Review by Delaney35 -- The Girl Who Loved Caravaggio

[Delaney35]

[Following is a volunteer review of "The Girl Who Loved Caravaggio" by Belle Ami.]

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4 out of 4 stars

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The Girl Who Loved Caravaggio by Belle Ami is the second book in Ami’s Out of Time Series. It is, like the first one, a blend of romance, thriller, and historical fiction. The book opened in 1606 in Italy. Caravaggio is dueling Ranuccio. This duel was not supposed to end in death, but Caravaggio accidentally slays Ranuccio, making him a murderer. This causes him to end up in exile. Back in the present day, Angela and Alex are busy meeting each other’s parents and setting up their wedding. However, Angela is having dreams again, and she keeps seeing Alex as Caravaggio.

Soon, the pair is contacted to find a missing Caravaggio painting. The search for this painting means that Angela must deal with sorting through another past life. It also leads Alex down a path of searching for information about Angela’s past. He finds secrets out about her family that even she does not know.

As with the last book in this series, Ami did an excellent job of distinguishing between the time periods and making the narrative flow. The book does jump around in time quite a bit, but it was always clear when and where the events were taking place. The writing style was also interesting to read. Ami brought differing locations and time periods to life with vivid descriptions.

I only noticed a few grammatical mistakes. I believe this book was professionally edited. There was also nothing that I truly disliked about this book.

I feel like the character’s continued their arc from the first book. Angela and Alex’s relationship continued to grow as Angela discovered another past life. It was interesting to see Angela’s discovery that Alex was a murderer, Caravaggio, in a past life. She had to sort through her perceptions of Caravaggio and transplant those with her perception of Alex, which caused a lot of character growth for her. I think her characterization was my favorite part of this novel.

Overall, I am happy to rate this book 4 out of 4 stars. I would recommend it to those who enjoy art history, thrillers, and romance. It does have strong language and sexual content, though nothing too explicit, so I would not recommend it to younger or sensitive audiences. I believe that having read the first book in the series would make reading this book more enjoyable; however, the narrative is structured in a way that it is not necessary. This is a book that is worth checking out, and I look forward to reading the next book in the series when it is released.

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The Girl Who Loved Caravaggio
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[Anon_Reviewer]

I usually get anxious when a book's timeline jumps around because sometimes I have the concentration span of a potato. But I'm glad you were able to follow follow the events of the story. Thanks for the great review!

[kimberlyrascon]

It is a blend of romance, thriller, and historical fiction. The writing style was also interesting to read. There was also nothing that I truly disliked about this book.  I am happy to rate this book 4 out of 4 stars. I really recommend this to those who enjoy art history, thrillers, and romance. But I would not recommend this to younger audiences. This is a book that is worth to read. And the next book in the series when it is released. Thanks for the great review!

[Ria710]

Thank you for your honest review. This is a book containing multiple genres which makes it sound very interesting.