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Dark Memories (The Phantom Diaries #2)

by Kailin Gow (Goodreads Author)

4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 · rating details · 77 ratings · 10 reviews

A terrible fate has turned Annette's life upside down, leaving Eric and everyone she loves in turmoil. Before she is lost forever, before her past claims her, can the Phantom fight his demons hard enough to save her from a fate worse than death?The past has become present, and all the players are in place.

Paperback, 272 pages

Published October 4th 2010 by The Edge (first published October 2nd 2010)

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Oct 03, 2010 Teen Book Reviewer (Shannon) rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Dark Memories, the second book in The Phantom Diaries series, continues where the first book leaves off. The unique thing about this book is it starts off with Eric’s Diary. The dark presence in Annette’s life has completely taken over her life and set on destroying everything. Annette, is described as “beautiful beyond reason” – I think Megan Fox, but kind, sweet, with an innocence that is rare, and a natural singing talent that allows her to hit the highest and lowest notes – I think Taylor Sw...more

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Jan 17, 2011 Morgan Walsh rated it 4 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Okay, I have to rewrite my review since my computer crashed and, when I was almost done writing it, the review got erased. So this won't be as in-depth as it was before my computer crashed, as I do not want to try to re-write everything that I wrote before.

In this book, Kristine is beaten about half-way through. I have to say that in a way I felt sad about that. I mean, yeah, she's a villain, but one I can't help but to feel sorry for. Her father "killed" an Aragon, was sentenced to death, and t...more Okay, I have to rewrite my review since my computer crashed and, when I was almost done writing it, the review got erased. So this won't be as in-depth as it was before my computer crashed, as I do not want to try to re-write everything that I wrote before.

In this book, Kristine is beaten about half-way through. I have to say that in a way I felt sad about that. I mean, yeah, she's a villain, but one I can't help but to feel sorry for. Her father "killed" an Aragon, was sentenced to death, and the Aragon man he "killed" was really in hiding, and is revealed to have loved Kristine's mom. Talk about a downer. If I was her, well, I probably wouldn't have been a succubus-like creature, but I'd have turned into someone that society locks in a mental institution today. I think Kristine is... bad. Not necessarily evil, because she turned that way because of what others had done to her, but she's a bit to evil to be good. So meet it in the middle--she's bad.
There are supposedly three men in Annette's life--Eric, the Phantom, Aaron, owner of the opera house, and Chase, the nice violinist. (I didn't describe who they were because... I don't know why, I just didn't). In the first book, two of the three were truly the prominent characters, Eric and Chase. In the second book, the prominent characters were Eric and Aaron. If Ms. Gow's choice on who becomes Annette's true lover has rang out in both books, then the person Miss Binoche loves would be Eric. I think Eric is the right one for her, although I actually like the other two guys vying for her affections, which doesn't happen too much with me in books, where I don't just tolerate one of the love interests. I think Chase is sweet, but kind of juvenile. I really don't see him ending up with Annette, mainly because while he can make her laugh, the two just don't connect. Aaron is adorable (by this I mean his behaviors kept making me giggle, although at times I wanted to strangle him). Aaron becomes much more prominent in this book, and even though I don't think he should end up with Annette, I hope he does have a happy ending. He thinks he knows what's best for Annette, and I rather hate that about him, but Aaron is in the end someone who I don't want to strangle because their character infuriates me so.
Eric is... well, he's Eric. I'm not going to talk much about him because I think that I don't need to explain why I think he shouldn't end up with Annette, as I want him to in the end. I love the fact that he's passionate. It really comes out of the story, and is not just mentioned and never followed through.

There's only one more detail about the book that doesn't actually judge how good I thought the book was: that scene where Aaron proposed to Annette? It had me laughing like a madman (never mind the fact that I'm a girl), as it was so freaking hilarious. Cute, yes. Sweet, yes. Supposed to be serious, yes. But it was devastatingly funny.

