So most teens will already know quite a bit about this fantasy world full of Shadowhunters - those with some angel blood who fight demons and sometimes faeries, warlocks, werewolves, and vampires.

It includes six books in the Mortal Instruments series that takes place a few years before this series starts, three books in the Infernal Devices series that take place in the Victorian era, a movie ( City of Bones), and a TV show ( Shadowhunters). Parents need to know that Lady Midnight is Book 1 of the Dark Artifices series and part of a much larger Shadowhunters franchise. Mentions of a woman walled up in a tomb alive by her own family, of a main character killing his own father in a possessed state to save the rest of his family, of a mother dying of bone cancer years earlier, and of another character tortured physically and emotionally.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. A whole group of people sits silently because all their necks have been broken.

Characters are whipped until they pass out. One detail in an intense demon battle describes slashing open their 'bulging white eyes.' A poisoned arrow nearly kills a main character, and another main character nearly drowns while being attacked by demons underwater.

People are killed with hands chopped off, zombie-like creatures get their heads chopped off with swords, dead bodies show up covered in bloody graffiti, a boy watches his father ripped apart by demons. With intense battles against demons and strange cult activity involving murders and spells, Lady Midnight gets gory.

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