Reviews

Darke Music by Rosanna Leo

markedwithanm's review

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, and Grief

mlhelliwell's review

adventurous emotional informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Another fantastic read from Rosanna Leo, who is quickly becoming one of my auto-buy authors. Contemporary-suspense with a heavy dose paranormal thanks to the Darke sisters and their ghost hunting antics. The story (and the characters) drag you in and don't let you go! I devoured this and can't wait for the next!

ariettacharles's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

More creepy than the last one in the series. Can't wait for the last one.

briarsreviews's review

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

Darke Music by Rosanna Leo is a paranormal romance book that will make you want to sing (pun intended).

This book is a must read. Why?

- Paranormal romance with ghosts in an Opera house
- Will they, won't they situationship to relationship
- Trio of sisters with the best humour and references (yay for Star Wars!)
- A mystery on the ghosts haunting up the Opera house
- A pinch of Canadian history 

A full review will be up on my blog, but man... this book got me out of a bit of a reading slump. Rosanna Leo still hypes me up and is one of my fave authors. Give this Canadian read a chance and fall in love like I did!

Five out of five stars.

I received this book for free from the author, Rosanna Leo, in exchange for an honest review.

cakt1991's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 I received an ARC from the author and am voluntarily posting a review. All opinions are my own. 

Darke Music is the second installment of Rosanna Leo’s Darke Paranormal Investigations series. It can be read as a standalone, but I’d recommend reading the first one to get a sense of the relationship dynamics between the sisters, and I also really enjoyed it. 

This book continues the trajectory begun in the last book of showing how historical events and places remain relevant in the modern day through the presence of the paranormal. I loved digging into the history of this opera school, which, while fictional, is inspired by a real place with its own intriguing lore. And the way the leads in the present day were personally connected, to varying degrees, to the spirits and their reasons fot being tethered to the school, added an extra layer of intrigue for me. 

I really liked seeing how things have changed for the Darke sisters since the conclusion of the last book. Susannah was particularly impacted as, while she and her sisters have always been close, the formerly skeptical Edwina has come into her medium powers, and she now has a much deeper bond with their other sister, Adelaide, resulting in Susannah feeling a bit left out. However, she has her own empathic abilities that come into play in this adventure, and I really liked seeing her come into her own with them, especially after having kept herself intentionally closed off for so long before. 

Noah has his own emotional journey to navigate, as he’s the dean of an opera school that he used to attend, and he has some baggage  and guilt due to the death of a close friend from their school days. 

The romance was definitely a grower for me. Friends-with-benefits is something where I have to really be convinced as to why the characters can’t just be together, and initially, both rejecting traditional marriage and kids wasn’t really enough for me, as there are ways to navigate a relationship without that, especially if both partners are on the same page. But their shared emotional journeys helped to assuage those concerns somewhat. 

This is another solid installment in the series, and I am excited for Adelaide’s story! If you’re a fan of ghostly paranormal romances or history, I recommend checking this one out!