" I've been meaning to read this since last July and I finally got around to it. I liked it, I certainly didn't think it was as epic as Monte Cristo or the 3 Musketeers BUT it still was a good story. It seemed more like a short story. I think that Rosa was my favorite character. She was very much the modern woman who when her man is locked up just does it herself, very admirable. I can't say that I loved Cornelius. His love of the tulip was borderline pathological and it just seemed like he wasn't very manly. I don't know. I just wish that somehow in the end, that he had to actually choose Rosa over the Tulip and I probably would have been more sympathetic to his plight. And, as evil characters go, Boxton is not very threatening! All in all, a quick and interesting read! "
— Amber, 1/26/2014