Love Love Love this Book!!! Tiffany Blues is captivating, mysterious, romantic, and magical! I am SO glad I gave this book a chance. I know we aren't supposed to but I ALWAYS judge books by their covers, not that this books cover isn't beautiful (in fact the inside covers look like Tiffany stained glass- so pretty!) - it's just that it's designed like the covers of books that I do not typically read. I don't read romance that often, I don't read much historical fiction, and THIS BOOK might have changed that.
The book follows Jenny Bell, and a really interesting group of artists in the 1920's through 50's who retreat to the esteemed and gorgeous NY Laurelton Hall estate of Louis Comfort Tiffany (Tiffany as in - Tiffany lamps and pretty little blue boxes of expensive jewelry) to draw, paint, sculpt and broaden their artistic abilities. This really happened! I'm was enthralled by the history of this artistic foundation he created, and had not heard of it in the past. The creatives are not real characters (although, yes, Mr. Tiffany is, most are not) but are a fun cast to follow - through romance, secrets, mystery, theft, drugs, murder, arson - and more! The setting of Laurelton Hall is almost a character in itself as Rose paints vivid pictures of the beautiful estate where most of the story takes place. Oh, to have seen this place in it's glory days, before sadly it was burnt to the ground. This is a fictional story that MJ Rose imagines how that devastating fire came to be.
I enjoyed every minute of this book and I didn't want it to end. I'm not big on mushy romance, but this was not that book. There was just a touch of romantic scenes - just enough. And again, also not big on history, but this had just the right amount to set the tone and background of the story. There were plenty of twists and turns and from start to finish the story wove seamlessly and captured my heart. Must read. You won't be disappointed!
The book follows Jenny Bell, and a really interesting group of artists in the 1920's through 50's who retreat to the esteemed and gorgeous NY Laurelton Hall estate of Louis Comfort Tiffany (Tiffany as in - Tiffany lamps and pretty little blue boxes of expensive jewelry) to draw, paint, sculpt and broaden their artistic abilities. This really happened! I'm was enthralled by the history of this artistic foundation he created, and had not heard of it in the past. The creatives are not real characters (although, yes, Mr. Tiffany is, most are not) but are a fun cast to follow - through romance, secrets, mystery, theft, drugs, murder, arson - and more! The setting of Laurelton Hall is almost a character in itself as Rose paints vivid pictures of the beautiful estate where most of the story takes place. Oh, to have seen this place in it's glory days, before sadly it was burnt to the ground. This is a fictional story that MJ Rose imagines how that devastating fire came to be.
I enjoyed every minute of this book and I didn't want it to end. I'm not big on mushy romance, but this was not that book. There was just a touch of romantic scenes - just enough. And again, also not big on history, but this had just the right amount to set the tone and background of the story. There were plenty of twists and turns and from start to finish the story wove seamlessly and captured my heart. Must read. You won't be disappointed!