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Music of the Night
by Angela J. Ford
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
*Sigh* Reality is boring. Give me flower blooming music sorcery any day
The Phantom Of the opera captivated me as a child and quite possibly nothing could live up to it. The entire time I read this I kept humming the songs and found myself randomly singing the chorus.
The author definitely uses this call and response phrase that is evocative of Loyd Webber's Phantom "....Of the night" it is often the end of a sentence at the end of a paragraph and it is an effective tool.
Romance Plot/Storyline/Themes:
The worldbuilding is atmospheric, misty and foggy and feels like you aren't seeing something that's right infront of you.
I enjoyed how music was so integral to the story it was literally magic. I also loved how there were no lyrics, you could hear your own song in the moment and not have to read cringey lyrica. I haven't found magic in lyrical music in such a long time but just imagining the phantom singing siren songs sensually brought about all the blushes.
Ford uses some clever euphemisms to describe people and things. One of my favorite is the description of Madame Blu:
"Her stature was generous, and she often lamented about how much she loved the sweets from the kitchen," which is so much better than saying she was overweight or fat or voluptuous etc and so forth.
A couple of missed spelling errors and misused words and an actual missed word somehow do not take away the enjoyment from this story.
Character Development/Favorite Character (-1) :
Uriah' pov is so scarce, perhaps a 60:40 ratio would have been better. He either needed more chapters in his pov but really it would have been alright if the chapters he had were fleshed out more.
As a wonderful character he deserved the 3 dimensional treatment. As it stands it feels as though he is not quite full of his story and is just beyond 2 dimensional.
Favorite/Curious//Ludicrous/Unique Scene::
Uriah and Aria on stage together finally
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Quotes:
●“You are mine,” he whispered. “My angel of music, my savior and I will ruin you for all others.”. (Uriah on Aria)
●“Oh. I was in trouble. I wanted, craved, needed him in a way I’d never desired a man
before. (Aria on Uriah)
●"Never make a promise without knowing the details" (Sage advice from Aria's father )
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Concepts: Music as a Weapon
StoryGraph Challenge: 1800 Books by 2025
Challenge Prompt: 150 Romance books by 2025
The Phantom Of the opera captivated me as a child and quite possibly nothing could live up to it. The entire time I read this I kept humming the songs and found myself randomly singing the chorus.
The author definitely uses this call and response phrase that is evocative of Loyd Webber's Phantom "....Of the night" it is often the end of a sentence at the end of a paragraph and it is an effective tool.
Romance Plot/Storyline/Themes:
The worldbuilding is atmospheric, misty and foggy and feels like you aren't seeing something that's right infront of you.
I enjoyed how music was so integral to the story it was literally magic. I also loved how there were no lyrics, you could hear your own song in the moment and not have to read cringey lyrica. I haven't found magic in lyrical music in such a long time but just imagining the phantom singing siren songs sensually brought about all the blushes.
Ford uses some clever euphemisms to describe people and things. One of my favorite is the description of Madame Blu:
"Her stature was generous, and she often lamented about how much she loved the sweets from the kitchen," which is so much better than saying she was overweight or fat or voluptuous etc and so forth.
A couple of missed spelling errors and misused words and an actual missed word somehow do not take away the enjoyment from this story.
Character Development/Favorite Character (-1) :
Uriah' pov is so scarce, perhaps a 60:40 ratio would have been better. He either needed more chapters in his pov but really it would have been alright if the chapters he had were fleshed out more.
As a wonderful character he deserved the 3 dimensional treatment. As it stands it feels as though he is not quite full of his story and is just beyond 2 dimensional.
Favorite/Curious//Ludicrous/Unique Scene::
Uriah and Aria on stage together finally
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Quotes:
●“You are mine,” he whispered. “My angel of music, my savior and I will ruin you for all others.”. (Uriah on Aria)
●“Oh. I was in trouble. I wanted, craved, needed him in a way I’d never desired a man
before. (Aria on Uriah)
●"Never make a promise without knowing the details" (Sage advice from Aria's father )
Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Concepts: Music as a Weapon
StoryGraph Challenge: 1800 Books by 2025
Challenge Prompt: 150 Romance books by 2025