A review by alyssajcori
The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis

2.0

This book has all of the makings of an enjoyable read for me: it's set in a museum, there are historical characters interacting with fictitious people, there's a scavenger hunt. The novel goes back and forth in time between two model narrators who are in the Frick museum at different times (one is working for the Frick family and the other is caught there in a snow storm after a photo shoot).

One model is based on the real life Audrey Munson (she has a fascinating story as the muse for many sculptures in NYC) and the other is an up and coming model in the 60s. You get to see how both women interact with the Frick collection and there is the perfect amount of romance and scandal thrown in.

I gave the book two stars because, while it was entertaining, it didn't blow me away. It was a solid, enjoyable, light historical fiction read.