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RoseBlood
RoseBlood | A. G. Howard
This YA novel from New York Times bestselling author A. G. Howard marks the beginning of a new era for fans of the Splintered series. Rune Germaine moves to a boarding school outside of Paris, only to discover that at this opera-house-turned-music-conservatory, phantoms really do exist. RoseBlood is a Phantom of the Opera–inspired retelling in which Rune’s biggest talent—her voice—is also her biggest curse. Fans of Daughter of Smoke and Bone and the Splintered series will find themselves captivated by this pulse-pounding spin on a classic tale.   Rune, whose voice has been compared to that of an angel, has a mysterious affliction linked to her talent that leaves her sick and drained at the end of every performance. Convinced creative direction will cure her, her mother ships her off to a French boarding school for the arts, rumored to have a haunted past.   Shortly after arriving at RoseBlood conservatory, Rune starts to believe something otherworldly is indeed afoot. The mystery boy she’s seen frequenting the graveyard beside the opera house doesn’t have any classes at the school, and vanishes almost as quickly as he appears. When Rune begins to develop a secret friendship with the elusive Thorn, who dresses in clothing straight out of the 19th century, she realizes that in his presence she feels cured. Thorn may be falling for Rune, but the phantom haunting RoseBlood wants her for a very specific and dangerous purpose. As their love continues to grow, Thorn is faced with an impossible choice: lead Rune to her destruction, or save her and face the wrath of the phantom, the only father he’s ever known.   A. G. Howard brings the romantic storytelling that Splintered fans adore to France—and an entirely new world filled with lavish romance and intrigue—in a retelling inspired by a story that has captivated generations. Fans of both The Phantom of the Opera musical and novel, as well as YA retellings such as Marissa Meyer’s Cinder, will devour RoseBlood.
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booklover3258
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My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/4Gn3IU_8Kik

Enjoy!

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Clare-Dragonfly
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Bailedbailed

Despite my best attempts to lean in to the drama, when I found myself randomly reopening social media instead of reading this book, I realized I was bored.

shanaqui Aww. I'd heard good things about this author. 2y
Clare-Dragonfly @shanaqui Several of this author‘s books sound right up my alley but I‘ve tried others as well and not liked them! It‘s unfortunate. 2y
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Clare-Dragonfly
RoseBlood | A. G. Howard
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The excessively dramatic writing has me a bit skeptical, but it‘s SO over-the-top that it has to be on purpose (the school is CALLED RoseBlood?!), so I‘m trying to lean in to the drama. It is more fun this way!

shanaqui ...I certainly hope that it's meant to be on purpose! 2y
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KristiAhlers
RoseBlood | A. G. Howard
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I‘m giving this a pick ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 because I enjoyed the effort she made in doing a Phantom retelling. Yes sometimes it fell flat but I admire her attempt. I was drawn into the story at first but it did have a slow part near the middle that could have people putting the book down. #readingchallenge2022

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LaurelChandler
RoseBlood | A. G. Howard

This book. So beautiful yet tragic. I love The Phantom of the Opera and this? This is another Phantom in the making. Another poor soul, stripped of the love and kindness he's supposed to receive.

I know the quote is long but I just love this passage so much. Continue in comments.

"Today, you become someone new. From this moment on, you belong to the underworld, from which you were born. You are something monstrous, but beautiful.

LaurelChandler Something fierce, yet fragile. You are Thorn. The part of the rose that is unloved... that everyone fears for its ability to bring a soul to bleed. [...] It is a falsity, that monsters are the instigators of all the evil in the world. Our kind is capable of acceptance and mercy where mankind is not. For we see beyond the surface, as we live beneath it." 2y
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SLibrarian5
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Panpan

I try to give all my Owlcrate books a fair chance and completely read them, but I struggled with this one. The premise sounded promising, but the writing dragged, both in page count and in scenes.

I usually like supernatural elements in books, but this one was just all over the place and left me frustrated.

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Jgacreations
RoseBlood | A. G. Howard
Bailedbailed

I hate not finishing a book but after 65% of the way through i had to give up. I really tried. It‘s not good, the characters, the story, the idea…..nope.

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Jgacreations
RoseBlood | A. G. Howard
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What are you reading right now??? These are my two. one audio for when I‘m working and one to read before bed lol.

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DarkMina
RoseBlood | A. G. Howard
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72 of 2021. A retelling of Phantom of the Opera. This was a fun twist on the original story. I really enjoyed it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Bookgoil
RoseBlood | A. G. Howard
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Hello June! It‘s not the best start to the month but here‘s what I read last month.

