A Stage Set for Villains Enter the magical world of The Playhouse in the new dark fantasy romance

"The gods are dead. All that's left are the Players..." Are you ready to enter the Playhouse? A Stage Set for Villains is the brilliant debut novel by by Shannon J. Spann and now that I finished it, I'm speechless. Absolutely speechless because of this MAGNUM OPUS! ❤️ I instantly fell in love with Riven! She's the protagonist you wanna see succeed. She's on a mission and no one can change her mind. Or is there someone? Well, well, well... of course there's someone! JUDE. Jude Stepharros. The Lead Player. Charming, irresistible, but also dangerous. OMG, I lost my heart. Immediately! You dive into this complex world building and nothing's left of your own reality. At. All. Yeah, I'm still not sure if I completely understood the whole story. I still have to process everything. This complete and absolute intensity was INCREDIBLE! The whole vibe was soooo MYSTERIOUS, DARK and ADDICTING. It felt like I got sucked into my Kindle and spit out at the end. BUUUT, I DON'T REGRET IT! SOOOO MANY TWISTS AND TURNS AND SECRETS AND SURPRISES! W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L! I JUST ABSOLUTELY LOOOOOVED THIS BOOK! ❤️❤️❤️ It has all the things I needed at the moment: ✔️ SUSPENSE (I sat one the edge of my bed or almost missed my bus station!) ✔️ ROMANCE (Be still my beating heart! ) ✔️ DARK MAGIC (Oh boy, usually I'm a scared cat. But I could deal with it. This time. ‍♀️ Maybe it's because of HIM. ) ✔️ IRRESISTIBLE, MORALLY GREY CHARACTERS (Riven, Jude, the other players, ... perfection! ) ✔️ LOTS OF THEATRE REFERENCES (OMG, fantastic if you're a theatre & musical lover like me! ) ✔️AND SO MUCH MORE! ❤️❤️❤️ Like I said before, I really really loved A Stage Set for Villains by Shannon J. Spann and I'm more than grateful for this ARC via NetGalley. Thanks a lot to the author and Mayhem Books, Entangled Publishing. This is my honest review in my own words.