Blood Water Paint

This was a beautiful and engaging read! I read it all in one sitting because I couldn't put it down. (And it's mostly in verse so it makes for a relatively quick read.) It's such a powerful story especially for this current moment in time. Speaking of, content warning for rape, and for the depressing fact that a 17th century rape trial isn't that different from a 21st century rape trial in a lot of ways.

I DID wish this had some more endnotes/backmatter because there are so many extraordinary details that I went on Wikipedia to be like “IS THIS TRUE?” like 20 times. (apparently yes!) also wish it had some reproductions of Artemisia Gentileschi's paintings but I do understand that having them in color would be cost prohibitive and having them in black and white would be underwhelming. so...hooray for the internet.