One of my favorite reads of 2019. I absolutely LOVED this book. I was hesitant to read this at first because The Phantom of The Opera is one of my favorite movies and I didn't want to read a chopped up story that wouldn't do it justice, but I was completely shocked that it kept to the story and made it far more creepy and romantic in a modern setting.
Rune is an American teen who is on her way to Paris to attend Roseblood Academy which is housed in the old Parisian Opera House.She has a gift of singing and whenever she hears opera music, she has to purge the music from her body or it will kill her.
Thorne is our male main protagonist/ antagonist. He is both. You don't know which side he will eventually choose. He is the son of Erik and they both live below the school. Eric is a benefactor of the school who built it after the fire.
This story introduces a theory that maybe the original phantom was maybe a vampire and the author weaves that into this story and it fits.
I was also connected to this story in many ways. My love of Phantom of the Opera and my hubby loving it as well. The cat Diable aka Ghost Kitty, he wears a collar with a bell and the author describes that bell as his jingles and that is what my daughters and I call our cats bell when we call her in from outside. "I hear the jingle". There was also a part that really hit home and made me cry, and it was the premature birth story and lungs not being fully developed.
A.G. Howard did really well on this re-telling. If there were to be a sequel, then I might have conflicting thoughts. I want to read more on the relationship between Rune and Thorne and if the Phantom tried to exact revenge, once again. And I am completely fine with it being a stand alone as to not ruin the story.
I love the phantom of the opera, will have to check this out!
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