Thank you to Netgalley for the e-arc and allowing me to read this in exchange for an honest review. I was interested in the premise as I got Phantom of the Opera vibes, if the Phantom was female.

There’s female x female x male love triangle that almost got steamy but it gave the MC some choices to make and I feel like this added to the story as it helped with the dilemma as the story progressed.

Cleo, the main character, is gifted a singing talent from a woman known as Dahlia, and becomes the star of the opera. However, to keep the fame and the fortune she has to also become a thief and steal other people’s talents- including the one from the Vicomte. 

A mysterious character giving singing talents and a handsome Vicomte? That’s the reason I got POTO vibes.

I did enjoy the story but I felt that Cleo could be really over dramatic in places when she didn’t need to be- obviously she wasn’t used to being treated like a high class lady but sometimes it was a little irritating. She just seemed very naive about what she was supposed to do and shocked when things went wrong.

I mean- what did she expect?

I must admit I was rooting for the female x male romance more in this because Dahlia is a very toxic character. 

There’s drama, there’s twists I didn’t see coming but there’s also a story based on an opera and singing with it all too and this was a great aspect to the story. 

The magical element is really clever, it’s not too fantastical so the story still has that element of reality- it could happen! 

3.5/5 stars.
I flew through the book I just found the main character grating in places. I’d recommend it though!