Drums of Autumn (Outlander #4) by Diana Gabaldon

My thoughts on
Outlander (Outlander #1)
Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander #2)
Voyager (Outlander #3)
The Fiery Cross (Outlander #5)
A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander #6)
An Echo in the Bone (Outlander, #7)
Written in My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander #8)

Be warned if you haven't read the first three books there are what could be considered spoilers in this post.


Drums of Autumn is as much the story of Brianna as it is her parents. As her and Roger have grown closer, Roger is surely in love with her, Brianna has something on her mind and heart. As she has started to have these feelings she has realized something important was missing from the marriage of her mother and Frank Randall (the man she knew as her father before learning about her mother's time travel and about Jamie Fraser). She tells Roger she needs to be sure about them because she plans to only marry once. He thinks she needs time to make sure she loves him, but really what she wants is to meet Jamie and see him and her mother together.

There is only one way to do this, to go through the stones and find her parents. When Roger figures it out he goes through too and goes after her.

Will Bree find her parents and learn what she needs to know? Will Roger find Bree? What will happen when Jamie and Bree meet? These are the storylines of this installment.

Living in the wilds of North Carolina in the late 1760's- early 1770's means encounters with Native Americans, living off the land, slavery, and no modern tools of medicine for Claire to treat people with. And into the mix comes Bree, full of questions and so very much like Jamie that there is no way it will be smooth going.

Drums of Autumn, much like the other books in the series combines romance and relationships in all their messy truths, battles of the heart and mind, struggles with 20th Century knowledge and values clashing with 18th Century life, and kilts! A solid and enjoyable entry, now onto book 5, The Fiery Cross.  Boy these books, they keep getting longer!!! But I love Jamie and Claire so I don't mind.

(Finished July 23, 2016)