Mini Book Review: Thank you so much to Berkley Publishing for the free copy of the book!
Thank you so much to PRH Audio for the complimentary audio!

This book will be published on January 23rd.

I am unsure how to rate or write about this book. Prior to this book, I had very limited knowledge about Picasso's personal life and as I started reading, I began googling and looking up the different art he drew based off his lovers.

This had a mix of historical figures but with a fictional twist. Honestly I was much more interested in Alana's storyline especially in the second half of the book. I wish we could have explode more of his relationships with the women instead of just focusing on primarily one and there was another that kind of played a role but only in the beginning and the end.

The writing itself was very beautiful and I could feel like I was in there with them in Europe. And I think the author did a great job with research and turning Picasso's fascinating life into this fictional work.

I paired this book with the audio and I think that is what helped propelled me to keep going with the book. There were three different narrators used and I thought they all did a wonderful job for the point of views of Irene, Alana & Sara.

Also can we get some commotion for the cover?! I am absolutely obsessed with it and I want to know more about it!

Check this book out if you enjoy art, European culture in the early 1900s definitely give this one a read!

Memorable quotes for me:
"After all these years, my pulse continues to race when I look at him. No other man has affected me like this, and I want his pulse to race, too. I want more than the artist's gaze: I want longing."

"Children are so vulnerable. When our sons had died, we thought we would never be able to carry more grief, and there it was, not grief but the fear of it. What if...?"

"Sometimes we reveal more of ourselves when we are in costume. We are freer."

"Pablo Picasso belongs to his art, not his women."