Outlander

by Diana Gabaldon

Paperback, 880 pages

English language

Published Sept. 1, 2020 by Arrow Books.

ISBN:: 978-1-78475-137-1

1946, and Claire Randall goes to the Scottish Highlands with her husband Frank. It’s a second honeymoon, a chance to learn how war has changed them and to re-establish their loving marriage. But one afternoon, Claire walks through a circle of standing stones and vanishes into 1743, where the first person she meets is a British army officer - her husband’s six-times great-grandfather.

Unfortunately, Black Jack Randall is not the man his descendant is, and while trying to escape him, Claire falls into the hands of a gang of Scottish outlaws, and finds herself a Sassenach - an outlander - in danger from both Jacobites and Redcoats.

Marooned amid danger, passion and violence, her only chance of safety lies in Jamie Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior. What begins in compulsion becomes urgent need, and Claire finds herself torn between two very different men, in two irreconcilable lives.

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Review of 'Dragonfly in Amber' on 'Storygraph'

2 stars

Upon finishing this book, my overwhelming feeling is relief because I don't have to read it anymore. It ends on a cliffhanger but I don't care enough to continue. I did like Claire more in this book than I did in the first one, but I liked Jamie less, so it was a wash. Perhaps I know too much about the historical period to relax and enjoy the ride, or perhaps Gabaldon's style of writing isn't my thing.