[A] lively, tender tale . . . In her zingy new novel [Solomons] gives the Mona Lisa . . . power, casting her as the fanciful narrator of her own story
The Times
Solomons' prose is lyrical and her detail immense. No longer can I look at the Mona Lisa without hearing her. But more, now I know her
Press Association
A wonderfully written story of art, but also of obsession, friendship and love - I absolutely adored this novel
- Jillian Cantor, author of The Lost Letter and In Another Time,
Oh, my god, I love this book! Extraordinarily inventive, a beautifully written, literary tour-de-force - a delicious historical and artistic feast
- John Ironmonger, author of Not Forgetting the Whale,
A vividly beautiful tribute
Woman's Own Magazine