“You are my courage, as I am your conscience," he whispered. "You are my heart---and I your compassion. We are neither of us whole, alone. Do ye not know that, Sassenach?”
I continue to love this series, even if we've left the beauty of Scotland mostly behind. This is the fourth book in the Outlander series, and if you've read the rest, you know what you are in for here.
Diana really understands her characters, inside and out, and I appreciate that she keeps them consistent. Jamie and Claire grow in a way I feel is completely natural, and their devotion to each other always feels hard won and worked at. We spend time with J&C this time around setting up a new home in colonial America. It's a subject more familiar to Gabaldon's American readers than the previous installments (or it is if you took a whole lot of US History, like I did) and she keeps her portrayal as accurate as I think she can.
This particular volume spends a lot of time with another generation - Jamie and Claire's daughter, Brianna, and her "friend" Roger (who himself is a descendant of characters from previous books). Brianna and Roger discover something about Jamie and Claire that makes them risk a trip through the stones to reach them. Suffice it to say that the younger generation is less prepared to handle the hardships of the time they jump back to.
Mostly, this book focuses on family, and what it means to be one, whether blood ties you together or not. I loved it, much like I loved the previous installments. I'm interested to see how things develop as the Revolutionary War approaches, and to see how Jamie and Claire end up involved in it all.
If you loved the first three, you'll continue your love with this one.
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