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Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles

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natashaleighton_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

This is very Phantom of The Opera meets Moulin Rouge if Christine was a Magician who runs away from the phantom to compete in a mysterious magic competition. I really enjoyed this one though the pacing wasn’t as fast as I had anticipated—the magical theatre performances and chemistry between protagonist Kallia and competition Judge, Demarco was deliciously intense.

I did read this alongside the audiobook which was rather good though a few of the female narrator’s accents did sort of merge together at one point and if I hadn’t had the physical book, I would’ve got really confused. Other than that it a solid and I really enjoyable read.

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jeanniea's review

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mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

A slow read. Ending was disappointment. Too much of a cliffhanger.

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brookey8888's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

I am so sad that I didn’t love this. This has everything that I love but for some reason I just didn’t really connect with the story and it was very hard to get into. I did pick up towards the end and it got more interesting. I really only liked one character and he was hardly in it, assistant he needed more page time. The romance was boring they have literally no chemistry before. Like she has more chemistry with the “bad” person. I don’t know I might read the sequel just to see what happens but I was just bored a lot of the time and it was hard to like get into. That being said I do think you should pick it up if it does sound interesting to you. I also really appreciate the diversity.

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