The Painted Castle

Kristy Cambron has taken an idea and stretched it as far as it would go.  In The Painted Castle, she has taken three women from totally separate generations all tied to one painting. The problem with this is that when moving from one time era to another, the writing was rather disjointed.  I think this book would have worked best as three novellas in one anthology.  That is my criticism of the book. 

Beginning in the 1840s, Elizabeth Meade is commissioned to do a portrait of Queen Victoria.  She is being tutored by Franz Winterhalter, a well-known artist of the time.

In the 1940s, Amanda Woods is living in the same Castle, but has hidden all of the paintings that were in the house for safety's sake because of the German airplanes bombing the area.

In the present day, Keira Foley has been commissioned to authenticate a painting of Queen Victoria, supposedly by Franz Winterhalter.

Each of these stories would be easy to follow, IF they were cohesively put together,  and all of them are enjoyable reads.  This is certainly a recommendable book with four stars. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

I would like to thank Thomas Nelson and NetGalley.com for providing the galley for me to read.