Phantasma by Kaylie Smith

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A gorgeous trade paperback edition with custom gold foiling on the cover! Caraval meets Throne of the Fallen in this spicy dark romantasy where and necromancer needs help from a dangerous phantom to win a deadly competition, only to find their partnership puts her at risk of breaking the game most vital rule don fall in love. PHANTASMA is the decadent feast that every romantasy lover dreams of. Dark magic, fraught danger, exhilarating trials and a simmering-hot romance abound! Sophie Kim, No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the The God and the Gumiho When Ophelia and her sister discovers their mother brutally murdered, there is no time to grieve Ophelia has inherited both her powerful death-driven magic and enormous debt on their home. Circumstances go from dire to deadly, however, when Ophelia sister decides to pay off the loan by entering Phantasma a competition where most contestants don't make it out alive and the winner is granted a single wish. The only way to save her sister is to compete. but Phantasma is a cursed manor, with twisting corridors and lavish ballrooms, and filled with enticing demons and fatal temptations. Ophelia will need to face nine floors of challenges to win if her fears don't overtake her first. When a charming, arrogant stranger claims he

  • Product Features

    • Kaylie Smith (Author)
    • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
    • Publication Date: 09-03-2024
    • Page Count: 512
    • Paperback
    • Science Fiction & Fantasy
    • 5.3 (w) x 8(h) x 1.4 (d)
    • ISBN: 9781538769256
    • Imported
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14 days ago

Perfect gothic romance

I read it within a couple days. Incredible plot

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29 days ago

Loved the book

It’s a great gothic romance I love the storyline

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2 months ago
from Madison, WI

A fav read of 2024!!

My love for Phantasma by Kaylie Smith knows no bounds. I saw this one all over Bookstagram in early fall, and was so excited to see it arrive in a Caffeine & Legends box. I dove into it immediately, and devoured it as quickly as I could! It was the perfect cure for the book hangover after The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen. I am a sucker for the "deadly trials" trope, and Phantasma did not disappoint! The world—set entirely in a haunted manor in New Orleans—was fascinatingly dark and twisty. Many of the other contestants were positively insufferable. And the trials themselves? DARK! If you're a fan of books that make you go "holy sh*t, did that just happen?!" then you will love Phantasma. Admittedly, the "enter the trial to save your sister" element felt a little overdone, especially considering I started the audiobook of Caraval at the same time and had to stop because they were so similar. Think of Phantasma as the more grown-up version of Caraval.. there's some heat, some spice, and a LOT of graphic ways the trial participants meet their end.

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2 months ago

Loved it

This book hit a lot of marks for me. I liked the trial aspect and the different paranormal entities. Can’t wait for the sequel.

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2 months ago

A must read

This was one of the best reads I’ve read this year. I loved it

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2 months ago
from NC

Fun gothic romance

A fun gothic-horror-romance with a great set of characters and creativity. The author does a good job representing OCD as well, and it's not treated as something that needs to be 'cured'. It's tastefully done and I appreciate the representation (without the message being overdone).

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2 months ago
from United States

Dark, Steamy, and Gory

I’m going to dive straight into the review for this one, y’all. Once Ophelia stepped onto the grounds of Phantasma, I was sucked into the story. Be prepared for gory moments, some gruesome scenes, and high heat. Yes, there are demons, apparitions, and ghouls, but we also see the darker side of human nature. Most of the contestants don’t make it out alive, after all, and they aren’t only taken out by Phantasma’s residents. Our FMC also has OCD and experiences intrusive thoughts. If this may be tough for you, proceed with caution. There are some twists I didn’t see coming and one major one that I did. I will say—and this is not something I expected to ever say about a book—there are A LOT of intimate scenes—enough for me to be surprised enough to think, “Oh, we aren’t just initiating intimacy and then going to the next scene. We’re experiencing the whole thing again,” multiple times. (And if you follow me, you know that I don’t really shy away from the spicy spice.) BUT Blackwell is super swoony, and those scenes are quite 🔥🔥🔥. And we love to see a strong heroine. I devoured this one and am looking forward to reading Genevieve’s story next. I received an advance copy of the ebook from Forever. All review opinions are my own.

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2 months ago

LOVED THIS!

I LOVED this. The fact that the FMC had OCD. And the author wrote about her personal experiences with the condition through Ophelia was wonderful. I also love that the MMC told her she wasn’t broken and didn’t need fixing, but she could accept outside help? I melted for him at that. I can’t wait to read her sister’s story. And the spice. Let me tell you. I need a Blackwell in my life. This story was great, gory, romantic, and spicy!

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