Author: Diana Gabaldon
Book: Dragonfly In Amber (Outlander #2)
Other Books in Series:
Outlander (Outlander #1)
Voyager (Outlander #3)
Drums of Autumn (Outlander #4)
The Fiery Cross (Outlander #5)
A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander #6)
An Echo in the Bone (Outlander #7)
The Space Between (Outlander #7.5 – a novella)
Written in My Heart’s Own Blood (Outlander #8)
A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows (Outlander #8.5 – a novella)
Moonlight And Howling (Outlander #9 – not yet finished)
tl;dr recommendation: This series will pull out every emotion you’ve ever had, and some you didn’t know existed.
Book Summary:
From the author of Outlander… a magnificent epic that once again sweeps us back in time to the drama and passion of 18th-century Scotland…
For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to Scotland’s majestic mist-shrouded hills. Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth: about the mystery of an ancient circle of standing stones …about a love that transcends the boundaries of time …and about James Fraser, a Scottish warrior whose gallantry once drew a young Claire from the security of her century to the dangers of his ….
Now a legacy of blood and desire will test her beautiful copper-haired daughter, Brianna, as Claire’s spellbinding journey of self-discovery continues in the intrigue-ridden Paris court of Charles Stuart …in a race to thwart a doomed Highlands uprising …and in a desperate fight to save both the child and the man she loves….
Longer Review:
If you’re about to pick up this book after reading Outlander, welcome to the Fandom. If you haven’t yet read the summary of this book, you may want to do that now. When I started DiA I thought I was reading the wrong book – I had to go on to GoodReads and look up some reviews to discover that no, I hadn’t skipped five books in the series. NOPE – this book really does start out with Claire, twenty years in the future in her own time. Yes. YES.
Don’t get pissed, It’s in the goddamn book summary, this is not a spoiler.
However, this made me angry. SO ANGRY. How could she possibly leave Jamie? I deemed this to be an unforgivable action for which I was prepared to hold a grudge. Claire was practically dead to me as a character and I was now reading with a tinge of red surrounding my vision. Of course, as I learned what happened – and A LOT happens – I not only forgave Claire, but my heart broke. I’m tearing up a little bit right now thinking about how Jamie and Claire get to to the point where that has to happen.
So, just keep reading. Promise. You’ll be ok. Deep breaths.
But let’s back up – when we catch back up with Jamie and Claire, you’ll find that they go to Paris where Jamie takes over his cousin Jared’s shipping business. Jamie’s position allows him to infiltrate the Parisian politics and he actually becomes acquaintances *or something* with the Bonnie Prince Charlie. Jamie and Claire continue their secret mission to change the outcome of the future and save Scotland while walking a very tight political rope that, if the truth was exposed, could land Jamie in jail for treason – or worse.
This book reunites us with some characters we love to hate (i.e. Jack Randall) and we meet a few more characters we love to love – such as BlackJack’s much nicer brother, Alexander, and BOUTON! Of course, Jamie loses his shit a few times…as does Claire – and let’s not forget that Claire’s pregnant…
I adored learning more about Jamie. I could practically feel his imposing size when he was angry and firm hands when he was loving and see his lip curve up in a smirk when he was amused. I loved watching their marriage grow stronger with each trial they faced. While their lives are far from easy and their circumstances are less than ideal, their love is always enduring.
This series will pull out every emotion you’ve ever had, and some you didn’t know existed. I went from hating this book, hating Claire, and vibrating with rage to swooning uncontrollably and falling in love all over again. Diana is incredible…every time she backs the characters into an insurmountable corner, everything changes and somehow I manage to forgive every character for every terrible thing that has happened. DiA ends in a major cliffhanger – just so you know. But at that point, you’ll be completely hooked and so full of feels that it’s really no big deal as long as you have Voyager on hand. This book is unbelievably good.
ALLTHESTARS.
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