A review by merlin_reads
Starry Nights by Daisy Whitney
2.0
Sadly, this book just didn't do it for me. I ended up with way too many questions after the fact and everything was just very unsatisfying which makes me sad because that cover is beautiful and it sounded like such an interesting premise.
Maybe it's my fault. I was expecting magical paintings wrapped in mystery, surprise, wonderment, but I didn't really get any of that. When the paintings started to come to life, so one questioned it. The MC just acted like it was normal so then how was I supposed to think this was anything magical? Then when the mysterious girl in the painting comes to life, it's instalove to the max and I just didn't buy it. It was almost as if it were half a story and the author expected us to fill in the blanks.
The best part of this book was the locale. Paris. The city of love. I did love reading about the cafes and the museums and just the way of life in Paris. But sadly, that was really all I enjoyed and the locale is not enough to carry a book. You can tell by the writing that the author loves the arts and knows much about the history of painters but most of that love came across convoluted and jumbled.
I just wanted more magic and I wanted it to be more romantic. And I just didn't get that.
Maybe it's my fault. I was expecting magical paintings wrapped in mystery, surprise, wonderment, but I didn't really get any of that. When the paintings started to come to life, so one questioned it. The MC just acted like it was normal so then how was I supposed to think this was anything magical? Then when the mysterious girl in the painting comes to life, it's instalove to the max and I just didn't buy it. It was almost as if it were half a story and the author expected us to fill in the blanks.
The best part of this book was the locale. Paris. The city of love. I did love reading about the cafes and the museums and just the way of life in Paris. But sadly, that was really all I enjoyed and the locale is not enough to carry a book. You can tell by the writing that the author loves the arts and knows much about the history of painters but most of that love came across convoluted and jumbled.
I just wanted more magic and I wanted it to be more romantic. And I just didn't get that.