La Musa (Paperback)

from Fliss88

A popular format these days, same characters, one story, two time frames - 1936 and 1967. Art and the art world, a misjudged deception rather than fraud which leads to mystery and family secrets. During the Spanish Civil War 3 young people meet - British Olive, Spanish Isaac and Teresa. Their mee...

from bookczuk

I didn't read the Miniaturist, but heard the buzz (both yea and nay), so this was my first interaction with the author. Interesting story in a dual plot line format (London 1967 and Spain 1936), which I tend to like. The story kept me interested, despite my feelings about the characters, because ...

from Cherylk

The premise of this book had me intrigued. Then when I watched the video by the author reading a part from the book, I was even more interested to read this book. Yet, sadly I was not so over the moon with this book as I was looking forward towards. To be honest, it is purely by the author's writ...

from GirlWellRead

A special thank you to Edelweiss and The Reading Society for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.Although I'm new to Burton's writing, I was aware of her successful debut The Miniaturist and was anxious to read her sophomore effort. This book is incredibly well written and I thoroughly enjoye...

from nicx27

I absolutely loved the beautifully written The Miniaturist, Jessie Burton's first novel, so was really keen to see what I thought of The Muse. I have to say that whilst I enjoyed certain parts of it, I didn't love it and was slightly disappointed by it. The story has two strands. The 'current' da...