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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
This story revolves around Isda & her magical ability to alter memories of those who sing in her presence. At first, she’s using this gift to ensure opera goers have a good memory of the show and this but more tickets...a harmless trick compared to what Cyril has planned.
Isda knows the difference from right and wrong, but Cyril is like a father to her, and he’d never steer her wrong......right?
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Thank you so much to Netgalley and the publisher for this free ebook in exchange for an honest review.
See http://sltrbooks.home.blog/2021/03/11/sing-me-forgotten-earc/ also!
Isda knows the difference from right and wrong, but Cyril is like a father to her, and he’d never steer her wrong......right?
——-
Thank you so much to Netgalley and the publisher for this free ebook in exchange for an honest review.
See http://sltrbooks.home.blog/2021/03/11/sing-me-forgotten-earc/ also!
5 STARS! *dramatically swings off opera cape* BRAVO!
You had me at "gender bent Phantom of the Opera retelling," and still completely surpassed my expectations. I just... wow. I realize I'm perhaps a little predisposed to love this given my love love love of the Broadway musical (yes, I've read the book too and prefer the musical), but this is a beautifully crafted story with a perfect amount of magic and one that doesn't shy away from glaring character flaws and darkness. The world building is subtle and impressionistic - the reader is told only as much as they need to know rather than being bogged down by endless explanations in this overly wikified present. The male lead is *gasp* likable and increasingly complex and interesting. The main character is... morally questionable (much like Erik/the original Phantom) and HOW MUCH DO I LOVE books with themes around what makes a person human/a monster? So many books lately have been promising "monster girls" and so few have actually delivered. This book - THIS BOOK. This is 100% the "monster girl" I've been waiting for.
I completely got caught up in the magic of it. And I loved the pinnacle moments from the musical - the masquerade ball! The discoveries of bodies! The music of the night with the organ down in the catacombs! The falling of the chandelier! The fire! All these moments, and so many more unforgettable moments of its own (I won't mention them for fear of spoiling them). It was - dare I say - an improvement upon both the original novel AND the Broadway musical (the former, alone, is a feat few retellings have ever achieved). I cried an embarrassing amount. I can't stop thinking about it. I couldn't sit down for like two hours after finishing it and read the last fifty pages pacing back and forth with my kindle. I'm not ready to leave and keep revisiting my favorite scenes and am in the throes of an intense book hangover.
This book was one of the best ARCs I've read this year, one of the best standalones I've read in longer. And honestly? I think it's going on my top 5 on the year. This is a DEBUT? [a:Jessica S. Olson|19475731|Jessica S. Olson|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1575498779p2/19475731.jpg], I will 100% read whatever you write next. And I'm buying this one when it comes out. I need it to cuddle with at night.
Thank you Edelweiss and HarperCollins for the review copy!!!
You had me at "gender bent Phantom of the Opera retelling," and still completely surpassed my expectations. I just... wow. I realize I'm perhaps a little predisposed to love this given my love love love of the Broadway musical (yes, I've read the book too and prefer the musical), but this is a beautifully crafted story with a perfect amount of magic and one that doesn't shy away from glaring character flaws and darkness. The world building is subtle and impressionistic - the reader is told only as much as they need to know rather than being bogged down by endless explanations in this overly wikified present. The male lead is *gasp* likable and increasingly complex and interesting. The main character is... morally questionable (much like Erik/the original Phantom) and HOW MUCH DO I LOVE books with themes around what makes a person human/a monster? So many books lately have been promising "monster girls" and so few have actually delivered. This book - THIS BOOK. This is 100% the "monster girl" I've been waiting for.
I completely got caught up in the magic of it. And I loved the pinnacle moments from the musical - the masquerade ball! The discoveries of bodies! The music of the night with the organ down in the catacombs! The falling of the chandelier! The fire! All these moments, and so many more unforgettable moments of its own (I won't mention them for fear of spoiling them). It was - dare I say - an improvement upon both the original novel AND the Broadway musical (the former, alone, is a feat few retellings have ever achieved). I cried an embarrassing amount. I can't stop thinking about it. I couldn't sit down for like two hours after finishing it and read the last fifty pages pacing back and forth with my kindle. I'm not ready to leave and keep revisiting my favorite scenes and am in the throes of an intense book hangover.
