Phantom

This book hits different if you love dark retellings that go harder than the source material. Greer Rivers relocates the Phantom mythos to the jazz clubs and shadowed streets of New Orleans, and it works beautifully. Sol is obsessive in a way that feels earned, and Scarlett is messy and real - her bipolar disorder is woven into the story with actual care, not as a plot device. The spice is filthy, the tension is thick, and the mental health rep gives it genuine emotional weight. Read this one at night with headphones in.