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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
Pas le coup de coeur du premier tome, mais une belle reprise du Fantôme de l'opéra, très à fleur de peau. Si je déplore un peu la prévisibilité de l'intrigue, j'ai beaucoup aimé l'évolution de l'héroïne, la manière dont elle prend doucement son envol.
If you are a fan of The Phantom of the Opera (the musical) you will love this! I've seen the Broadway production several times and listened to the music on repeat about a zillion times. I even played the Music of the Night as a flute solo in 8th grade. I wanted to be Christine when I listened to the music, and I secretly kind of always wanted Christine to pick the Phantom.
This is sort of a retelling of Phantom, and I found it hard to put down. It follows Kim Dae/Christine Day, a fourth chair cellist at the local symphony and Devlin, the iintimidating masked Maestro known for his anger management problems. When Devlin personally asks Kim to help him with his latest composition she is utterly confused. First, she isn't quite sure how he knows her real name, she has been going by Christine Day since she put her wild days of running around with Jethro Winston behind her. Second, she isn't the first chair, aka the best cellist in the symphony, she could be but she lets her demons of her past hold her back. Devlin has his own secrets and demons but he isn't ready to let Kim know them yet, what he does know is that she is better than she is and he only accepts 150% from all of his musicians. He pushes her and all of the musicians at the SOOK to their limits. His methods aren't exactly the most endearing, but he's extremely talented. As he lets his guard down with Kim, she is able to let go of some of her past and let the music in.
I loved this!!! Kim and Devlin were amazing together. Their relationship was as slow burn as it gets. They are both stubborn, vulnerable, and the moments between them sizzle and burn. I also loved that both of them had great sounding boards when they needed support. Kim had the women of the SWS to help her and Devlin had the most wonderful family. They may not have taken their advice, but they had people who loved them as they were and not for what they could do for them, and they would call them out for being ridiculous. I loved watching these characters develop as individuals and as a couple. There are great side characters as well. The pace was great, when I wasn't reading this I was trying to find ways to get back to this book.
Piper Sheldon's writing keeps getting better and better and I can't wait to see what she has in story for the rest of the Scorned Women Society.
I was provided and ARC in exchange for an honest review.
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This is sort of a retelling of Phantom, and I found it hard to put down. It follows Kim Dae/Christine Day, a fourth chair cellist at the local symphony and Devlin, the iintimidating masked Maestro known for his anger management problems. When Devlin personally asks Kim to help him with his latest composition she is utterly confused. First, she isn't quite sure how he knows her real name, she has been going by Christine Day since she put her wild days of running around with Jethro Winston behind her. Second, she isn't the first chair, aka the best cellist in the symphony, she could be but she lets her demons of her past hold her back. Devlin has his own secrets and demons but he isn't ready to let Kim know them yet, what he does know is that she is better than she is and he only accepts 150% from all of his musicians. He pushes her and all of the musicians at the SOOK to their limits. His methods aren't exactly the most endearing, but he's extremely talented. As he lets his guard down with Kim, she is able to let go of some of her past and let the music in.
I loved this!!! Kim and Devlin were amazing together. Their relationship was as slow burn as it gets. They are both stubborn, vulnerable, and the moments between them sizzle and burn. I also loved that both of them had great sounding boards when they needed support. Kim had the women of the SWS to help her and Devlin had the most wonderful family. They may not have taken their advice, but they had people who loved them as they were and not for what they could do for them, and they would call them out for being ridiculous. I loved watching these characters develop as individuals and as a couple. There are great side characters as well. The pace was great, when I wasn't reading this I was trying to find ways to get back to this book.
Piper Sheldon's writing keeps getting better and better and I can't wait to see what she has in story for the rest of the Scorned Women Society.
I was provided and ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Check out my Blog: Buttercup’s Book Blog
lighthearted
slow-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Loved it! I'll admit that even if I haven't been reading the Green Valley Books already, including Piper's previous book in the Scorned Women's Society, I'd still totally have read this book based on the cover alone. The Green Valley books are KILLING it in the cover game, and The Treble With Men is my fave of all of those fantastic covers yet. The gold glitter is everything!! SO good!
Luckily, the story itself ended up being just as fantastic as the cover. Beautiful inside and out. I loved Devlin and Kim so much individually and together. They seemed so different at the start but they were so perfect for each other. Their chemistry was fantastic, and even though there's not a lot of actual sex scenes in the book, the author managed to make it steamy and sensual. I love that it was centered around an orchestra and was full of music. I'll admit, I've seen The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway 18ish years ago, and saw the movie back when it came out, but I do not remember much about the musical at all. So I have no idea what parts of this book paralleled The Phantom plot line, but whether it was spot on or not, I don't even care. It was just so good! Looking forward to more Piper Sheldon books, more SWS books, and more Green Valley books! I've been having so much with these series!
Luckily, the story itself ended up being just as fantastic as the cover. Beautiful inside and out. I loved Devlin and Kim so much individually and together. They seemed so different at the start but they were so perfect for each other. Their chemistry was fantastic, and even though there's not a lot of actual sex scenes in the book, the author managed to make it steamy and sensual. I love that it was centered around an orchestra and was full of music. I'll admit, I've seen The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway 18ish years ago, and saw the movie back when it came out, but I do not remember much about the musical at all. So I have no idea what parts of this book paralleled The Phantom plot line, but whether it was spot on or not, I don't even care. It was just so good! Looking forward to more Piper Sheldon books, more SWS books, and more Green Valley books! I've been having so much with these series!
Disclaimer: An eARC was provided via Smartypants Romance and the Author in exchange for an honest review. The Thoughts, opinions & feelings expressed in the review are therefore, my own.
The Treble with Men is a re-imagining of the Phantom of the Opera – something I didn’t realise until I was halfway through the book (mostly cause I am not exactly a fan of the original *shrugs*)
Our protagonists; both of them infact; are actually trying to live a lie; mostly to escape a past they believe has defined who they are to the world and a past they couldn’t outrun, no matter how hard they tried.
Kim Ddae, who goes by Christine Day now, blends into the background now; and that’s exactly how she likes it. She is invisible as the fourth chair cellist in SOOK, and that’s all she wants; her music and her invisibility.
When the recently hired maestro, the masked Devlin (who wears a bandana covering half his face, to protect his identity!), approaches Christine to work with him on his new composition – she is not only shocked; but also intrigued even if it scares the bajeesus out of her.
The romance between Kim and Devlin is quite sizzling, mysterious and the perfect kind of slow burn romance that I have had the pleasure of reading in recent times – trust me, if you love slow burn romances, you would know that there is art to writing a slow burn romance & Piper Sheldon shows that she promise of writing one that would make readers fall for her writing even more!
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