
#8 in Urban fantasy
Lady Midnight
- 771
- Pages
- about 14 h
- Reading time
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About the book
Lady Midnight is a young adult urban fantasy novel by Cassandra Clare. It is the first book in The Dark Artifices, which is chronologically fourth in The Shadowhunter Chronicles. The book follows the events that occur in the Los Angeles area in 2012, focusing on the residents of the Los Angeles Institute. The title was based upon Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe and all of the chapter titles are lines from the poem.
Reading order · The Dark Artifices
Full order & progress →- Lady MidnightThis book
8.28.2 / 10 - Lord of Shadows
8.28.2 / 10 - Queen of Air and Darkness
8.18.1 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 312 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 68% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Urban fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 312 | 100% |
Frequently asked
What age is Lady Midnight for?
Lady Midnight sits on the Young adult shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 13 and up. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 771 pages — longer than 94% of the ranked books in Urban fantasy.
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