Ehhhh I read this after I read [b:An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793|46727|An American Plague The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793|Jim Murphy|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343104s/46727.jpg|45822] (both assigned for class; I'm not suddenly obsessed with yellow fever or anything) and this wasn't as richly detailed or compelling as the nonfiction story. The protagonist also felt fairly anachronistic.