A review by ghumpherys
Scarlet by Jen Geigle Johnson

5.0

This was such a fun twist on the Scarlet Pimpernel story! I loved all the disguises and the rescues and the fun banter between Scarlet and Matteo. It's been a long time since I've read the original story so I probably didn't notice all the nods and similarities but I think this one definitely stands on its own. There were a lot of historical details woven in about the French Revolution and I appreciated the author's notes. My only complaint is that a couple of times the timeline was a little confusing - for example, in one chapter I thought a few weeks had passed for one of the characters but then in the next chapter it moved to another character's perspective and jumped back to the time at the beginning of the previous chapter, plus then moved ahead to a date that was only a few days later (when I thought weeks had passed). But overall, it was a wonderful story!
Note: I received a free ebook version of this book in exchange for an honest review.