In The Shadow Of The Lamp (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
In 1854, there aren't a lot of respectable opportunities for young girls in London, so when 17 yr old parlor maid Molly loses her job she can’t face her family. She soon learns a Miss Nightingale is looking for nurses to join her in the Crimea to tend to the soldiers, and Molly decides to go. Molly has always had a gift – healing hands, and knows that nursing is for her, even if she is too young for Miss Nightingale’s contingent.Miss Nightingale is very strict – no drinking, flirting or even looking at a patient the wrong way. Molly slowly gets used to the life as a war-time nurse but a certain young doctor who catches her eye makes life confusing – but exciting. But what of Will, the boy at home who lent her money and is always on her mind? I like this book a lot, it was very well written. I love historical romance. This book was just too slow pace for me. It wasn't all that romantic. Yeah there was a love triangle, a little one at lease. Emma would be favorite character out of the book. She was the only thing lively about the book. You never knew what she was going to or greet into next and she wasn't even the main character. Molly the main character was just plain boring. Their was nothing really special about her. Overall the book was ok, but to slow pace for my liking.
What do You think about In The Shadow Of The Lamp (2011)?
Definitely the best of Susanne Dunlap's books.
—chel
I'm hooked so far by the heroine, Molly.
—TallyShayDavid
