by Sarah Fine
I was feeling very skeptical even when I decided I wanted to read “Of Metal and Wishes” several years ago. I was afraid of being disappointed, of the story falling into another cliché routine that would mangle what was a very promising set-up. But I was proven quite wrong, something I am very happy ...
Of Metal and Wishes is good re-imagining of Phantom of the Opera. It was effective at making me like and dislike the "ghost" just like the original story. I did get tired of the main character blaming everything the ghost did on herself, and the threat of rape loomed over her too much as well. I fel...
I wish more of this book centered around the political tensions and less on the typical "boy->girl->boy" straight love triangle that plagues every Young Adult book ever. It's extremely well researched on the plight of workers and suppressed ethnic minorities, the author obviously did a lot of readin...
I was introduced to The Phantom of the Opera way back when I was in the second grade when I had a slightly obsessed Music Appreciation teacher who showed us all those old Sarah Brighton music videos that were made back in the day since Gerard Butler hadn’t made the movie version yet. Given ...
***This review has also been posted on The Social PotatoWhen I first found out that Sarah Fine had a new book coming out, I was over the moon. My expectations soared as I read the blurb, and I knew I needed this book in my life. It was only a couple weeks before reading this that I found out that th...
At first Of Metal and Wishes had me thinking Beauty and the Beast; only wait a beat and it’s Phantom of the Opera. I enjoyed this despite the female lead not being the most sympathetic at first. She was too ‘woe is me’. 16 year-old Wen is struggling with the changes that have come and the roles she’...
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