Review: Lady Midnight

Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

*2.5 stars* My rating just keeps going down...
There is too much to talk about with this book and everyone has already said it all a million times over and frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn (right now), so I'm leaving it at this:

I thought this was an adequate opener to a new series, and I enjoyed being back in the Shadowhunter world again. I love the Blackthorn children the most, Julian second, and Christina before Emma. Yes she is strong and sassy but she is also compulsively getting herself into bad/stupid/dangerous situations (especially the ending, what is she thinking??!) <-- Mark isn't that much better in that final decision come to think of it, but I digress. I didn't enjoy the overly dramatic writing or the super-sappy, 'sexy' scenes - to me they were overwritten and awkward and too much. How is it that kissing someone is always some version of the earth shattering or splitting open or the stars aligning. I also didn't like the "Perfect Diego" parts AT ALL. We got it, the first 30 times, that he is "Perfect Diego." Even in serious scenes he's known to everyone as "Perfect Diego," oh my goodness please stop. Oh, and what is with all the boys these days having faces that are "all sharp angles and lines"...WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?! They must have very bony faces, all these YA boys. How is that fun to kiss? Wouldn't it hurt, getting jabbed in the eye by a bony, angular cheekbone? What's wrong with a nice round, soft face? Can we get a heck yea for all the round-faced folks out there?! Also, the story itself didn't seem all that compelling to me, I mean, the main plot-line, the whole reason for their struggles, didn't hold much weight in my opinion. It felt like background noise to all the romance-y angst and lust and scheming going on between everyone, sort of like elevator music - it's there, you recognize the tune, but you can't put your finger on it. ALSO I know everyone pees their pants when Clary or Jace or Tessa or Jem show up, even at the mere mention of their names, but I reallllllly felt like it was all forced, again, and just...cheesy!!! Okay I better stop now or I am going to go overboard.

Let's end on a nice comment shall we? Other than all the stuff I have said above, the story moved along at a decent pace (still about 150-200 pages too long, maybe cut out some "Perfect Diego's") and I thought Clare did a great job characterizing everyone, including the secondary characters, so she is getting better at something. There, that was sort of nice at least.

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