I've been putting this book off for about 3 years and now I've finished it in just over 6 hours!

I tend to shy away from contemporary writing but this one was SO good and very different than the contemporary fiction and romance that I normally read. The plot follows two young adults uncovering the mystery of a woman erased from history (I throughly enjoyed the feminist lens of this novel). The bases of many romance poems and some 19th century art, this woman was not exactly as she seemed. The novel is dual perspective but gives you only small vignettes of this historical woman's life. It's fascinating and pulls at the heart strings. It's much different than any other modern romance that I've read lately. I liked it a lot and highly recommend it to anyone!

Bonus: it was written buy a Muslim author, features a Muslim main character, features a biracial main character, and has a fun history focus with a feminist lens. The story shifts settings from France (modern day - they mentioned the notre dame burning which surprised me!) and in Turkey (I believe) during the Ottoman Empire.