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- Content warnings: Violence, Blood, Death
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by A.G. Howard
A Phantom-inspired YA gothic romance with a cursed voice, a masked boy, and a boarding-school opera house dripping with melodrama.
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Length432 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice1/5 · Closed door
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Forbidden love
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Low
- Closed door
- Romantic fulfillment
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- Mysterious stranger
- Only one who understands them
- Tension / anticipation
- The swoon
- Cursed
- Gentle / romantic
- Longing glances
- Tension
Fantasy promise
- Gothic romance
- Academy / campus
- Gothic
- Ghosts
- Cursed love interest
- Circus / theatre / performance troupe
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- Paranormal
- Incubus / succubus
- Literary / classic retelling
- Contemporary
Reading experience
- Third person
- Medium
- Moderate
- Artist/creative
- Romantic
- Lush
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- Survivor
- Haunting
- Atmospheric
- Phantom of the Opera retelling
- Haunted castle
- Forbidden desire
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Book details
- Length
- 432 pages
- Publisher
- Amulet Books
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book