I liked this book at the very beginning. The intrigue of "who is the Scarlet Pimpernel?" made me enjoy the book a lot, but once I found out who it was, the story became a little repetitive. The female character who kept worrying about the safety of the "brave hero" the one "who risked his life for others" and kept going on about him got a little old. However, I did enjoy the fact that the book mixed mystery and adventure and keeps the reader guessing as to the identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel until almost the very end.