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roseofphantom 's review for:
Roseblood
by A.G. Howard
First off I want to say that A.G. Howard is an AMAZING writer. There's a beautiful poetry to her words and they quickly captivated me and stirred up the perfect images in my mind to convey the scenes. And I would actually LOVE to read more by her.
She knows her stuff. She has really researched the story of the Phantom to the point where she's even reciting very little known information in the book. She is drawing connections and states very accurate news from the inspiration of Phantom. It's clear a lot of love went into this book and I highly honor that.
It's fun to read a story about a girl who is obsessed with the Phantom of the Opera, and not just someone who falls into a similar situation.
Her depiction of Erik is honestly THE BEST I have read outside of the Original novel. There are a couple of slip ups here and there but my word, she really has a grip on his mentality and accurately portrays him as, well... a terrible person. Let me say it again. SHE DOES NOT ROMANTICIZE ERIK ONCE. HE IS STILL DESPICABLE IN THIS BOOK, SOMETHING NOBODY SEEMS TO GET RIGHT.
However...
Psychic vampires. This book revolves around the idea of psychic vampires. I admit, it is an interesting take, and honestly... may have been the only way to really modernize the idea of the story.... But I guess my question is why did he need to be practically immortal at all? Why couldn't this just have been inspired by the Phantom rather than it actually being Erik?
And... Did we HAVE to have Christine and Erik eventually have a child together??? Why must this trope pop up again???
Okay. I'm calm.
That being said, I still recommend it. There are things that bother me, but... it is clear that this is a well-researched book and written very much out of love. And it is so wonderfully written. The fact that it broke me free from a couple years of reading books very slowly is a testament to the engagement of the book. It is exciting. It's 400 pages and I devoured it over the weekend. It's definitely enjoyable and looking into. 7/10. Not terribly high, maybe, but I'm hard to please with Phantom. I am actually okay with displaying this one with pride. Good job, A.G. Howard. Good job.
She knows her stuff. She has really researched the story of the Phantom to the point where she's even reciting very little known information in the book. She is drawing connections and states very accurate news from the inspiration of Phantom. It's clear a lot of love went into this book and I highly honor that.
It's fun to read a story about a girl who is obsessed with the Phantom of the Opera, and not just someone who falls into a similar situation.
Her depiction of Erik is honestly THE BEST I have read outside of the Original novel. There are a couple of slip ups here and there but my word, she really has a grip on his mentality and accurately portrays him as, well... a terrible person. Let me say it again. SHE DOES NOT ROMANTICIZE ERIK ONCE. HE IS STILL DESPICABLE IN THIS BOOK, SOMETHING NOBODY SEEMS TO GET RIGHT.
However...
Psychic vampires. This book revolves around the idea of psychic vampires. I admit, it is an interesting take, and honestly... may have been the only way to really modernize the idea of the story.... But I guess my question is why did he need to be practically immortal at all? Why couldn't this just have been inspired by the Phantom rather than it actually being Erik?
And... Did we HAVE to have Christine and Erik eventually have a child together??? Why must this trope pop up again???
Okay. I'm calm.
That being said, I still recommend it. There are things that bother me, but... it is clear that this is a well-researched book and written very much out of love. And it is so wonderfully written. The fact that it broke me free from a couple years of reading books very slowly is a testament to the engagement of the book. It is exciting. It's 400 pages and I devoured it over the weekend. It's definitely enjoyable and looking into. 7/10. Not terribly high, maybe, but I'm hard to please with Phantom. I am actually okay with displaying this one with pride. Good job, A.G. Howard. Good job.