christina that she had slept with Julian, especially because that’s just such a big no no, it’s a forbidden thing in the shadow hunter world, and it’s not going to be a good thing if people find out that they’re doing the dirty Christina and Emma trace after the sky and it ends up being Diego, which is the guy from Christina’s past Christina and Diego talk.
And we kind of find out a little bit more about Christina’s past and why she left her institute. So we find out that that Lauren first, the flame comes from a treasure of tales for Nephilim, which is a Shadowhunters children’s book, which I’m sure Cassandra Clare has plans to write at some point. And a lion comes from the story Lady Midnight.
things are click Game. Things are click. Game three Little Fay writers come into town, Kyrie in Iraq and Gwen Mark is accused of sharing fake secrets. Therefore he must be punished. So he’s going to be punished by being whipped. But Jules and Emma both step in and they get whipped. I did feel bad that they were getting worse because they didn’t deserve to be whipped.
Kyrie in should have been the one to get the whipping, but at the same time Shadowhunters have runes that heal them pretty quickly. So I knew that they were going to be okay. I love that scene we get between Mark and Jules and Mark promises that he’ll never leave and it’s just so beautiful how you won’t go back to Faerie no matter what happens, Mark said, I will stay here.
I will always, always stay here. My heart, my heart, my heart. Jules lets Emma into his studio and she basically walks into a shrine of herself, which I guess should have been like a beautiful scene. But for some reason, to me I was just like, That would have creeps me out if I would have walked in and just seen a bunch of paintings of myself, I would have been like, Yo, this is awesome at all, but I’m out.
How long have you been doing this? My whole life. And of course they have some kissy kissy time and they almost get caught by Livy. spaghetti cutting their clothes, their pair of a tie. And then we have the final showdown. yeah. It’s revealed that Malcolm is the freaking guardian. I didn’t see it coming. I didn’t see it coming at all.
It was so epic just seeing Emma Slay. Malcolm, This is for my parents. But I’ll admit, I still don’t think he’s dead. We didn’t see no body. We get a little cheeky appearance from Jace, Clary and Magnus, and we learned that Simon and Isabelle are engaged to be married. Harbor says he feels are still alive and well and we see freaking Tessa and Jem.
I can’t. I still can’t get over kiss. I still can’t get over it. That reveal, though. So we kind of leave this book with Emma talking to Jem about pair of a tie and he reveals how if pair of a tie fell in love, they basically go straight up mad. So at the end of the book, Emma decides that she’s going to fake a relationship with Mark.
Even though Mark saw why we got a fake Ibu Mark is such a creep for some time. This is going to be such a messy situation, even though it’s already a messy situation, it’s going to be even more messy. So those are all my thoughts, opinions and feelings. On Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare. You guys limited below what you thought of this book?
What was your favorite moment? Where do you think this story is going to end up in the end? How are they going to get out of this pair of bad times? Are they even going to get out of the pair of bad times? I don’t know. Let me know your feels down below. Also, if you like this post, be sure to give it a big clap
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