The Phantom's Opera

The Phoenix of the Opera #3

by Sadie Montgomery

Known only as Erik Costanzi to the patrons of the Teatro dell'Opera and immersed in the world of music, the Phantom of the Opera believes his demons have been laid to rest. When a fire breaks out in the Teatro, Erik is thought to have died in the blaze. But he wakes-without memory and without an identity-in the arms of his former lover, Lucianna Fiortino. Given a chance to keep Erik to herself, Lucianna invents a fairy-tale past for him. She has him take the name of her dead husband, not realizing that she thus condemns him to live a fiction that spirals further and further out of control. Has Erik lost everything, including himself?Yet Meg cannot accept that her husband has died. She knows that the stranger who watches in the wings and sends her roses must be Erik. But someone else watches over both Erik and Meg, waiting for another chance at revenge.Only the Phantom can save them. Book III in the Phoenix of the Opera series, The Phantom's Opera continues the story begun in The Phoenix of the Opera and Out of the The Phantom's Journey.

Genres: Fiction

262 pages, Paperback

First published October 22, 2007

Reviews

[Leslie Farquharson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story that continues the movie version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. Characters are well developed. The story is compelling. The erotic bits are tastefully done. Easily addicting.

[Heather Wilmoth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I finally read all six books I loved them but I wish I was Meg Giry the whole time lol! If I had to pick a favorite Mrs. Sadie Montgomery it would probably be book #3 The Phantom's Opera. Here is my favorite part: “I'm a new man, Giovanni. If you want to imitate me, you'll have to abandon the mask and get a face like this one." Erik smiled mirthlessly at his young nemesis, his teeth shining madly in the dim light of piazza. "You can't have her! She loves me. The mask won't do. You could never giver what she wants, because she wants me!" Giovanni tried to follow Meg and Roul, but each time he shifted Erik was there.”
― Sadie Montgomery, The Phantom's Opera

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked Sadie's series. She took the characters places and directions that I wouldn't have taken them had I been writing the stories. But that made the books interesting.