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A review by fiction_fever
Phantom by Greer Rivers
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I think dark romance isn’t for me. I’m just gonna go back to grumpy, goofy, nerdy fictional men now, thank you.
My biggest take aways are: does Scarlett know pastries other than beignets exist? Also what’s up with all the giggling, like can we please find another word? Looooord. I’m not sure why that bugged me more than the overuse of the “demon of music” and “pretty muse” nicknames did, but I had a “giggle” counter going and decided to drop it after like the 5th time I read that word.
The plot was very predictable and I had guessed the ending of the book by the time Sol and Scarlett met so there’s that. The beginning was fine, the middle was kinda boring and dragged quite a bit, and the last 30ish percent of the book was also fine, though again no big plot twist or big reveal — just the story kinda hurriedly wrapping it all up.
My biggest take aways are: does Scarlett know pastries other than beignets exist? Also what’s up with all the giggling, like can we please find another word? Looooord. I’m not sure why that bugged me more than the overuse of the “demon of music” and “pretty muse” nicknames did, but I had a “giggle” counter going and decided to drop it after like the 5th time I read that word.
The plot was very predictable and I had guessed the ending of the book by the time Sol and Scarlett met so there’s that. The beginning was fine, the middle was kinda boring and dragged quite a bit, and the last 30ish percent of the book was also fine, though again no big plot twist or big reveal — just the story kinda hurriedly wrapping it all up.