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Molly
Goode draws you into to book and into her from the first dialogue. Committed,
passionate, idealistic, open, funny, giving…she is completely adorable. The
other MC, Georgina Wright, starts off tilting towards being an Ice Queen, but
is mercifully, as open to Molly as Molly truly deserves.
Brief
synopsis: Molly is a newly appointed art curator of a museum. Wright Foundation
is one of the main benefactors of the said museum. Georgina’s father willed a
fairish number of artefacts to the museum, and now Georgina has to hand over
the bequest. She seems to be dragging her feet and Molly is assigned the task
to get Georgina going on it. However, the first time the two MCs meet, Georgina
has come to the museum to find the provenance of one particular painting of one
of her ancestors’, Josephine. At that point Molly doesn’t know who Georgina is.
The painting captures Molly’s imagination and the story unfolds on two levels:
the growing relationship between Molly and Georgina and the relationship
between Josephine and Edith (the painter of the portrait) two hundred years
back.
This
was a complex story to cultivate but has been excellently executed. While all
the characters are beautifully developed but the tortured Josephine and completely
loveable Molly really burrow into your heart. The relationship between the two
MCs grabs you and the chemistry is oh, so there.
Definitely
recommended.
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