After reading two Mary Elizabeth Braddon's novels in a short amount of time, I'm slowly falling in love with her. Aurora Floyd is definitely more humane and a lot more well-plotted than Lady Audley's Secret despite them both touching on same themes. We know Aurora's secret from the very beginning and as we get to know her and her past, I as a reader became so captivated and invested with her story. Braddon's writing is melodramatic and atmospheric and for a book 500 pages, I flew through it relatively quickly every time I picked it up and was captivated by the plot twists. Aurora Floyd manages to be both a mystery but also a great coming-of-age story of a young woman who is haunted by her past and bad decisions.