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RoseBloodTitle: RoseBlood Author: A.G. Howard Publication Date: January 10th, 2017 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Category: Young Adult Genre: Fantasy Retelling Star Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Synopsis: In this modern day spin on Leroux’s gothic tale of unrequited love turned to madness, seventeen-year-old Rune Germain has a mysterious affliction linked to her operatic talent, and a horrifying mistake she’s trying to hide. Hoping creative direction will help her, Rune’s mother sends her to a French arts conservatory for her senior year, located in an opera house rumored to have ties to The Phantom of the Opera. At RoseBlood, Rune secretly befriends the masked Thorn—an elusive violinist who not only guides her musical transformation through dreams that seem more real than reality itself, but somehow knows who she is behind her own masks. As the two discover an otherworldly connection and a soul-deep romance blossoms, Thorn’s dark agenda comes to light and he’s forced to make a deadly choice: lead Rune to her destruction, or face the wrath of the phantom who has haunted the opera house for a century, and is the only father he’s ever known. My Thoughts:
When I first heard that A.G. Howard was writing a new book I was absolute ecstatic because I loved her Splintered series. Then when I found out that she was doing a Phantom of the Opera retelling? Well that was icing on the cake! Coming into Roseblood I was super excited to have a new twist on one of my favorite classic love stories! I also thought, who better to write it then A.G. Howard? Although I was sad to be a little bit disappointed that it took me about half way into the book to really start loving it.. I have given Roseblood a 3.5 star review out of 5 stars for a couple of reasons; starting out this book I felt that there was a lot of similarities to A.G. Howard's other series, Splintered. The similarities bothered me a little bit. I'm not going to go into details about those similarities because I don't want to spoil things from Splintered or Roseblood. I also felt that there was so much detail about the school that I found some of it to be a bit excessive. Due to this, it took me about 175 page to really get into this book. The main character Rune, bothered me slightly in the beginning too but she grew as a person as the book went on and grew on me too. I love A.G. Howard's work but I'm not going to lie, the beginning had me a little bit disappointed because I had expected to be drawn in more then I was. Although, I did enjoy Roseblood and even though I had some minor issue with it, there was still a lot to like! As we got more into the story line, I did feel that the plot started to pick up and become more intriguing with the mystery Phantom aspect of it. Howard also threw in a cool incubus intake to the plot which I thought was creative. I liked how she entwined it with the characters and plot line. Even though it took some time for Rune to grow on me, I liked her love interest from the very beginning! He was no Morpheus but definitely likable! I have to say, the name "Rune" is very different and despite the fact that a lot of people don't like it, I love it! Rune goes through a lot, after a death in her family music seems to be more of a curse for her then anything. We get to see her really develop as a character and adapt to turning her music into something positive. Due to her past she feels as if no one would like her but it seems to be just the contrary, to her surprise. She ends up with a small group of amazing friends that always have her back, even then things are a bit amiss between them. She really grows from beginning to end with the help and support of her friends! “I need to know why I’m so broken, so I can fix myself. One way or another. Maybe this place can help me do that, and then I can finally look forward to my future. Because I’m starting to realize there’s something worse than stepping up and facing your fears – and that’s living as if you’re already dead.” The chemistry between Rune and her love interest, Thorn, is pretty intense and when they realize that they've known each other prior to Roseblood, more starts to click into place between them. Thorn has such an amazing, caring heart despite the cruel hand he was dealt as a child. It's really nice to see him overcome his upbringing to be the person he knows he can be, not just for his own sake but for Runes'. Even if it mean making difficult decisions. "He understood her pain. Her energies were unbalanced. He had the ability to help her. Her song never broke her in his visions. Instead, her sonf was her power, because he played for her." I really enjoyed the dark tone this book gave off and Howard's take on The Phantom of the Opera. Even though I had my set of issues with this book, I still enjoyed the writing and became really hooked towards the end! I do encourage you to pick this up and give it a shot yourself. After all, my opinions may be different then yours and the excess detail that I found slightly boring, you might find super intriguing! "Guard your throats and hide your eyes. He's not dead, you fools. Legends never die."
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