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booksonthebrain20 's review for:
The Beacon at Alexandria
by Gillian Bradshaw
This book had everything I look for in a book: a female protagonist who is not defined by her femaleness. Someone who has a calling in her life (in this case the calling to be a doctor) and will let nothing stop her from practicing her art. It has romance, which is not the primary focus of her life (nor the source of great anguish; she deals with it and still does her job, which is awesome). Charis (the main character) is practical, driven, passionate, rational, and just wonderful. I couldn't put the book down and was completely enthralled from beginning to end.