New YA: best books for young adults 2017
The hottest new YA – from Philip Pullman to John Green, gifts to guilty pleasures – we've rounded up the best books for young adults
Literary powerhouse Cassandra Clare continues to build her young-adult urban fantasy empire with Lord of Shadows. Stay with us here, newcomers: Lord of Shadows is the second book in her Dark Artifices series — itself, the fourth series in the Shadowhunter Chronicles. But don't let the number of the volumes put you off: they're an easy read, and you'll be thankful there's more.
The Shadowhunters are bound by duty to protect humanity from demons. For them, there's no vow more sacred than the parabatai oath— undertaken by warrior partners who are sworn to fight and die together, but never fall in love. Emma Carstairs has learned that the love she shares with Julian, her parabatai, could actually kill them.
With enough love triangles, magic, and world-building to give George R. R. Martin a run for his money, Clare's consistently excellent teen lit series has been met with near universal acclaim following release.
