MixedBecause it's my least favorite of the Cassie finales because it didn't feel like a finale. Like I was expecting finale, but really it was like intermission.
Queen of air and darkness (2018)
Others: Mixed What if damnation is the price of true love? Innocent blood has been spilled on the steps of the Council Hall, the sacred stronghold of the Shadowhunters. In the wake of the tragic death of Livia Blackthorn, the Clave teeters on the brink of civil war. One fragment of the Blackthorn family flees to Los Angeles, seeking to discover the source of the disease that is destroying the race of warlocks. Meanwhile, Julian and Emma take desperate measures to put their forbidden love aside and undertake a perilous mission to Faerie to retrieve the Black Volume of the Dead. What they find in the Courts is a secret that may tear the Shadow World asunder and open a dark path into a future they could never have imagined. Caught in a race against time, Emma and Julian must save the world of Shadowhunters before the deadly power of the parabatai curse destroys them and everyone they love. This description comes from the publisher. Queen of Air and Darkness is the third book in the Dark Artifices trilogy, the first of which is Lady Midnight. It is part of the Shadowhunters world, the first book of which is City of Bones.
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2016 · 720 pages · 22 reviews
Others: Mostly positiveThe Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in the first novel in Cassandra Clare’s newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. Lady Midnight is a Shadowhunters novel. It’s been five years since the events of City of Heavenly Fire that brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion. Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning, but a young woman bent on discovering what killed her parents and avenging her losses. 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 Los Angeles, from the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica. If only her heart didn’t lead her in treacherous directions… Making things even more complicated, Julian’s brother Mark—who was captured by the faeries five years ago—has been returned as a bargaining chip. The faeries are desperate to find out who is murdering their kind—and they need the Shadowhunters’ help to do it. But time works differently in faerie, so Mark has barely aged and doesn’t recognize his family. Can he ever truly return to them? Will the faeries really allow it? Glitz, glamours, and Shadowhunters abound in this heartrending opening to Cassandra Clare’s Dark Artifices series.
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The Wicked King
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Loved ita lot of people didn't like that book but I found it super duper entertaining so we're gonna put it in elite
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Not a fanWhen I was reading this, could not get over how bored I was when I was reading this. So much of the pacing in here was just so off for me.
Loved itI just say over and over again that the dark artifices series just surprised me I thought it was the strongest series candra clir has yet to put out it has great characters great inks lots of amazing magic and really interesting plots that will keep you on the edge of your seat
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Mixedthere were just a few moments like that sprinkled throughout the story but overall it was fantastic and mind-blowing and I loved every second of this story
Mixedit just let me down in a lot of different areas it was really anticlimactic itic and if you want like my spoilery thoughts you can watch my video for this book but this is like probably my least favorite Shadow Hunter book that I've read