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Phantasma (Wicked Games, #1)

Kaylie Smith

Start date: October 1, 2024

Finish date: October 31, 2024

Discussion: Book of the Month

Why we're reading this: Voted as our “Most popular books Published in September 2024” October BOM
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Oct 13, 2025 Susan rated it really liked it

I really liked this book. It was a lot spicier then I thought but that's okay. If you don't like smut then maybe this book won't be for you.

I like Blackwell's character a lot. I was so so with Ophelia's character that annoyed me. For someone so young she was kind of stuffy. I forgot she was younger then she was. I liked her sister well enough but she seemed a very spoiled.

I loved that there was a competition involved and they had to make it to levels to win. I was very surprised at the twist. T ...more

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Oct 08, 2024 Steph rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: author-웃, series-ongoing, loaner-amz-kindle-unlimited, year-read-2024, book-club-read, series-book1, sos-bom, author-first-time-read, age-group-ya-na

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Oct 21, 2024 Mandy Beyers rated it it was amazing

Shelves: booksta-buddy-reads, paranormal-romance, dark-romance

4.5 stars This romantasy features a gothic necromancer in New Orleans that takes on a haunted house, last person standing contest to save her sister. Ophelia is such a strong character, battling her self doubt and "Shadow voice" OCD while fighting through the levels of Phantasma. Of course, the love interest is fascinating, as well, with such mystery around him not revealed until the very end. I found this book totally bingeable, and I can't wait for Genevieve's book. ...more

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