37 books total. Books are my escape.
* 19 audiobooks
* 13 TBR books
* 24 library books
* 7 graphic novels
* 6 ebooks
How was your May? I‘ll post my June TBR soon it‘s a weird mix of pride and random books. I‘ll post my other audiobooks and ebooks read soon too. ❤️hope everyone is staying safe.

Pageturner1 WOW! Awesome! 👏👏 4y
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Bookgoil
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Just finished this one and really loved the twist on the Phantom story. Makes me want to watch the musical again soon. I love the author‘s style and the twist she took on it. Had some help with snuggles after a long walk on a muggy day to finish this one off. #dogsoflitsy

rubyslippersreads I just watched the 25th anniversary of Phantom, followed by Love Never Dies, so it might be fun to reread this. The cover is so gorgeous. 😍 4y
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Johanna414
RoseBlood | A. G. Howard
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I had to pick up a few things at Ollie's today so I did a quick sweep of the book section. These will all be redistributed to a couple of my book club students who love to read but dont have parents who can afford books. One emailed me last week about how much she missed the library because she'd read all her books at home 😥😥😥😥😥

StayCurious How sad. Really makes you think how important libraries are. 4y
Julsmarshall I love that you are spreading the book love! 4y
Johanna414 @Julsmarshall its the only thing I can think of to do for them right now! These are kids I usually let take a couple bags of books home over the summer and they didnt even get to do rhst 4y
Julsmarshall Might we be able to help? I‘d love to send a couple books for you to share with your students. 4y
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Witchireader93
Roseblood | Anita G Howard
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I am so excited because while exploring my favorite place (half priced books outlet) I was able to find not only a book I was looking for for awhile, but signed by the author no less! I love retellings, so this should be fun :)

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bookish6
RoseBlood | A. G. Howard
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Week 8: A book with a one word title
Reading: Roseblood by A.G. Howard

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LibrarianRyan
Roseblood | Anita G Howard
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I started this but was not in the mood to read it.

But what I read was about dancing. So #cabaret

#musicalnewyear
@Cinfhen @vivastory

Freespirit Sometimes you just have to move on when the book doesn't engage you. I used to plow through. So many books to read😊 5y
LibrarianRyan @Freespirit if I am interested but not in the mood I will keep it to try again later. Then usually the next time I breeze through it. If I wasn‘t enjoying it, I do t usually force it unless it‘s for a book club. 5y
Cinfhen Same, Ryan!! I call those books #hibernating 🐻 5y
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LibrarianRyan @Cinfhen I like that. Totally stealing it. Currently I‘m hibernating 4 I think. Children of blood and bone. Rose blood. Three dark crowns. Girl who circumnavigated... (edited) 5y
Cinfhen I think @julesG coined that phrase...it‘s soooo good 🙌🏻 5y
julesG I have had a Goodreads shelf for "hibernating" books for ages. @Cinfhen It sounds much better than "books I bailed on but intend to give another try one day" 5y
vivastory Yes, we're waiting for Litsy to update with a hibernating feature! 5y
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Quirkybookworm
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Remember the book I did a review while back? Btw thank you for the lovely book, @Gissy ! There are mixed reviews but I enjoyed it. Roseblood is on sale for 1.99. The links are at my review. http://quirkybookwormalways.blogspot.com/2018/10/i-read-this-lovely-book-back-in...

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Booknerd222
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Booknerd222
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Pandareads37
RoseBlood | A. G. Howard
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Finished #12inTwo and halfway in #24in48. Favorite book so far has been Roseblood since I love The Phantom of the Opera. Probably going to take a break for an hour then go to some physical books

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Quirkybookworm
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4 Stars....*sighs dreamily* Wonderful story. Mystery upon mystery. Layers of them and yet so haunting. Perfect for YA.

anabereads I just saw Phantom live this weekend! Definitely picking this one up! 6y
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Quirkybookworm
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1. Just finished Serpentine while waiting to get x-rayed on spine and pelvis.
2. I‘m in a daze due to long over due rain. (Severe drought here)
3. Started this beautiful book with beautiful pages.
4. I‘m curled up in my bed looking out from my window watching, hearing, and smelling the rain!
Can you say perfect Friday? ❤️😍😍

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GlassAsDiamonds
RoseBlood | A. G. Howard
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I‘m late to the party I know but this very cool tag, especially since I do love a good YA (other than contemporary, sorry, angsty teens at least need a dragon or 10) & I just must!! It‘s a paranormal tag this week so RoseBlood; that I have started and put down distractedly a few times, fits the bill. Possibly more gothic than paranormal but I do love this edition so let‘s just go with it! 😊😊😊 #YAWednesday

