La ladra della primavera

This book was pure fun. The plot was improbable and at times inexplicable, but I smiled all the way through. Mainly this was due to the narrator: cheerful Renaissance prostitute Luciana. How refreshing to come across a courtesan who is not ethereal, wounded, or brutalized - Luciana likes men, likes

3.5 stars. This wasn’t quite my cup of tea, but still enjoyable. It was like Dan Brown set in the 15th century. The two main characters were a likeable combination and all the historical details of the most important cities of Italy at the time, made me want to go and visit them. I’ve always wanted Leggi tutto

I love this book and don't care what you think.

Proputovala kroz Italiju i upoznala šaroliko društvo.

Historical fiction should make the reader feel as though they are being offered a privileged view of things as they progressed in history, with the caveat that a certain amount of suspension of disbelief is necessary on the reader's part, but not too much. The privileged view the historical fiction

This was so much bawdy fun and by that, I mean because of the verbalizations of Luciana, our happy-go-lucky protagonist who starts the book as an unapologetic prostitute. Other than the vulgar things that come out of her mouth, there's no sex in the book, should that be off-putting to you. If you do Leggi tutto

Just finished the book. I loved, loved, loved how it ended. I'm a sucker for such endings. I must admit, I was not very much impressed with the book at the beginning of it. Some details seemed unnecessary and some ideas were too far-fetched but it was highly entertaining and I adored the two main ch Leggi tutto