Os Artifícios das Trevas
"Os Artifícios das Trevas" é uma trilogia de livros escrita pela renomada autora Cassandra Clare. A série foi lançada entre 2016 e 2018, com os títulos "Dama da Meia-Noite", "Senhor das Sombras" e "Rainha do Ar e da Escuridão". Os livros fazem parte do universo dos Caçadores de Sombras, que já conta com outras séries populares como "Instrumentos Mortais" e "As Peças Infernais". A história se passa em Los Angeles, no mundo contemporâneo, onde acompanhamos a vida de Emma Carstairs, uma jovem guerreira determinada a descobrir a verdade por trás do assassinato brutal de seus pais. Ao lado de seu parabatai Julian Blackthorn e um grupo leal de amigos caçadores de sombras, eles embarcam em uma jornada perigosa para desvendar segredos obscuros que ameaçam não apenas suas vidas, mas também o equilíbrio entre o mundo dos Nephilim e o Submundo. Uma das grandes qualidades dessa trilogia é a construção complexa dos personagens. Cassandra Clare tem o talento de criar protagonistas cativantes e cheios de nuances. Emma Carstairs é uma heroína corajosa e destemida, enquanto Julian Blackthorn é um líder nato com um fardo emocional pesado. Além disso, os personagens secundários também têm histórias intrigantes que acrescentam camadas à trama principal. Outro ponto forte da série são as reviravoltas surpreendentes ao longo dos três livros. A autora consegue manter o suspense e a tensão, deixando o leitor ansioso por mais a cada página. Além disso, "Os Artifícios das Trevas" aborda temas como amor proibido, sacrifício e dilemas morais de uma forma envolvente. Cassandra Clare também se destaca na criação do mundo dos Caçadores de Sombras. Ela consegue mesclar elementos sobrenaturais com o mundo real de forma habilidosa, criando uma mitologia rica e detalhada. Os fãs antigos da autora irão apreciar as referências aos personagens e eventos das séries anteriores, enquanto os novos leitores podem facilmente mergulhar nesse universo fascinante. Em resumo, "Os Artifícios das Trevas" é uma trilogia emocionante que combina ação, romance e mistério de maneira magistral. Com personagens marcantes, reviravoltas inesperadas e um mundo rico em detalhes, essa série certamente conquistará tanto os fãs ávidos quanto aqueles que estão descobrindo esse universo pela primeira vez.
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"ー Living without secrets is like exposing yourself to a gunfight without weapons and bulletproof vests. Cultivating a life with more secrets than your mind can handle is like walking on an unstable platform with a noose around your neck. Now, Clarissa, who knows the whole truth and everything that has been built since then, what dose of mysteries would you choose to trace your path?"
Anyone looking from the outside would say that Mark Blackthorn, Cristina Rosales and Kieran Kingson were best friends. However, the three knew they were much more than that. [Kierarktina ♦ AU ♦ Drabbles Challenge]
Julieta Gold sees no sense in the attacks that happened to her weeks ago. From one day to the next, she would wake up with bruises and purple marks on her body and couldn't remember a thing. One night when she and her friend Jordan were returning from a party, another attack happened; only this time, someone was there to help her. Julie discovers that she is not just an ordinary human, but a shadowhunter. But the one thing no one knows is why the demons are attacking her. She has so many questions, but no answers that explain who she really is and where she came from. Secrets will be revealed. The truth will come to light. Lies will be discovered. And fate has never been so indecisive with anyone before.
My best friend and I have not-so-platonic behavior. How do I ask him if we're dating, or if he'd like to be?
Lost Memories is an alternative continuation to Simon's life after Cassandra Clare's City of Heavenly Fire, it's a very short story. In this story we can get an idea of what would happen if Simon wasn't totally disconnected from Asmodeus
“Once upon a time, there was a hidden prince of his own kingdom. He was a prisoner of a castle that wasn't his and ruled by a king so corrupted he hurt his own heir. But the prince didn't want that inheritance. He would build a kingdom for himself and burn this one down. But what happens when one prince falls in love with another?"
Emma Carstairs and Julian Blackthorn are best friends who lost touch when Emma moved from Los Angeles to New York. Four years later, the two meet again at college and try to rebuild their old friendship - and, who knows, something more.
During one of the nights on the Wild Hunt, Kieran and Mark share a blanket and some vows.
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Five years have passed since the evil war and the Cold Peace agreement. Not everyone was happy with that, but "the law is tough but it's the law" and for better or worse they would have to accept it. Celeste and Jonathan raised their family happy in their isolation and even on dark nights when nightmares attacked their sleep they had each other to comfort themselves. Their son grew up loved as well as the girl they protected, whose family wizard rescued in the south of France shortly after the war, a girl who by the key didn't need to exist, a girl full of wounds from the past that Celeste treated with dedication as well as Jonathan. But after five years strange things are happening again and questions from the past are being raised, the Clave wants the protégé Morgenstern to show her courage and loyalty and will put her to the test. Would Los Angeles be the place where she would seal her fate and uncover her past?
Julian Blackthorn and Emma Carstairs have never been anything more than friends, but when forced to participate in a Seven Minutes in Heaven prank during a party, Julian has to face the fact that he wants to be more than that.
Cristina still isn't used to sunsets in Los Angeles, but a meeting with Emma on the roof of the Institute might make her more comfortable.