This book never really took off for me. The author switched back and forth between renaissance Florence and modern times. The plot did not have much substance, and she doesn't seem to have come to any point with the poet prince. This book was supposed to be the last in a trilogy, but she is apparently planning another installment around Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII, who were thrown in as an epilogue to this book. Wait and see. First one was really good. Second one a little strange. Hope #3 is back on the right path.The birth of the renassiance interwoven with the continuing story of Maureen and her group of devotees to the Libro Roso (The Book of Love). The story of Maureen and Beringer Sinclair seem to mirror the story of Lorenzo DeMedici and his beloved Columbina. The story weaves into it the story of Botticelli, Michangelo, and a little something about a guy named Leonardo. This was much better than the second. The balance between the two story lines was better balanced. However when is it enough? There is more to come. This one would want to make me want to read the next.
Intéressant. Un peu long mais nous donne envie de connaitre plus l'histoire et aussi Florence.
—ccw3
Not as good as the first two but still entertaining.
—magdalini
Maybe 3 1/2 stars, so wanted it to be better
—areeba
