A review by cpaig
Lovers at the Museum: A Short Story by Isabel Allende

lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Two young lovers (one wearing a wedding dress, the other nude) are discovered sleeping in a museum one morning. They tell their stories to a police inspector who is trying to find out how they were able to have their evidently insatiable randy romp around the galleries without setting off the alarms.  

Is it magic? Is it drugs? We may never know, but what we do learn is that some people believe there is something dreamy happening at the museum, despite what the cranky, cynical inspector thinks. 

A police procedural with an unsolvable mystery that is easily fixed with a mop and a shrug of the shoulders. 

I am sure the ending is intended to be sweet, warming your heart, but I found it corny and unnecessary. 

I hoped the lovers had stepped out of a painting, but that is not what happened. Oh well. 

This was a free bonus short story from Amazon Prime First Reads.