{"id":2923,"date":"2016-06-09T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T16:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=2923"},"modified":"2016-06-03T17:14:46","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T00:14:46","slug":"lady-midnight-teen-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2016\/lady-midnight-teen-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Midnight &#8212; teen review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Review by Kelly Huang, Teen Reviewer<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2924\" src=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2016\/05\/Lady-Midnight-cover-GalleyCat-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"Lady-Midnight-cover-GalleyCat\" width=\"305\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2016\/05\/Lady-Midnight-cover-GalleyCat-198x300.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2016\/05\/Lady-Midnight-cover-GalleyCat-330x500.jpg 330w, http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2016\/05\/Lady-Midnight-cover-GalleyCat.jpg 492w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><em>Lady Midnight<\/em> by Cassandra Clare<\/h2>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lady Midnight<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> marks the start of a new trilogy that takes place in Cassandra Clare\u2019s highly-esteemed Shadowhunter world in which Shadowhunters, or half-angel warriors, are sworn to fight demons. Clare\u2019s long-awaited release takes place five years after the events of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">City of Heavenly Fire<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and presents a fresh perspective by focusing on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">parabatai <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Emma Carstairs and Julian Blackthorn of the Los Angeles Institute. With the discoveries of various bodies of Shadowhunters and faeries who were murdered in the same fashion as Emma\u2019s parents, the Shadowhunters and the faeries enter a tentative but illegal alliance, prohibited by the Cold Peace that they signed after the Dark War. To complicate things, the faeries return Julian\u2019s brother, Mark, as a bargaining tool. However, the faerie world works differently than the Shadowhunters world does, and Mark has barely aged and does not remember his family. To top it all off, Emma and Julian are beginning to have romantic feelings for each other. Being <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">parabatai<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> allows them to be everything to each other but forbids them from falling in love. Emma, Julian, and Mark are only given two weeks to solve the murders, in which Emma discovers secrets of the past and leaves her wondering what is Julian hiding? Why are <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">parabatai<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> not allowed to fall in love? And who really killed her parents?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As a reader who has read all of the previous books in the Shadowhunter series, I must say that this one did not disappoint and was equally brilliant, if not more. Going into this book, I was expecting a repeat of the previous two series, but Clare has truly outdone herself and created another masterpiece. Although the first couple hundred pages were somewhat slow-paced, I found that I could not put the book down as it began to pick up. I really liked how the titles of the chapters were lines of Edgar Allan Poe\u2019s poem \u201cAnnabel Lee\u201d and I enjoyed how the poem was incorporated in the solving of the mystery. In addition, the characters had complex thoughts and interesting solutions to issues. The action-packed plot combined with the building of relationships between family members, friends, and others made the book extremely intriguing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Overall, this book was phenomenal. I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking to read fantasy with a touch of romance. The setting of this book is easy for readers to connect and visualize since it is set in present-day Los Angeles, a spot that many people know. Although it can be read as a stand-alone, I would recommend that potential readers first read one of the other Shadowhunter books before reading this one to get some background. Clare does a beautiful job with this book. 5 stars! -Kelly Huang, Teen Reviewer<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Find this book in our catalog: <a href=\"http:\/\/pgpl-mt.iii.com\/iii\/encore_pasadena\/record\/C__Rb1585942__Slady%20midnight%20clare__P0%2C1__Orightresult__U__X2?lang=eng&amp;suite=pasadena\" target=\"_blank\">Lady Midnight<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Call number: \u00a0YA SF CLARE,C<\/p>\n<p>668 pages<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review by Kelly Huang, Teen Reviewer Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare Lady Midnight marks the start of a new trilogy that takes place in Cassandra Clare\u2019s highly-esteemed Shadowhunter world in which Shadowhunters, or half-angel warriors, are sworn to fight demons. Clare\u2019s long-awaited release takes place five years after the events [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":2924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-teen-reviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2016\/05\/Lady-Midnight-cover-GalleyCat.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ZwbD-L9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5600,"url":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2020\/new-books-march-2020-edition\/","url_meta":{"origin":2923,"position":0},"title":"New Books &#8212; March 2020 edition","author":"Jane Gov","date":"March 11, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"New YA Books Most Likely Sarah Watson \u00b7 Poppy Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover From the creator of the hit TV series The Bold Type comes an empowering and heartfelt novel about a future female president's senior year of high school. 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