I loved this book! While a tad apprehensive to dabble in dark romance, this one certainly wasn't along the lines of some other dark romances I've heard about.
I would describe Phantasma as Dante's Inferno meets Squid Games, in a terrifying yet brilliantly sultry way.
The story follows our FMC, Ophelia Grimm, who assumes the role of the next Necromancer after the death of her mother.
When her sister Genevieve goes missing, her search path leads her to the manor gates of Phantasma, a game in which players traverse the nine circles of hell. There can only be one winner; the last person to leave Phantasma alive.
"𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔; 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒".
The rules are simple:
🥀 Stay alive
🥀 Don't fall in love
Our MMC, Blackwell, is one very alluring, very attractive Phantom trapped inside Phantasma whom with Ophelia makes a bargain.
The banter between these two is of the swoon-worthy and feet-kicking kind 😍!
Ultimately, love will either be a curse or a saviour.
"𝐼𝑛 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑'𝑣𝑒 𝑘𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝑚𝑦 𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡."
For those who have a morbid fascination, this one is definitely for you!