Surprisingly, the love story is less convincing than the fantasy and less intriguing than the mystery of Julien’s power. Although the story’s supernatural elements require powerful suspension of disbelief, readers familiar with European art history will enjoy the many references to renowned painters and their works. When famous paintings in museums around the world suddenly begin to degrade, Julien has the magical ability to make things right again, but only if he’s willing to let Clio go. Ballerinas regularly step down from Degas’ paintings to dance, and one night, a beautiful young woman named Clio leaves her Renoir portrait to fall in love with Julien. Seventeen-year-old Julien, whose mother runs the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, sometimes sneaks into the museum at night, when he alone can see people from the paintings come alive.
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