Midnight (Skulduggery Pleasant)

Valkyrie Cain has been through a lot since she met Skulduggery Pleasant,entered the world of magic, saved the world (more than once), and nearlywrecked it (once, which is all it would take).Through it all, she has tried to keep her mundane family out of theway and blissfully ignorant of it all. It hasn't always worked.Her actions cost one relative her life (two if you count differently,and add in an even more horrible death, three if you count temporaries),and the constant lying to her parents has taken its toll on Valkyrie'ssoul and the easy rapport they used to have. But, except for themass effect the times the whole world was on the line, she has keptthose closest safe. Until now.Cadaverous Gant, the old wild magic talent who is invulnerable in his ownpocket universe domain, is looking to punish Valkyrie for killing hisprotege in the murder-house dungeon crawl that drove a barely survivingand severely PTSD Valkyrie back to Ireland from her American exile, and to dothat he has done what nobody else has. He has located Valkyrie's houseand with only the partially-ept Omen Darkly babysitting, has kidnappedValkyrie's sister.Now Gant has given Valkyrie twelve hours to locate him in his newdomain, and rescue her sister. She will have to do it with herpowers locked away, without talking to Skulduggery Pleasant, andunder a spell that lets Gant see through her eyes as he leads heron what may be a wild goose chase, and even if it is not, would endup in the one place Gant can't be harmed.Of course Skulduggery Pleasant is not idle. The Skeleton Detectiveis still on the path of his resurrected, evil, sometime girlfriendand is suddenly confronted with the unexpected news that he may bea father. Luckily her gang of malign wild talents seems to besplintering some. In particular, something has happened to CadaverousGant..As always, adventure and moral ambiguity are the orders for the day, andLandy turns in another top notch Skulduggery Pleasant outing.

A brilliant Skulduggery Pleasant read: hilarious yet gripping and suspenseful. Thank you so much Mr. Derek Landy! Your books create an escape into a world of my dreams; filled with sorcerers, mystery and magic!

Great book for teens.

Another excellent Skulduggery pleasant book. I love these characters!

it was a good book that i enjoyed reading but had less than i excpected i believe it could have been much better so not five stars, only four

Loved the book and the Interaction between the characters. It is frustrating at times but well worth it when the realization is made.

Was as expected, easy to tear through in a long session on the train or pick up while doing laundry

Book was in great condition. The writing was hilarious as always! If you are a fan, buy the book.

The fact I've read this book from cover to cover twice in two days should speak for itself. You'd think that after 10 consecutive, damn near flawless books Landy would be starting to lose his touch, bur Midnight remains as gripping and intense as any book in the series.The good think about having characters who are all centuries old is that it allows you to constantly reveal new things about them in order to create a story, and while this can feel a little too convenient at times, the ancient art of not fixing what isn't broken dictates that as long as Derek Landy keeps pumping out incredible books, I should probably shut my mouth and leave the writing to the experts.

"Can you please trust me?" she asked."I trust you with my life," he replied," just not necessarily my car."………I was starting to lose faith in Mr. Pleasant after book 8, as the pther two weregetting worse and worse, but I kept reading, and my reward is this- one of my favourites!When a serial killer captures Valkyries younger sister, Alice, and leads her on a mad treasure hunt to find her, Valkyrie is so desperate that she willingly takes on dangers all by herself wthout even thinking to call her partner, and all Omen Darkly can do is lie there and watch. Six hours- will Valkyrie make it on time to save her sister?Meanwhile, Skulduggery has partnered with *********, along with ****** ****, because he thinks ********** **** has ********. *********'s son is also in the clutches of ********** ****. So the fragile truce holds ********* from putting her evil plans into action.Do you want to know who all those people whose names I swapped out for *s are?! Then you'll have to read the book!A man becomes god in his own house, a tenage boy gets a few surprises, good and bad, and Kes is continuing to appear. With a crazy cult on the hunt for an unspeakable evil, and Valkyrie forgettinf the rest of the world, you'd be amazed at how much happens in six hours, and even more so by the insane magic that takes pkace when the clocj strikes midnight…Landy follows through with yet another brilliant book, so for all his fans, BUY IT! And for all his not-fans, BUY IT because if youre going to give Skuldugfery another chance, do it wih tthis book! A fab continuation of our fave skeletons magical adventures.Yours Truly,The Bookworm On The Hill xxx"No Hug?""Oh, I'm sorry", he said. "Valkyrie, hug him.""I'm hugging him with my mind.""You two are weird."

I think this is probably the worse of the Skulduggery books. The villain was to be honest abit crap. I also don't think the characters have the likeability of the characters in the earlier books (which have all been killed off).Average. I am going to persist and buy the next one in the hope it will be better.(I am an adult read of 40 odd rather than the YA they may be aimed at)

This series, now 12 books and growing just doesn’t get old or repetitive.Landy’s ability to intertwine action, mythology, pathos, sadness and tear jerking moments of genuine humanity are all wonderfully balanced out with some of the funniest one liners and dialogues to be found in literature today.All delivered using some of the strongest and most loved characters you could ever meet.Read on!

Another absolute banger by Landy; i personally think that hes really turning into one of the top childrens writers like David Walliams and Roald Dahl. Its mainly based on Abyssinia still and obviously Pleasant and Cain. When the serial killer takes Alice, Valkyrie has to complete certain challenges including killing a good friend. There are also some pretty shocking secrets involved about Abyssinia & Skulduggery, why Alice is always so happy and Abyssinia's family. The book is left on a big cliffhanger so i can only assume that Derek is already writing the 12th. I reckon it'll be called Assasination.Keep it up Derek because at the moment they are a pleasure to read. Cant wait for No.12H