Author: Kelly Creagh
Ch: 85 Plus Epilogue
Pg: 528
Series: Phantom Heart
Genre: Teen Paranormal romance retelling
Rating: 5 stars
Publisher: Viking books
I've been putting off writing this review not because I didn't
love the book, but because I was still processing my emotions after reading
this one and gathering my thoughts. As well as trying to find the balance as a
reader/reviewer while being friends with the author. (And on a platform like
goodreads other readers would say I'm bias but if I don't like a book, I'm
going to say that, while being polite). But my rating of the book has
everything to do with how the book was written being true to the original story
while creating a unique modern tale.
Creagh pays homage to the original by keeping the name Erik for
the phantom character as well as using the last names Armand and Cheney for the
main characters. Like her previous books the setting for this book is
Louisville. As a Louisvillian I loved finding the Easter eggs of local things
in the book. While this isn't the first Phantom of the Opera retelling,
I've read, it is the first one I've read that I could tell early in the book
that was indeed inspired by the Phantom of the Opera. Creagh knows how to
write paranormal and retellings that's for sure.
I've seen other reviews comparing it to Twilight. To me the
only thing relating it to Twilight is that it's teen paranormal romance with a
slight love triangle. But guess what that's where the similarities end. Phantom
Heart having a love triangle doesn't make it Twilight like it just makes it
true to the original story as they was indeed a love triangle in the book and
the musical. Having loved the original and been team Phantom I was shocked that
with Phantom Heart I was rooting not for Erik but for Lucas. I guess I'm still
a sucker for a nerdy hero.
Another thing that I enjoyed is Creagh always manages to add nerdy
pop culture references into her book and this one made my marvel nerd heart
happy. While one storyline wrapped up nicely by the end with only a
slight cliffhanger the main storyline is left to continue in book
2(hopefully)? In which I am indeed looking forward to.
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