Queen B’s Decree: This was my first read by Max Monroe. The only books I’d seen before were contemporary billionaire books, so I was 100% expecting light and fluffy (even though the blurb is not light nor fluffy).
Welp. That’s what happens when I assume.
The Girl in the Painting was a heck of a lot more angst than I expected. Ansel, our broody painter, starts the book blind after a terrible car accident. Fast forward a few years, our Heroine Indy attends a showing and sees a painting that looks eerily like herself. Ansel has been seeing images of Indy for years, never knowing that she was a real life person and not just a figment of his imagination.
The connection between Ansel and Indy feels fated, inevitable, cosmic even. There are forces drawing them together; forces that neither can resist.
I could see the writing on the wall early on. While TGINTP (phew, say that five times fast) was emotional and entrancing, the angst felt forced at times. And there is one scene that affected my opinion of Indy, and not for the better.
Still a great read and I’ll be seeking out more from Max Monroe.
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Book: The Girl in the Painting by Max Monroe
Series: standalone
Genre: Contemporary
Hotness: medium salsa
Plot Devices/Tropes: secrets, angst