The Dark Artifices
The Dark Artifices is a trilogy written by Cassandra Clare. The series is chronologically the fourth series in "The Shadowhunter Chronicles" and a sequel to "The Mortal Instruments". It is set in Los Angeles. The series consists of three books: "Lady Midnight", "Lord of Shadows" and "Queen of Air and Darkness", in that particular order. Centered around the protagonist, Emma Carstairs, the series follows her journey as a Shadowhunter at the Los Angeles Institute, and her life with her best-friend and parabatai, Julian Blackthorn, and his family. The series is about a sacred bond of "parabatai , two bonded Shadowhunters, and it is more valuable than any bond in this world. This bond makes the two more powerful and strong, but there is only one drawback - it is forbidden to fall in love with your parabatai. It so happens that Emma and Julian, two parabatai, have fallen in love. The Dark Artifices is a trilogy about their struggle against their enemies and how the two protagonists deal with their forbidden love and the resulting consequences. The series is told from the point-of-view of the various different characters in the story. Theme. The main theme developing 	The Dark Artifices
12094216	in Cassandra Clare's The Dark Artifices" series is the concept of maturing and the transition into adulthood. The conscious decision one must make between responsibility and personal desire is explored through Julian and Emma's hesitancy in "Lady Midnight". The two struggle between pursuing their feelings for one another and weighing the consequences of defying Shadowhunter law, which could ultimately threaten the Blackthorn family. Clare also explores the experience of having one's beliefs challenged, and how to handle such instances. In "Lady Midnight", Emma and the Blackthorns learn this the hard way when the family is betrayed by  their former-friend and warlock, Malcolm Fade.