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Midnight Duet by Jen Comfort

6 reviews

bbygirl21's review against another edition

challenging funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a very entertaining read. I loved the characters. I thought the storyline was good. I did think the ending was quite abrupt. But overall I really liked this book. It was a fun retelling of 'The Phantom of the Opera'.

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abigailkokitus's review

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This was just… not it for me. The writing itself isn’t terrible, though not amazing, either. Entirely just a vehicle for the story and nothing special besides that, if that makes sense. The “spicy” scenes were well-written in the sense that they elicited the expected response. At certain points I found myself laughing out loud at how absolutely ridiculous the main characters were with their h*rniness (not sure what I can say on here). As much as I understand going without intimacy for several years, even so, I found myself wondering if this level of feral is even realistic that literally any singular time one character lays eyes on the other they are immediately thinking about having s*x with them. Like… what? Or maybe I’m the abnormal one here? Who knows. As another reviewer called it, the “instalove” between Erika and Christof is jarring and unrealistic. But then again, nothing about this book is meant to be realistic, I don’t think. I didn’t find Erika particularly likable; she seemed to cross too far over from “confident” into “conceited” to me. I knew she was definitely a Leo before that fact was even revealed. While Christof’s sign was never revealed, I think that he’s an Aries with Capricorn placements somewhere. Lots of fire sign energy from both of them. Christof was conceited too, but imo, more lovable in some ways that made up for that. I thought his excessive usage of “badass” as a descriptor was genuinely funny. I am certainly a fan of the Phantom of the Opera, and noticed the parallels immediately (I wasn’t aware going into the book that this was a loose retelling). So, overall, it held my attention enough to finish it, but by the end I was tearing through it not because I was enthralled but mostly because I was ready for it to be over and sick of the nauseating, overly saccharine instalove.

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stardustandrockets's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I received a free eARC in exchange for an honest review

I haven't really watched Phantom of the Opera, but when I was approached to read and review Midnight Duet, a gender swapped version, I jumped on it. A friend of mine in middle school was obsessed with the musical, so it always makes me think of her.

I'll start out by saying that I enjoyed this one overall. However, the main characters in this dual pov book (Erika and Christof) are INCREDIBLY horny and could barely be in the same room together at the beginning without wanting to rip each other's clothes off. As a sex-averse asexual, I found the frequency of sexual thoughts/actions off-putting and almost DNFed at the 18% mark. There was a semi-public masturbation-for-show scene that icked me out, but I pushed through and am glad I did because I enjoyed the overall story: struggling ex-broadway performer inherits historical opera house (and attached brothel) in small-town Nevada and is on a mission to save it despite her family's reputation in town; German Hair Metal front man has just been dumped in the worst way and is looking for a distraction by renting out said opera house to work on the band's first album in English. The chemistry is undeniable. It was just super heavy handed in my opinion, but I know a lot of you like that kind of thing. Think Chloe Brown level spice.

The characters were well developed (the dual pov really helped set the story up), I absolutely adored Sybille (spelling?) the gothy/witchy bassist, and the fact the Erika had rats made me super happy (don't worry, nothing bad happens to them). It was well paced, engaging, funny, and steamy.

If you enjoy steamier and open-door romance, forbidden romance, unlikable heroines, gender-swapped stories, forced proximity, insta attraction, and/or German Hair Metal, this is the book for you.

Spice: 🌶🌶🌶

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lizacorn's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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theoceanrose's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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amengels's review

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emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

Thanks to NetGalley for the e-ARC. In this gender-swapped Phantom of the Opera retelling, Erika is an ex-broadway star turned theater owner renting her (dangerously unusable) space to Christof's German hair metal band. This book is just pure fun. The best way for me to describe it is campy. Underneath all the fun, are discussions of self-love and letting go of things outside of your control. I actually really loved the ending because it had me on the edge of my seat.

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