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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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This gender swapped retelling Phantom of the Opera was phenomenal! The magic system that was added was fascinating, the way it worked, and the system in place for control. This book took me on a fabulous journey and even slipped in the "Angel of Music" name.
I really enjoyed this. While I don’t know the original phantom of the opera, this book was haunting. The first half does move a bit slow, but it is so interesting I pushed through. And I’m glad I did. The connection between Emeric and Isda is mesmerising and heartbreaking. I never cry at books and this one had me in tears in multiple parts.
I hate it when a book makes me so sad. And I am so sad and really upset. This book was magical, beautiful and undeniably heart breaking. It is a gender swapped Phantom of the Opera inspired story.
This is the story of Isda, a gravoir who is considered a monster by the society deemed even unfit to live. Gravoir children by law are to be killed off as soon as they are born. But Isda is saved by Cyril, who keeps her in the opera house where she uses her ability to manipulate the ticket sales. His only condition being that Isda keeps herself hidden from everyone. And she does so until she hears Emeric's voice and see's in his memories a way for her to be free. And with that starts Isda's journey to her freedom which mind you, comes at a very steep price.
The writing is beautiful. It has a certain flow to it. Like music, of which this book is heavily influenced. One can actually get themselves lost in the words and keep drowning in the lush writing. It is truly remarkable. The story has an impossible romance. Like really. Peak forbidden romances. Which obviously made me too invested in it and I ended up in tears. My dumb brain still refusing to accept the truth.
This is the story of Isda, a gravoir who is considered a monster by the society deemed even unfit to live. Gravoir children by law are to be killed off as soon as they are born. But Isda is saved by Cyril, who keeps her in the opera house where she uses her ability to manipulate the ticket sales. His only condition being that Isda keeps herself hidden from everyone. And she does so until she hears Emeric's voice and see's in his memories a way for her to be free. And with that starts Isda's journey to her freedom which mind you, comes at a very steep price.
The writing is beautiful. It has a certain flow to it. Like music, of which this book is heavily influenced. One can actually get themselves lost in the words and keep drowning in the lush writing. It is truly remarkable. The story has an impossible romance. Like really. Peak forbidden romances. Which obviously made me too invested in it and I ended up in tears. My dumb brain still refusing to accept the truth.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
DNFing so not rating it. Made it a little over a third of the way through and it just felt meh to me. I loved the idea of a gender swapped Phantom of the Opera with magic, but this gave me nothing of that atmospheric and emotional tension, obsession, love, and despair that the original had. I did not like the fmc, and while the original Phantom's morally gray psyche and behavior played with one's sympathy, hers did not. The rush and pride she gets from some of her actions, even when she knows she's wrong and cruel, is very off-putting. I did appreciate the lore and magic system, though I wish it had been developed more. Maybe more is explained later in the book, but I think if I'm feeling underwhelmed a third of the way through in a standalone, I'm better off moving on.
Not going to lie, I went into this with misgivings based on the description - I feel like if you're going to use an existing story and do a retelling it needs to be incredible (after all, you've already got a leg up!), and the few lines I skimmed before starting the book in earnest didn't give me much hope as far as the writing.
However, I was pleasantly surprised when both the story and writing were better than I expected (in some ways).
The magic system was actually really fun, and interesting. The storyline had a good pace, and kept me reading page after page. There were some unexpected twists that I really enjoyed, and some surprising depths to Isda that I didn't expect.
The parts of the book with Isda and Emeric one on one, however, were the hardest to get through. The dialogue was rough; full of that silly cliche banter that apparently means you've got a great connection, and full of the *gasp, shock, electricity* from every touch or view of a bicep. All of those moments were the worst parts of the book...but maybe that's because I'm not 12 anymore.
I do think the author had enough imagination and story not to need to jump off the starting point of doing a retelling. I hope she can get away from that because I think taking her stories by the horns and creating something entirely her own could be better.
Overall, probably wouldn't recommend this book, but it wasn't a bad short read.
However, I was pleasantly surprised when both the story and writing were better than I expected (in some ways).
The magic system was actually really fun, and interesting. The storyline had a good pace, and kept me reading page after page. There were some unexpected twists that I really enjoyed, and some surprising depths to Isda that I didn't expect.
The parts of the book with Isda and Emeric one on one, however, were the hardest to get through. The dialogue was rough; full of that silly cliche banter that apparently means you've got a great connection, and full of the *gasp, shock, electricity* from every touch or view of a bicep. All of those moments were the worst parts of the book...but maybe that's because I'm not 12 anymore.
I do think the author had enough imagination and story not to need to jump off the starting point of doing a retelling. I hope she can get away from that because I think taking her stories by the horns and creating something entirely her own could be better.
Overall, probably wouldn't recommend this book, but it wasn't a bad short read.
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes