"The Muse" was completely different from any of the other books I've read by Lauren Blakely, and refreshingly different from most of the other contemporary romance books I've read by any author. This fast-paced and compelling story features Julien Garnier, a 21-year-old art history student and intern at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, who suddenly finds himself interacting with art in a whole new way. I won't get into the details of the plot because IMO it's much more enjoyable to go into this story unspoiled, but I will say that I found the unique combination of romance, history, mythology, and magical elements to be almost compulsively readable. I couldn't put the book down and ended up reading it in a single afternoon.
I'm not usually a fan of paranormals, but I adored "The Muse" and highly recommend it for all contemporary romance fans. I look forward to the next book in the series!
*Review copy provided by the author via Candi Kane PR. All opinions expressed are my own.
About "The Muse"
Midnight in Paris meets Night at the Museum!
A sweeping romance set in a modern-day Paris that’s full of magic, art, mysteries, and passion from #1 NYT Bestseller Lauren Blakely, THE MUSE is everything you love about Lauren’s books with a twist!
Midnight in Paris meets Night at the Museum!
A sweeping romance set in a modern-day Paris that’s full of magic, art, mysteries, and passion from #1 NYT Bestseller Lauren Blakely, THE MUSE is everything you love about Lauren’s books with a twist!
The first time a woman stepped out of a painting, I thought I was seeing things.
The second time, I thought I was going mad.
The night she emerged from a Renoir, I felt something else entirely — a deep stirring of desire, and the wish to get to know the brilliant beauty who’s been trapped inside a painted garden for years.
She can only come out at night in the Musée d'Orsay, where I work. There, after hours, we wander through galleries, with the Van Goghs, the Monets, and the Toulouse Lautrecs the only witnesses to our midnight kisses and, soon, our trysts.
She opens her heart to me, and I learn her story.
But she keeps secrets too, ones I hope to unravel. Why she was trapped. Why Renoir is hunting her. And why artwork in famous museums across the world is starting to disintegrate.
Why I, too, seem to be the only person who can repair the masterpieces.
As I fall deeper for the woman who’s trapped in a museum, I’m caught up in another side of Paris after dark, one inhabited by forgers, ghosts of famous artists and, impossibly, by Muses.
But someone is after the woman I’m falling in love with, and it’s up to me to save her…even if it means losing everything I’ve found with her.
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