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Phantasma

Kaylie Smith

4.05 AVERAGE

coppertopging's review

Author wants to call people Nazi's for showing compassion to the murder of a human being. Doesn't deserve a fan base.

tessalee115's review

3.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book is weird. The first half pretty slow to read, but the story is moving along quickly. It doesn’t always make sense.

Ophelia is weirdly attached to her dead mothers wishes, her sister is annoyingly deceptive, and then as soon as she enters this phantasma place to find her sister she’s screwing someone she shouldn’t even be talking to.

The trials begin with a vague clue which would be better if explained during the trials because they seem like a waste to even read minus one line or so.

Sex is introduced about halfway through, not surprisingly it’s the best she’s ever had, but also she’s only had one lover before and said she felt nothing, so not sure how she so quickly knows what to do and that it’s just the most amazing. Also she went from shy to fucking herself I front of the phantom very quickly and it’s a bit unbelievable to me.

Lastly as I’m finishing the book I realize I’ve pretty much read this story before. Now I’m on the hunt to find the other story I read that’s almost the exact same and figure out who did it first and which one was better. I’m thinking the other one, but I’ll give credit where it’s due if this one came first.

tlwatterson's review

5.0

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

BOTM 2024 Finalist: wow. I loved this book. The description of OCD was so relatable to me and my own mental machinations. I love the spice. I loved the story. Reminded me a great deal of TAZ Suffering Game. I really really enjoyed. I read in 2 sittings.

katerzjoy's review

3.5

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

zahirareads's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious medium-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

kraytheili's review

4.25

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

I liked it a lot more than I expected!I experienced all sorts of emotions while reading this: I kicked my feet, I shouted, I exclaimed, I swooned. I had no idea how it was going to end which I loved, although I will say I made some very uneducated guesses that ended up being accurate but it didn’t take away from the ending.