![]() Lady Midnight is certainly sunlit: unlike The Mortal Instruments, which is set largely in New York, The Dark Artifices takes place in Los Angeles, where Clare spent her own high school years. The story is deeply influenced by my love of Phillip Marlowe and sunlit noir.” “The characters are embroiled in a murder mystery, and they’ll be searching for clues and chasing down suspects. “All of the Shadowhunter books focus on the battle between good and evil, but The Dark Artifices is more of a mystery than the previous books have been,” Clare tells Teen Vogue. But unlike The Mortal Instruments, which exist in the same universe, there’s an emphasis here on the “urban” in “urban fantasy.” The story is as much a gorgeous Hollywood thriller as it is a fantasy about a half-angel superhuman race. ![]() Because it’s a companion series to The Mortal Instruments (and not necessarily a direct sequel), there’s less backstory to catch up on. ![]() ![]() Lady Midnight is a great place for new readers to delve into the Shadowhunter universe. ![]()
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