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Fugitive Colors by Lisa Barr
5.0

Friendship, loyalty, love, obsession, betrayal, art, and war. What more do you need for a good story?

Julian Klein has always loved art even though it was technically against his religion. As a child, he stole art books from the library and taught himself to draw and paint. As an adult, he journeys to Paris in 1933 to attend a well-known art school. However, on his first night there, he meets three avant-garde artists, Felix, Rene, and Adrienne, who invite him to ditch conformist art school and paint with them. He agrees. They form a bond that revolves around art.

With a love triangle, art, and persecution, this book encompasses so many human emotions. I loved Lisa Barr's writing style and the depth of the research it took to write this book. I won it as a Goodreads giveaway and I'm very glad I did!