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Passion Blue by Victoria Strauss
4.0
"Passion Blue" is a young adult, historical fiction book that takes place in Italy during the Renaissance. It is a first book in a series about Giulia, a young woman who is abandoned to a convent when her mother passes away. She doesn't want to be at the convent; however, she has no other choice. She dreams of the day that she may be able to get out of the convent. Her only saving grace is that some of the nuns of the convent actually paint. Giulia is a self-taught artist and she learns a lot from the nuns. She is fascinated by their work and feels that even though this may not be the place that she wants to be and she may find some place to stay she can at least enjoy.
I really enjoyed this book. I love reading about Italy and I especially love reading about the Italian Renaissance. I think that that timeframe is so interesting. The author adds a ton of historical detail so that we can picture exactly what Julia's world looks like. I also really like diet this book" included a lot about art. I love reading about historical fiction and art together!
I also really like Giulia's character she is fascinating character because she doesn't exactly get her choice with what she does but she's at least a good sport about it, for the most part anyway. She dreams of being able to escape and find something more suitable to our dreams. I love it hearing how she and the sisters created art. I thought it was interesting to hear about how they had to use statues for a lot of their inspiration for paintings because they weren't necessarily allowed to look at any other male figures except for priest or people in their own family. That was definitely sort of interesting.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. And it definitely makes me wonder why there are not more young adult historical fiction books out there. The detail in this book was very well done and I look forward to reading the next book in the series.
I really enjoyed this book. I love reading about Italy and I especially love reading about the Italian Renaissance. I think that that timeframe is so interesting. The author adds a ton of historical detail so that we can picture exactly what Julia's world looks like. I also really like diet this book" included a lot about art. I love reading about historical fiction and art together!
I also really like Giulia's character she is fascinating character because she doesn't exactly get her choice with what she does but she's at least a good sport about it, for the most part anyway. She dreams of being able to escape and find something more suitable to our dreams. I love it hearing how she and the sisters created art. I thought it was interesting to hear about how they had to use statues for a lot of their inspiration for paintings because they weren't necessarily allowed to look at any other male figures except for priest or people in their own family. That was definitely sort of interesting.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. And it definitely makes me wonder why there are not more young adult historical fiction books out there. The detail in this book was very well done and I look forward to reading the next book in the series.