So this was one of those reads that blew my mind and surprised the f out of me. Because I absolutely loved it. The story was so phenomenal and engaging that I couldn’t put it down until and unless I was done with it.!

I read this in the dove of roughly 24hours! Granted we are all home with CoVid, but still I thought it was a page turner.

I went in not being sure it it was my kind of book. I thought it was just going to be the tale of a mopey woman running around Europe but it was so much more than that.

The characters are very real and are confronted with their obstacles and life difficulties and through art they begin go heal and find some comfort.

There’s a good bit of information about art history without it becoming boring. It also touches on the AIDS crisis in the 80s, changing roles of women and family dynamics as well as how legitimate different ways of learning as well as coping are.

It was a very easy and entertaining read with depth too it.

What a most appealing surprise this book turned out to be! being locked up with Covid-19 quarantine and feeling quite ill (despite all vaccines and booster), I desperately needed something to keep my mind occupied as I rested in bed. Thank you Zoe Disigny for not only writing a most entertaining and informative book, but also for letting me revisit all the beautiful cities and museums in Italy and the city of Paris again in my imagination.

Claire, an art historian, is in an unhappy marriage, followed by a daunting love affair with her former therapist, when her summer seminar in Rome for college students falls through and leaves her hanging. Enter Viv, a student from the cancelled trip (married to a bookie) offers to pay for both their trips for a private tour. Viv is quite a character, ditzy yet sharp, whose interests lie not in Michaelangelo and Brunelleschi, but in Coco Chanel and Dolce and Gabanna. She is a fashionista of the first water. Early frustrations with Viv give way to some life-changing insights and education for both Viv and Claire.

The characters are well-defined, and Viv turns out to be comic relief in buying designer outfits that don't fit her. Claire learns more about haute couture than Viv does about art, but you will undoubtedly learn more about both.

This one caught my eye thanks to the art historian character travelling in Italy. I work as an art educator in Rome so I’m quite invested in this topic!

I enjoyed the travelling nature of the story and loved the visits to different cities.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for letting me read an advance copy of this book in exchange for my feedback.

Had a wonderful time reading this as I was commuting to work! A good travel read 💜
Thank you to #netgalley for this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

I mainly picked this up for the book cover but god DANG this was such a fun ride! It was great curling up in my bed while doing online school and just getting sucked into the characters’ world and their relationships

Highly recommend!! This book is a definite page-turner! You'll be left thinking about the story long after you put the book down. First book to read by this author but definitely not my last!

Great book. I enjoyed Reading it. The characters and plot were interesting life like and easy to connect with.

Good, definitely a quick read and engages you from the jump. I didn't totally love the ending and it did start to lose some steam for me. Probably a good book for plane or long trip.