I really enjoyed this historical romance. It is laden with metaphors, the plot moves at a good pace, and I liked that pieces of language were so well thought-out to allude to painting references. I didn't like the shallow character development, over-explanations of other characters' actions through the internal dialogue of the main character, and I dislike first-person narration in general. I'd recommend it for a good airplane read because it is light, entertaining and short enough to read in one long sitting.