VBT# Phantom's Dance - Lesa Howard

-

 

 

Review: Phantom's Dance - Lesa Howard - March 2014

Are you a fan of rendition stories ? Love remakes and modern variations of old tales from the past ? Lesa Howard brings the story of "The Phantom of the Opera" into the 21st Century as we meet ballet dancer Christine. She has always dreamt of dancing on stage in a production such as Giselle , but the thing is she gets performance anxiety but with a little bit of help she may just learn to dance a lot better and improve her ballet techniques. The story starts with the idea of a "phantom" hiding in the school as strange things have been happening from missing items to "accidents" . Soon though, Christine will learn the truth as she meets Erik - he lives behind the stage and Christine learns that he was hurt in a fire and therefore can never show his face and so the tale begins of The Phantom of the Opera. What starts out innocent though, will soon turn deadly as people get injured, and threats are made ? Can Christine exit stage left before she too falls prey to what the "phantom" is capable of ?
Find out in The "Phantom's Dance", without giving too much of the storyline away, this book was amazing and the perfect read for fans of "The Phantom of the Opera" . After reading this book , it has now made me want to go and re-watch the movie which I loved the 2004 version which starred Emmy Rossum.


 

Comments

  1. LesaJuly 18, 2014 at 10:45 AM

    Hi, Paula. I'm stopping by to say thank you for adding Phantom's Dance to your review list while it's been on tour with Xpresso Book Tours. I'm relieved to hear that you, a fan of the movie, still liked my rendition. Honestly, I've been sweating it, worrying what devoted fans would think. But this review was great. Thanks again.

    my best,
    Lesa

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Review: Punk 57 - Penelope Douglas

-
Image
  Review: Punk 57 - Penelope Douglas - October 2016 As soon as I read Bully by Penelope Douglas, I was in love with this author. So when she released a new one who had my favorite theme of penpals and that whole friend to lovers going on, I knew I had to read it. The book started out with a bit of background where we learned about how Misha and Ryen were placed together in a classroom project penpal program. The pair continues to write to each other right through the year, and then they take it to the next level and continue through the rest of their schooling. Fast forward to high school Misha is in a band and Ryen is out with her friends and they complete a scavenger hunt form. Ryen is not what Misha expected especially from her letters. Tragedy occurs, and Misha turns up at Ryen's school under a fake name. This doesn't go over too well as Ryen is nothing like her letters, in fact, she is as fake as can be and Misha aka Masen hates her, in fact, she
Read more

Review: Steel Princess - Rina Kent

-
Image
Review: Steel Princess - Book #2 Royal Elite Series - Rina Kent - December 2019 At the end of Book #1, we were left on a cliffhanger of Elsa being pushed into the pool. At the beginning of book #2, she is saved by a newcomer to the school - Knox.  We can see some friendly flirting but nothing more going on between these two, but it riles up Aiden who still has this mindset of "if I can't have her, no-one can" especially since he is supposed to be engaged to Silver Queens. During Book #2 Elsa starts to recall some more memories and goes to Dr.Khan in hopes that he can open her Pandora's box and can restore her full memories of what happened before she was seven years old. We also catch a glimpse during this book of her past and why Aiden King's father blames her for his mother's death and why Aiden considered Elsa a ghost. I liked this book as it was more intense with Elsa's memories and past returning. In Book #2 it is revealed about he
Read more

Review: Dr. Strange Beard - Penny Reid

-
Image
Review: Dr. Strange Beard - Book #5 Winston Brothers Series - Penny Reid - July 2018 If there is a family that I love to read about it has been the Winston Brothers. This has to be one of my favorite book series out there as the brothers ; you can't help but fall in love with them all - with their funny quirks and their redneck comments. The other thing I love about The Winston Brothers is they are all genuinely nice guys ; they may look like they had a bad bone and they have reasons too - but they are the nicest around there, and they have the best intentions. Dr. Strange Beard is the youngest Roscoe's story. Roscoe has only ever loved one person his entire life besides his family - Simone Payton and now she is back in Green Valley except now she is an undercover FBI agent who is after his Dad Darrell Winston. Of course, to make the snatch, she has to get close to the Winstons and who better to use as a target but Roscoe. The thing is though that ten years a
Read more