The epic journey continues with WRITTEN IN MY OWN HEART'S
BLOOD, the eighth book in the renowned and addicting
Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. For readers
interested
in starting this series, it's absolutely essential to
start
at the beginning as this series follows the same
characters
and you'll no doubt miss crucial details that create a
massive impact on how you will enjoy this book and series
in
general. If you are reading this, then I assume are a
massive Outlander fanatic like I am to be able to endure
and
read what feels like a million pages just to find out what
happens to these beloved characters.
In WRITTIN IN MY OWN HEART'S BLOOD, the cast of characters
has grown and Gabaldon
spends considerable time in each of their heads,
highlighting their emotions, their vulnerabilities and
their
conflicts in a bright spot light. I have no doubt that if
you loved the previous books in the series, you will adore
this book because it follows the same pattern. Jamie
continues to suffer every horrible thing imaginable and
when
you think the poor guy can't experience something worse,
he
does. Gabaldon just adores torturing her characters.
If you're looking for a story that will take you on a
journey, Outlander is the series for you.
Gabaldon's story
telling abilities will take you back to see what happened
to
Jamie while he was away and also about what Claire was
doing
in that time too. Some scenes are more easier to read than
others, but one the is for sure, there is a ton of
emotions
packed into it.
Previously secondary characters in the other books are now
getting more and more page time. Characters like Roger and
Bree, William, Ian and Rachel, and more all get
considerable
acknowledgements. There's also John who seems to suffer
almost as much as Jamie does. As a result, I think he has
become one of my favorite characters to the series. He
brings so much to the story that I don't think it would be
the same without him.
Trust that you'll be taken care of in Diana Gabaldon's
hands. Not only do you get a story that is wrought with
tension and heartbreak, but I'm sure you'll also find a
new
hero to love.
In her now classic novel Outlander, Diana Gabaldon told the story of Claire Randall, an English ex-combat nurse who walks through a stone circle in the Scottish Highlands in 1946, and disappears . . . into 1743. The story unfolded from there in seven bestselling novels, and CNN has called it “a grand adventure written on a canvas that probes the heart, weighs the soul and measures the human spirit across [centuries].” Now the story continues in Written in My Own Heart’s Blood.
1778: France declares war on Great Britain, the British army leaves Philadelphia, and George Washington’s troops leave Valley Forge in pursuit. At this moment, Jamie Fraser returns from a presumed watery grave to discover that his best friend has married his wife, his illegitimate son has discovered (to his horror) who his father really is, and his beloved nephew, Ian, wants to marry a Quaker. Meanwhile, Jamie’s wife, Claire, and his sister, Jenny, are busy picking up the pieces.
The Frasers can only be thankful that their daughter Brianna and her family are safe in twentieth- century Scotland. Or not. In fact, Brianna is searching for her own son, who was kidnapped by a man determined to learn her family’s secrets. Her husband, Roger, has ventured into the past in search of the missing boy . . . never suspecting that the object of his quest has not left the present. Now, with Roger out of the way, the kidnapper can focus on his true target: Brianna herself.
Written in My Own Heart’s Blood is the brilliant next chapter in a masterpiece of the imagination unlike any other.
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