Phantasma by Kaylie Smith
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Web ID: 19876338not my typical read but loved
Short chapters and quick read because it was so good!
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Amazing Gothic Romance!
What a wonderful and Phantastic world. This book focuses on two sisters, one goes missing and one has to go play a deadly game to find her. Enter Phantasma, where your worst nightmares come alive, and plays tricks on you. I enjoyed the character driven storyline, and the third person POV, the gothic paranormal story set in New Orleans, necromancer FMC, explorations of heaven and hell, OCD and anxiety representation, forbidden romance, and a mysterious phantom MMC. I thought this was a beautiful clash of Caraval and Haunted Mansion with a bit more spice, and hell-ish spirits. The plot twist was interesting and I was thoroughly surprised that this was a standalone book! I was really hoping that this was a series. However, it was an amazing read, with everything you would want and hope for smushed into one book. I cannot recommend this enough. Blackwell and Ophelia are the IT couple when it comes to gothic romances.
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Phantasma is wickedly sexy and perfectly bloody.
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 🔥🔥🔥 Phantasma is wickedly sexy and perfectly bloody. Fall in love in Phantasma, and be cursed for life. Can you resist the temptation? 🩸"You Came." "You called" 🫠🩸coming into powers 🩸"who did this to you" 🩸wicked curse 🩸a bunch of people die 🩸shadow 🩸ghost sex 🩸"distract me" 🩸OCD representation 🩸Secrets & Betrayal 🩸10/10 for "spicy" talk Phantasma is equal parts plot, spice, and blood and I loved every second. Ophelia Grimm promised her mother that she would take over the family necromancy business while her sister, Genevieve, got to live a normal life--or as normal as one can be when you're sister is the most powerful necromancer in New Orleans. Phantasma is kind of like the Hunger Games arena, but even more deadly and unforgiving. It has a similar structure to the popular dystopian battleground, however, not similar enough to elicit an eye roll. You know the kind of books I'm talking about.🙄 The main character's in Phantasma each play a crucial role in the other's storyline and, I promise, when you meet him...["spoilers" in Dr. River Song's voice]...for lack of a better phrase, when you know, you'll know. The male main character, Blackwell, is powerful, mouthwateringly sexy, and absolutely down bad for Ophelia. There's something about a man who will destroy an army and then crawl to his woman on all fours. Blackwell is the embodiment (no pun intended) of those vibes. 🤌 🎵Songs for Characters🎶 Ophelia Grimm: I found by Amber Run & Family Line by Conan Gray Genevieve Grimm: All The Things She Said by t.A.Tu. Blackwell: The Summoning by Sleep Token Tessie Grimm: Let You Down by NF Cade (who is basically Cain from Throne of Class): Bat Country by Avenged Sevenfold Poe: Sneaky Snitch by Kevin MacLeod
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Alluring, well written & fantastic
Phantasma had me hooked from the first page, I’ve been a fan of New Orleanean authors for a long time, Anne Rice being my absolute favorite. Kaylie Smith is quickly turning into a new favorite go to author! Her tale of Ophelia’s journey is full of wicked trials, a handsome man (with AHmazing sex scenes) & secrets come to light. Definitely worth a read- can’t wait for the second installment to be released.
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It's a struggle to survive at all costs.
Upon their mother's death, Ophelia finds herself about to lose her house due to the debts her mother and her sister kept her in the dark about. After an argument, her sister disappears, but Ophelia soon discovers that she entered a deadly competition to pay back that debt. In order to try to find and save her sister, Ophelia willingly enters the competition herself, unaware of the ties to her family's dark history that are intricately woven through that haunting place, Phantasma. She comes from a line of Necromancers and her powers begin to shimmer into being, but with her life at stake at every turn, and through every level, she has to keep her wits and sanity about her. She entangles herself with a dangerous and seductive, unlikely ally to increase her odds of winning, and finding her sister. It is a struggle to survive at all costs. ... The below contains some ⚠️ SPOILERS.⚠️. . . . . . Given Ophelia's upbringing - sheltered, controlled, bearer of responsibility, her attitude towards others - stand-offish and private, is understandable. The initial hostility she showed toward some, I'm sure, came from the influence of the Shadow Voice. The Shadow Voice kind of gave me a little bit of anxiety. I felt for Ophelia, who had to go through that panicked state and hoped from the beginning she could triumph over it and kick its butt a little... a lot! The voice evolved and changed from the wicked OCD type to more of a mix between an inner voice full of self-loathing/self-deprecation and one of malice and spite. Despite the teachings and warnings of her mother, Ophelia seemed to have given in to a bargain and trusted Blackwell way too quickly and easily. You'd think that one would consider that he has been striking up bargains/deals for who knows how long - decades, maybe centuries. Therefore, he's an expert at manipulation and seduction... and that would have raised red flags. Putting trust into that, well before certain details came to light, was a bit of madness, but I guess the alternative was less attractive - literally and figuratively. I was waiting for Blackwell to show his horns, did he? You'll have to read and see. Some things were apparent from the get-go, making it not so much of a surprise when they came into being. And some thing were made to happen far too easy, like surely that wouldn't be the end of things, surely the creator of Phantasma and the reasoning behind it wouldn't let things lay as they ended. But that was, indeed, how it ended. 3.5 🌟
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So good!
The plot in this book had me screaming “what!” In my living room. I could have never seen it coming. It was such a good read!
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Perfect gothic romance
I read it within a couple days. Incredible plot
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Loved the book
It’s a great gothic romance I love the storyline
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