Overall, a nice book! 4 stars not necessarily for great quality but for great entertainment

What I liked:
- I love the Scarlet Pimpernel! So this was a fun twist. I actually liked this story almost better than the Scarlet Pimpernel series, cause Chauvelin was way stronger in this one.
- I am such a sucker for hostage stories
- Brigid's banter with her enemy was very funny

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How did she stuff paper into her pocket without him noticing though? I get its magic but you'll steal hear the rustle

- This line goes hard:

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Take the mercy, Lord Chauvlyn, and enjoy a taste of the things you named foolish.

What I disliked:
- There was a lot of comma abuse. Example: "grand, garden palace" It's just a grand garden palace, no COMMA!
- A lot of unsubtle telling instead of showing. This unsubtlety goes for a lot of the jokes as well ("stole what we have rightfully stolen") On the other hand, unsubtle jokes can be very funny.
- There's a moment where the Head Librarian waves at Brigid dismissively and then she mentions he has become like her granddad, which was a bit of a weird incongruity.
- We get it, Munch has a "dignified widow's peak"
- The "plot twist" was predicted in the text. But I loved it anyway.
- At one point, Brigid is defeated. She has very negative thoughts.

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Then it turns out it was a part of her plan. So why was she having all these defeated thoughts?

- WHY DID SHE

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KISS CHAUVLYN????

- Do I like or dislike the way they dealt with the kissing at the end? Was it realistic or just gross? idk, i've never kissed anyone

Other stuff:
- This book will reference earlier books, but you can read it first and still get everything.

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Except who on Earth Claudius is, the BIG VILLAIN. And he wasn't even mentioned in the Blackbeard story, so genuinely... who is he?

- A side character is called Percy.

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And Brigid is disguised as his wife!

- This is another one of those "guess what? women can be beautiful AND smart!" books