TheFunkyBookworm Ohhh this one sounds GOOD!!! 6y
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LibrarianRyan
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I. The original Phantom on the Opera the Phantom is #hopelessly devoted to Christine. I wonder if that's the same in this book. Maybe I should get around to reading it. #juneitselectrifying @Cinfhen @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

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morrighanrose
RoseBlood | A. G. Howard
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I loved A.G. Howard's Splintered series so I cannot wait to start this! #bookish #retelling

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melissa.drake
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Bailedbailed

Admittedly, the vanity red ink didn't get me started on the right foot with this one, but I really did want to give it a chance as the narrator's voice and situation (American girl starting at European boarding school) put me in mind of the Shades of London series. BUT the whole set-up is unignorably silly. Rune suffers from an embarrassing singing "compulsion", there's mentions of auras and chakras (lol), and my patience, frankly, has run out! ?

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melissa.drake
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So I'm finding this hard to capture on camera, but if the above text looks vaguely reddish, that is because it IS!!! I don't know WHO at the publisher's thought this was a good idea and signed off on it, but the entire book is printed in red ink!!! WHY????? This is driving me and my eyeballs nuts! 👀 😵🙅

BarbaraTheBibliophage Sounds like a printing gimmick not a reading feature. Ugh. 6y
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Hauntedbybooks
RoseBlood | A. G. Howard
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Happy Monday!

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Caffeinated_Reader
Roseblood | Anita G Howard
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Book 21 of my year is this one. It is so beautiful, the text is written in red, the pages and cover is so elegant, and can I just say the book smells like a little slice of heaven. I am in love with the cover artwork and the overall pleasantness of this book. It‘s easily one of the most gorgeous books I have in my collection. Must. Get. More. From. This. Author. ASAP.

Caffeinated_Reader The over all presentation of the book is beyond beautiful, that being said the story was just meh. I feel like a lot of it was dragged out and prolonged and unnecessary. I liked the characters very much and the back story of thorn was beautifully & tragically done which made me sympathetic to him. I give this book 3.5 out of 5 ⭐️ 6y
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BookishBlonde12
RoseBlood | A. G. Howard
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Seventeen year old Rune has a mysterious affliction with her operatic talents and a mistake that she is trying to leave behind in the States. Hoping to get a handle on her “special” musical talents, Rune‘s mother decides to send her to a French arts conservatory, located in the house that has ties to the Phantom of the Opera. At Roseblood, Rune befriends an elusive violinist, Thorn, who helps guide her musical transformation through her dreams.✨🔮

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BookishBlonde12
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Doing a little audio cleaning and laundry on this dreary day. Trying to get as much as I can done before I head off to see Black Panther!

#audiobooks

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MiraMonroe
RoseBlood | A. G. Howard
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Post a cover that you love. No explanations. #3. #7days7bookcovers

Showing the inside too - so beautifully designed.

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BookishBlonde12
RoseBlood | A. G. Howard
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Someone settled in for the audiobook. #catsoflitsy 😻

wellreadredhead ❤️❤️😻 6y
TheLibrarian 😻 6y
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BookishBlonde12
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Working from home on this rainy day, listening to Roseblood 🥀 I look out of my back door to see a family of doves sleeping in the rain. I want to give them all tiny umbrellas ☔️

rubyslippersreads 😍🕊😍 6y
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Megabethey
RoseBlood | A. G. Howard
Bailedbailed

I was so excited to read this book. I started reading it and loved it but then it just kind of flattened out. Like it the storyline got stuck to me. It so sad cause I was so excited.

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alisiakae
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I am planning on reading at least one book from this shelf in Nov, but can‘t decide which one!

Suggestions? Other than The Hate U Give, and Eliza and Her Monsters, which I have already read.

Also...using my new iPhone X camera for the first time! Woohoo!! This post may have been been an excuse to take a picture. 😂 #Shelfie

Tamra I‘m really wanting to read The Hate. 6y
GondorGirl I really loved 'Sandcastle Empire' (action/suspense) and 'A Gentleman's Guide...' (romance/action). 6y
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Ashley_Nicoletto I really loved Caraval and The Gentlemans Guide. 6y
Alicia I heard the author of Nyxia speak and that one sounds pretty cool 6y
Johanna414 The Upside of Unrequited was really sweet and fun, Caraval was beautiful. I just started The Gentlemen's Guide, but it's fun so far 6y
brennahawleycraig Gentlemen‘s Guide! 6y
Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Daughter of the Pirate King was a quick read. :) 6y
enidkeaner Gentlemen‘s Guide is amazing! 6y
kamoorephoto Gentleman‘s Guide is soooooo good!!! 6y
KirstieE The upside of unrequited is amazing !! 6y
alisiakae @GondorGirl @xicanti @Ashley_Nicoletto @brennahawleycraig @enidkeaner @kamoorephoto I chose Gentleman‘s Guide and I am really enjoying it so far! Thanks for the rec! 6y
kamoorephoto @4thhouseontheleft I‘m so glad!! 6y
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LibrarianRyan
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A Phantom is a #👻 right? #uncannyoctober