This book was one of the best ARCs I've read this year, one of the best standalones I've read in longer. And honestly? I think it's going on my top 5 on the year. This is a DEBUT? [a:Jessica S. Olson|19475731|Jessica S. Olson|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1575498779p2/19475731.jpg], I will 100% read whatever you write next. And I'm buying this one when it comes out. I need it to cuddle with at night.
Thank you Edelweiss and HarperCollins for the review copy!!!
As much I love the concept of this book as a very big Phantom of the Opera fan (movies, book, and musical). I really wanted to love this book but it’s very clear that this is the Author’s first book she has ever written for I just keep reading “I this” and “I that” coming from our Phantom and don’t get me started on the bedazzled face mask. It makes me feel like the Phantom’s a joke to the Author. Especially because it’s feels like the plot takes place in 1800s like the original but saying the masked is bedazzled throws you into the early 2000s Wattpad fan fiction world.
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Another book where I really loved the concept, about a girl who could manipulate memories while they were singing. It was a 'Phantom of the Opera-esque' style with the plot and setting, with a decent fantasy bent to it. I love how the author describes the setting, and the character was quite interesting to read. I have to say in saying this though, I reached about 30% through and found a slow point, and I am afraid to say I needed to return the book to the Library before I got past this point.
I will update this review if I pick it up again, but it may need to wait in line... :)
I will update this review if I pick it up again, but it may need to wait in line... :)
adventurous
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I dismissed this as a silly book and put it off for months and I’m SO sorry for misjudging? My heart ACHES?? After having almost no motivation to finish this guy, I am SO glad I did. Witnessing Isda become more powerful while simultaneously unraveling was painful yet forgivable (we love a morally grey MC and she was IT, baby). And while yes, that was the only reasonable ending, it still hurt so bad (good?) it almost made me CRY. I wanted so badly for there to be an epilogue where Isda has learned how to control her dark side and can reunite with Emeric 😭 But man oh man the first portion of the book did *not* draw me in.
I loved this book so very much even with how heartbreakingly sad it is there was never a dull moment in this story a story about a monster girl done right. I loved the characters so much especially Isda and Emeric they fit so well together I loved Isda so much she just wanted to be free in a world that hates and fears her kind she found all of that but at a great cost she was so well written she would do anything to save the one she loves even become the monster the so many fear. I loved Emeric for how genuine he was someone that was easy for Isda to fall for and want to do anything to save the one person that has ever loved her. I really loved the story it is a gender bent Phantom of the Opera story that is a little different but oh so well written I am really looking forward to whatever else this author writes next.
Spoiler
that ending was so sad I am not usually one for endings like this but it fits with the Phantom of the Opera theme so very well.
I loved this book so very much even with how heartbreakingly sad it is there was never a dull moment in this story a story about a monster girl done right. I loved the characters so much especially Isda and Emeric they fit so well together I loved Isda so much she just wanted to be free in a world that hates and fears her kind she found all of that but at a great cost she was so well written she would do anything to save the one she loves even become the monster the so many fear. I loved Emeric for how genuine he was someone that was easy for Isda to fall for and want to do anything to save the one person that has ever loved her. I really loved the story it is a gender bent Phantom of the Opera story that is a little different but oh so well written I am really looking forward to whatever else this author writes next.
Spoiler
that ending was so sad I am not usually one for endings like this but it fits with the Phantom of the Opera theme so very well.
I am a huge fan of the original The Phantom of the Opera story and I've read several retellings, and I have to say -- SING ME FORGOTTEN did not disappoint! It's the second Jessica S. Olson book I've read and I'm so glad I've found her stories.
SING ME FORGOTTEN swept me away to a world that effortlessly meshed magic and music within a society that used memories as currency. While Isda may be considered a monster by her world, author Olson has crafted a character with intricate dimensions and my heart broke for the life she was fated to have. The connection and romance between Isda and Emeric is captivating which makes their journey all the more bittersweet.
I enjoyed SING ME FORGOTTEN thoroughly and it's likely a book I'll reread.
SING ME FORGOTTEN swept me away to a world that effortlessly meshed magic and music within a society that used memories as currency. While Isda may be considered a monster by her world, author Olson has crafted a character with intricate dimensions and my heart broke for the life she was fated to have. The connection and romance between Isda and Emeric is captivating which makes their journey all the more bittersweet.
I enjoyed SING ME FORGOTTEN thoroughly and it's likely a book I'll reread.