I'm not really a fan of historical fiction, so it's saying something when I was sucked in by this book. It's about determined Mary Sutter, who wants more than anything to be a surgeon during the Civil War. While focused, she has a compassion for others and a fine-tuned intuition.

I liked that this book wasn't a romance, per se. It explored human relationships but not necessarily romance, which kept the book focused on Mary achieving her medical dreams and not Mary waylaid by a husband and a handful of children.

Strong writing, strong female character, good plot.