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Lady Midnight: A Shadowhunter Novel
- The Dark Artifices, Book 1
- Narrated by: Morena Baccarin
- Length: 19 hrs and 44 mins
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Summary
The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in the first novel in Cassandra Clare's newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internationally best-selling 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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- stephen
- 10-01-19
Great book, poor delivery
No individual accented characters makes this a lot harder to listen to than many audio books, the tempo is also all over the place. Excellent story I just wish it was read with more flavour as I’m sure the writer intended it to be.
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- Derek
- 17-09-21
EXCELLENT
Purely fantastic, an absolutely wondeful story that kept me listeningfrom start to end. Book two next.
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- Sue Gill
- 08-01-21
Enjoyable and easy listening.
Shadow hunters exist in the modern world along side vampires, werewolves, mages and fae. They must live by strict and sometimes unfair seeming rules.
The story focuses on 2 teens living in this world, thier friendship and love for thier family and the battles they have to protect it. it includes all the teen angst you ould expect from that and more.
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- Char-marcus
- 04-05-20
Fantastic Book
great story and the narration is good, could do with a little more emotion in the voice but overall a good listen
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- victoria macdonalf
- 23-06-17
Enjoyable fantasy
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Easy escapism
What other book might you compare Lady Midnight: A Shadowhunter Novel to, and why?
Twilight
What about Morena Baccarin’s performance did you like?
Mellow voice with good characterizations
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I am a more mature listener and enjoy fantasy as a break from heavier reading. This is obviously a young adults book but still quite fun. The advantage of the younger style fantasy is that you don't get all the flowery pulsing porno that is ubiquitous in adult fantasy which I find tedious. Good story with interesting characters.
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- Jennifer
- 05-03-17
Not as good as the previous series
Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments and Infernal Devices series were both excellent. I didn't find this first installment of The Dark Artifices nearly as captivating. I don't really like Emma as a character and I didn't find any of the others engaging enough to compensate for that loss. Plus, the plot was too predictable for me. It is still worth listening to, but I doubt I would have continued with the series if I didn't have Clare's other works to build up my faith that the story will get better.
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- Lyn
- 11-03-17
More Cookson than Pratchett'
Plot lacks depth and definition. Characters unbelievable. Modern day bodice tearing. Struggled to finish. Borecd
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- Debbie
- 30-03-17
Cassandra Clare NEVER fails to disappoint.
Loved it!
that is all there is to say.
another gripping story in the shadow hunter realm.
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- Hayley M
- 29-05-17
amazing
loved this book! listened to it at least 5 times! addicted to all the shadowhunter books at least the same amount of times.
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- Martin Ives
- 21-05-17
Teen fiction
At the outset I should state that I do n it believe that I am part of the target audience for this book - too old as I'm in my mid-fifties. Sorry to say I did not really enjoy this book. I felt it to be too long, some narrative tracks far too drawn out and that it suffered a number of plot holes.
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