If only her heart didn’t lead her in treacherous directions… 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.

Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning, but a young woman bent on discovering what killed her parents and avenging her losses. It’s been five years since the events of City of Heavenly Fire that brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion. The 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.

― excerpt from Cassandra Clare, Lady Midnight “You want what?” said Dru with enormous eyes. He broke off then, as if realizing everyone was looking at him again. And you don’t think they’re perfect, but you know their flaws, the deep-down truth of them, and the shadows of all their secrets, and they don’t frighten you away in fact you love them more for it, because you don’t want perfect. You know their dreams because their nightmares pierce your heart and their good dreams are your dreams too. Their touch stays on your skin and their voice stays in your ears and their thoughts stay in your mind. They’re in the air you breathe and the water you drink and the blood in your veins. ❝ “When you love someone, they become a part of who you are. Goodreads | amazon | barnes & noble | book depository McElderry Books, released march 8th, 2016

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