A Portrait in Shadow

Artemisia Gentileschi’s story gets brought to life with a fictional twist. Not only is Artemisia trying to make herself known in a male-dominant world - she has to do so while also handling magic and a griffon?!

Artemisia’s story on its own is quite incredible and in my opinion did not need magic to accompany it. The magic system unfortunately did not feel too well structured - I felt as if there were a lot of loose ends. The magic was there just for the sake of being there, and what could have brought up the rating of this story for me was if this was truly just a fictional retelling.

Even though the magic system was frustrating, I wouldn’t recommend skipping this book. Again, Artemisia’s story is remarkable and I genuinely found myself invested for every second of this book.

*PLEASE check out her art as well!!*

Also this definitely felt like a Francesco and Artemisia fan fic. Had me giggling :p

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