Okay, so um... this book was better than the first, as it wasn't all about Annette wanting to have sex with her three guys ALL THE TIME. I think, though I'm not sure, that this book only mentioning Annette's... horniness... once, and even then I had to crack up laughing. (The scenes where Annette is all passionate is saying "make love to me" are also devastatingly funny to me. I don't know why, but they just are.) This book had more of a plot than that of the first book, which was mainly, to me, about Annette's lust for Eric, Aaron, and Chase. Although I am not entirely certain of the entire plot events of book two, I could understand it much more than book one. All in all, this was a good book, although the cliffhanger endings are killing me! This book did not end in too much of a cliffhanger, but still! It's frustrating as hell to have to wait an entire year to finish the cliffhanger's ending. I mean, once I read the story, and there's a cliffhanger at the end, I get so irritated if I read the book again that I don't pay attention much anymore and I start to hat the book, although not so much that I'd give up on the series. And when I finished the first book of the Phantom Diaries, with such an annoying cliffhanger, I had to buy the second book immediately, even though I didn't entirely have money to buy Dark Memories. (I bought it on the Kindle, though, so it was cheaper than in paperback.)(less)

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Jan 26, 2011 Amanda rated it 2 of 5 stars

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I really really wanted to like this book. The first book was very decent and I was hoping this book would be just as good. I don't feel like I got any of the pieces to the puzzle. It was just a bunch of story around the love triangles (and I do say more than one triangle). I wanted some small pieces to the haunting and the mystery. This series started out so well but I find this book, just lacking.

The main character (Annette) seems to just play the field and while the author tries to imply thro...more

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Dec 03, 2010 Lynnette rated it 3 of 5 stars

Better than the first book. It was a nice change to have the story told from the perspective of some of the other characters, not just Annette, whom I still can't bring myself to like. She seems awfully selfish, stupid and self absorbed in her dealings with the men in her life, and I just can't believe that all of these fantastic men would put up with it. Her reaction to her cliffhanger ordeal from the last book is almost nonexistant. Come on. Really? Kailin Gow has created a completely unrealis...more

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Jan 31, 2011 Kristi-The Book Faery rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Dark Memories was the perfect complement to The Phantom Diaries. Annette’s body has been possessed by Kristine, a family member from the past.
She is sultry, worldly and knows her way around a bedroom. She once was the lead in the opera at the original opera house that was brought from France and Eric wrote his deep heartfelt music just for her.

She pitted Eric against Rupert, the owner of the opera house and she destroyed lives trying to achieve the things she wanted in life not by hard work and...more

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Feb 11, 2011 Kristen My Bookish Fairy Tale rated it 4 of 5 stars

The suspense keeps going with the sequel to The Phantom Diaries. As the connection between Kristine and Annette become clear and fate has a way of coming back and playing its part, the twists and turns in Dark Memories left me wanting more. Aarons apparent love for Annette is evident, but Eric still holds a piece of her heart that she cannot deny. Kailin continues to keep me entranced and captivated with this modern twist on the Phantom of The Opera. As questions become answered more questions p...more

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Nov 05, 2010 Scarlett rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya-paranormal-romance, young-adult

More drama, more reflection, more characters and development is why I think Dark Memories follows Phantom Diaries beautifully. The character development is so complete, you feel you know Annette and Eric so well. Even Chace has won a place in my heart and he is so unlike the run-of-the-mill boys in YA novels. I can feel his heartbreak. Having read two books by Ms. Gow, like many others, I've become a fan of hers.

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Sep 29, 2010 Dayna rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Finished Phantom Diaries a week ago. I was drawn into the story and have come to love the characters. Not a heavy read, but a dramatic romance that holds true to the opera. Dark Memories continues the story of Annette and the cast of characters I've come to care for, especially Eric. Any details here about the plot of this sequel will reveal spoilers in the first book. Phantom Diaries had a fantastic ending that gets solved in Dark Memories. Readers will be happily satisfied with this ending.

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Nov 22, 2010 Naya rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: authors-to-read-again, bookclub, kailin-gow, paranormal-romance, young-adult

If Phantom Diaries is about passion and torment, Dark Memories is about substance and the need for identity. What a remarkable journey Annette goes through in order to discover who she is and how she plays into Eric and Aaron's world. Eric and Aaron are equally matched here, while Chace tugs at my heartstrings. This series is complex, the characters radiate in their individualness. No stereotypes here, but characters who come alive for me. I highly recommend this series and Dark Memories.

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Oct 11, 2010 Brenda rated it 5 of 5 stars

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While the first book, Phantom Diaries, swept me up in the drama, romance, and mystery; Dark Memories continues the romance, but digs deeper into the backstory of the Eric, Aaron, and Annette. We see a softer side of Eric and a deeper braver Annette. Chace and Eric wins me over, but I can't help feeling for Aaron too.

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Kailin Gow uses her author platform to bring awareness to issues affecting young adult and women. She has appeared on national radio as a regular guest on topics such as body image, self-esteem, dating and sexual relationships, bullying, and more; often brought up in her fiction books for young adults and women.

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