My reviews of the prior books in the series
Outlander (Outlander #1)
Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander #2)
Voyager (Outlander #3)
Drums of Autumn (Outlander #4)
The Fiery Cross (Outlander #5)
An Echo in the Bone (Outlander, #7)
Written in My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander #8)
As we meet the Fraser clan again the date of American Independence is fast approaching. Back again is romance, adventure, intrigue, and sex.
While it is interesting to watch this family approach what thanks to its time traveling members know is coming, Revolutionary War, and how they prepare to take what they know will be the winning side, a side the members of the family born in this time are beginning to believe in, some of the plot devices are feeling over used. How many time can this family have members kidnapped? How many times will Jamie or Claire or Roger or Bree have to rescue or be rescued from abduction? Also I guess there are only so many words to describe the human genitalia and the acts that one can do with them so I give Gabaldo credit for trying to be creative with the sex scenes but at times the wording can be a little on the eye-rolling side. However what she really does best in these moments is the writing to make them seem to steam off the page with graphic description, it is that in these moments she captures the heart and soul of the connection that lives between Claire and Jamie. Their physical acts of love change in style and intensity to not only provide each other physical pleasure but to mend and heal each others emotionally. That after all these years and all the hard times Jamie still finds such enjoyment over the wonder he feels is Claire's bum just makes it kind of sweet and silly and endearing.
Some of the hard choices they face this time are murder they get suspected of but didn't commit, murders they do, revenge vs justice, and the sacrifice of being togetherness to save one of their own.
While I am going on to the next book because I have really want to know how they are and where they end up, what will happen with William and John and will the truth of that come out. I am really hoping that there is more of the same heart to this family that keeps me coming back but that there are much less by way of kidnappings this time and maybe some run ins with the members of the group of founding fathers, this is after all the days of Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Hancock, Franklin....
(Finished August 6, 2016)
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