A review by ravensandlace
The Girl in His Shadow by Audrey Blake

4.0

Title: The Girl in His Shadow

Author: Audrey Blake

Genre: Historical Fiction

Format: ebook

Series: Nora Beady (#1)

Star Rating: 4 stars

tw: illness (cholera), death, body parts, sexism, blood, medical procedures, grave digging and robbing, accidental drugging, cat calling, rape

This book made me so mad. Not in the sense that it was a bad book because it was a great book. What I mean by that is just the sexism women experienced during the 1800s/1900s. They were deemed weird if they were interested in anything other than typical home-making stuff. So I was constantly angry for Nora. 

Speaking of Nora, I enjoyed her as a character so much. All she wanted to do was practice medicine, but men don’t like that. It was so awesome that her guardian took her interest in medicine seriously and grew that love. But the amount of crap she had to deal with really sucked. But I loved that she stood up for herself and didn’t let people walk all over her.  

Daniel was the other main character. Boy, did he annoy me at first. He was so sexist and dismissive of Nora, but he grew on me. He changed his entire way of thinking and realized how intelligent Nora was. I also appreciated how he didn’t try to hold Nora back. He became her biggest supporter. It still frustrated me how he treated her in the beginning, but he was pretty apologetic to her and saw the error of his ways. 

Overall, this was a great book. I’m glad I read it on Kindle so I could look up all the medical terms. Because, boy, there was a lot even though I am pretty proficient in a lot of medical terms thanks to helping my mom study, I still was lost on a lot of the more technical side of things. So if you plan on reading this book, I highly recommend reading it on Kindle. I will certainly read the second book in this series as I’m curious to see where Nora’s story goes.