A review by v_nessa
Alchemy of a Blackbird by Claire McMillan

I thought this was an interesting premise, indeed being based on real painters and their lives adds to that. My difficulty comes with switching points of view. It's a first-person limited viewpoint that is often Remedios, however, it changes suddenly, sometimes in the same chapter, to another person I then have to play detective to figure out since there are no clear markers of whose head I am in. I found this off-putting enough that I will discontinue reading, as every time this happens it breaks the immersion for me.

Otherwise, I believe this is a fine book. It's intriguing, the characters are interesting and well-written. I just found that I could not continue reading based on the point of views issue which made it more tedious each time I thought about going back to the book to continue the story.

This unbiased review has been provided in exchange for access to an ARC via Netgalley.