Freaking fantastic book!
The setting. Oh, the setting! Gorgeous opera house, detailed city, and the main characters room!
The characters are depicted in lovely detail. I fell in love with Isda immediately. I wasn't a big fan of her guardian Cyril. And there are no words for Emeric!
The story line follows very closely to The Phantom of the Opera, which I saw many years ago but there are similarities.
The writing of this book was superb. So many great details and played out lovely in my mind. I could see this as a movie for sure.

I must say that the ending wasn't surprising but nonetheless I was hopeful.
I loved this book and will await future releases from Jessica S. Olson.

This book is true definition of magic! This is outstanding, powerful, magical and painful because it slowly breaks your heart and makes you deeply root for the characters.

Gender switched Phantom of Opera: a monstrous girl hid behind the shadows, was born with marks on her face, using her powers connected to the enchanting magic of music, extracting memories and she falls for a sunshiny boy, wearing pendant, singing like an angel in the middle corrupt kingdom and growing threat of political angst.

Yes, this is so much more than I expected but the author is creative musician who pulls the strings of our hearts and play them gently, adroitly and passionately to compose a memorable, soul brushing, extremely emotional symphony.

She awakens so many contrast emotions at the same time: love, hate, fear, excitement, regret, disdain, shock because even though this book is poetic, lyrical, poignant, heart wrenching, it is also violent, dark, terrifying with its gory, gothic atmosphere and action packed chapters ending with blood baths.

Overall: this gives me everything I like. It’s perfectly written.

I truly loved both Isda and Emeric who sings like angel, makes homemade caramels and I also know I never forget their beautiful, intimate, powerful bounding.

No more words: I LOVED IT SO MUCH. Giving my five memorable, musical, magical stars!

Special thanks to NetGalley and Inkyard Press for sharing this spectacular ARC with me in exchange my honest opinions.

I loved every single thing about this story. The beautiful writing gave it a truly gothic feeling which the setting added to with great effect. It was easy to picture the opera house and the catacombs beneath. The magic system was utterly fascinating and gave such depth to the murky area of what it meant to be a gravoir or fendoir and why Isda was hidden away to begin with.

Isda was brilliant and refreshing. I loved the complexity of her character and the realness with how she interacted with Emeric since Cyril had been the only person she'd ever had any contact with up to that point. Cyril and his gray areas continued to layer the story. Emeric was such a charming character and the way things evolved between them took me to extremes of emotion and that end... my heart.

Breathtaking, you'll want to preorder this one ASAP so you don't miss out.

YES! I am so glad to have been provided an ARC of this beautifully written book. I will DEFINITELY be purchasing this book for my library. Jessica Olson writes this so well that you are there. It is the perfect amount of description to sweep you away into this magical story.

Isda isn't supposed to exist. Seeing her character growth is worth everything to me. Her character & Emeric's character are PERFECT.

I really feel like this will be a top rated book upon its release! Thank you so much NETGALLEY for this preview... again, I can't wait for the release to put this book in the hands of my patrons.

This was exceptional.
I'm in love and heartbroken at the same time from that ending.
The prose was masterful. I loved the nods to the original Phantom of the Opera story.
I'm going to need a moment to recover from this one. Pre-order it immediately.

Thank you NetGalley and Inkyard Press for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Sing Me Forgotten by Jessica S. Olson is a retelling of Phantom of the Opera. However, I felt like this book was uniquely its own.

Isda is not supposed to exist outside of the walls of the opera house. She has a special gift of manipulating memories when someone sings. She was saved by Cyril, the opera house owner. Cyril has used Isda's gifts to keep the opera house successful. If anyone finds out that she exists, both Isda and Cyril would have to pay with their lives. Someone does find out about Isda. Emeric, an opera house worker and a singer himself, meets and befriends Isda. As their friendship grows, Isda has difficult choices to make.

Olson's prose is beautiful, the world building paints a picture in the reader's mind, and the plot is unique. Isda and Emeric are complex characters who readers will adore and root for.

Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was such a unique read! Pitched as a gender bent Phantom of the Opera, Sing Me Forgotten ended up being so much more than that. Isda is wonderfully complicated, morally gray, and unfailingly determined despite her feared and hated status as a gravoir.
I loved the writing; every scene was written in beautiful and vivid detail, especially the beautiful opera house and Isda’s home in the crypts.
Isda’s and Emeric’s story was devastating and heartbreaking; I really felt for these characters and became incredibly invested in them from the beginning. Emeric is one of my favorite YA love interests, from his obsession with caramels to his kind nature. I also thought he was a perfect match for Isda.
The mythology of gravoirs and fendoirs was so interesting as well; I really liked the story of Les Trois as well as how the fear of them eventually evolved into gravoirs being killed as soon as they’re born because of their powers. The magic system was truly unlike anything I’ve seen before.

*Thank you very much to the publisher, author and Net galley for an EARC of Sing Me Forgotten in exchange for an honest review * I honestly thought that this was good. A genderbentry retelling with both characters coming to life thanks to the writing.

This book was received as an ARC from Inkyard Press in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

This book put me over the edge in a dark, Gothic way because while I was reading, the book reminded me of a singing Rapunzel and how her owner (Cyril) kept Isda on lockdown to keep her power a secret but use her power discretely to boost ticket sales. Then, here comes singer Emeric and his angelic voice that draws Isda's attraction and now Isda wants nothing but affection from Emeric. and this relationship could compromise her existence and all that she knows could be gone forever! I know our patrons will love this book and I can't wait to hear the discussions that will come in our book club.

We will consider adding this title to our YA collection at our library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.