EchoLogical Ughh. I hate this author. I tried getting through the Splintered series and just could not. It was so bad. 6y
LibrarianRyan @EchoLogical I have them all. But haven't read a one yet. 6y
EchoLogical @LibrarianRyan I hope you like them a lot better than I did. It seems like other people like them a lot because the first two books were nominated for YALSA's Teen Top 10 a few years ago. I was just confused by it and I didn't like the main character. 6y
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kitkatdallibooks
RoseBlood | A. G. Howard
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I have seriously been so bad about posting things. This is my October TBR!
#roseblood #cradleandall #theknifeofneverlettinggo #aliceinzombieland

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mylifeas_marissa
RoseBlood | A. G. Howard
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I have a few posts about this book and all I have to say is that it's Wonderful!

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SnazzyShelbey91
RoseBlood | A. G. Howard
Bailedbailed

I tried to give this book a fair chance; I went into it excited and with an open mind. I am a huge fan of The Phantom of the Opera, so I was looking forward to a modern retelling. That is not what I got. The book is poorly written, the protagonist is a complete Mary-Sue, and the plot is majorly lacking. Also, AG Howard likes books with colored print, and this book was no different. The red print gave me headaches, and made reading it a chore.

Daughter_of_Opulence Damn it. I was looking forward to the same thing. Oh well. 7y
SnazzyShelbey91 @Daughter_of_Opulence I tried so hard to like it. 7y
RaimeyGallant Welcome to Litsy! #LitsyWelcomeWagon 7y
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Shadow_Queen
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Not quite sure if I'm in a reading slump or if I just keep picking the wrong books. I'm currently trying to read Roseblood but its not holding my attention. I was having the same issue with Crooked Kingdom too.

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Kat.Kao
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Panpan

The book often veered into melodrama–which, given the story, could have been really fitting, but instead was so over-the-top it pulled me out. The parts of the story told from Thorn‘s point of view were the most ridiculous. The story would have been served better if we had experienced the mystery along with Rune, instead of knowing so much about Thorne and the Phantom.

Full review: http://mrskaoreads.com/book/roseblood/

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GlassAsDiamonds
RoseBlood | A. G. Howard
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When your partner is traveling places with genres you can't access easily in India on short notice and takes a "get yourself out of trouble" wishlist VERY seriously ....and then the kitty tries to claim your books!!! #bookhaul #catsoflitsy #litsykitty

MrBook #NiceStack! 😻😻😻 7y
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Wordsareweapons
RoseBlood | A. G. Howard
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Guys this book! Not gonna lie took me a bit to get into but then I just devoured it! I don't know if it's because I love the phantom of the opera but the premise is really intriguing and I really liked the characters. Plus the amount of sensory detail with colors and scents is just great!

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Hollyc2012
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Beginning: couldn't put it down
Middle: pretty good then bad then just eye roll inducing
End: anticlimactic then just plain stupid

This really took me forever to read. And I'm heartbroken it wasn't good because I truly was so excited about this book. And omg it's so beautiful 😭

#roseblood #aghoward #yalit #ya #novel

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Girlsinbooks
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It's not often that I give books 5- star ratings, but I loved this retelling of The Phantom is the Opera! It was so perfect, it read like a continuation of the original story. If you haven't read the original, that's okay. The author gives you enough background details for the story to make sense. It put me in the mood to read more macabre.
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#bookish #bookworm #bookreview #roseblood

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AngelErin
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RoseBlood is no where near as good as I was expecting. The summary made it one of my most anticipated reads, but sadly it is too basic for me. The idea of it and the vibe are on point, but there is too much in the plot that I've seen way too many times. For example the no cell phone reception, the teenage girl with power or whatever she can't control, the clique of mean girls, and etc. By about halfway through I was just bored by the whole thing.

rubyslippersreads That's how I felt too. The beautiful cover was the best thing about it. 7y
AngelErin @rubyslippersreads Totally agree!! 7y
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nicole_in_neverland
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2.5/5 🌟
I was incredibly disappointed with this book .... there were some super specific reasons why I didn't like it, one of them was the insta love. I found it slightly creepy in this case. The other reason I won't give due to spoilers but I mentioned it on goodreads if you want to read that review. Feel free to add me on goodreads too (Nicole Alycia)
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#roseblood #aghoward #retelling #bookreview #phantomoftheopera

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