You know how the first time I said that Outlander reminded me of Doctor Who, well this title did the same thing because all I could hear was that music that The Master plays, here comes the drums, yeah that! Before I forget what this book is completely about!
Claire, Jamie, and company are trying to make their way in America. They're trying to get Ian back to Scotland before Jenny murders Jamie, they're attempting to forget the things the Gellis Duncan said about Lord Lovat's line, which gets more complicated, and most of all they are trying to make their way to Jamie's Aunt Jocasta's without any trouble whatsoever. Welcome to the Outlander series, that shall never happen! In the more modern times, Brianna Randall is getting to know Roger Wakefield and they are quickly falling in love! Which of course is not a bad thing. However, things become complicated quickly and the story of Jamie and Claire become more intertwined with Brianna's and Roger's.
Why? Because, they meet a man by the name of Stephen Bonnet. Now they don't meet him in a usual way, they find him hiding with the corpse of one of Jamie's men from Ardsmuir who was hanged for being a thief. Jamie takes pity on Bonnet and helps him get away because he knows what it's like to feel that rope going around your neck. Bonnet is most grateful and I honestly thought that maybe you know he would join the merry crew, though he was an Irishman. You'd think he would because he's be grateful to Jamie but that's not what he did. Jamie thinks that they have seen the last of Bonnet but his decision of that night comes back to haunt him many times. Let me just say that Stephen Bonnet is a bad example of Irish people because he's a dick or a douchecanoe. Whatever you wants to call him. He eventually helps rob Jamie and Claire leaving Jamie to turn up at his aunt's pennyless which is not what he wants at all.
They eventually become settled at a place that Jamie calls Fraser's Ridge; mostly because as much as they like Jocasta they need to make it on their own and Jamie feels used by her. She may be blind but that doesn't stop her from being sly as a frigging fox. You wouldn't know what was going on with that one. As proved in the next book! Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! That woman! We won't talk of Jocasta, that's all. They settle in and build their little house, Fergus eventually goes back to get his wife and the baby who is called Germain. All is well. Or well not all is well, you know there are always things going on. There's quite a few tangles but let's say that things are relatively on the straight and narrow.
Roger hasn't really heard from Brianna and he is starting to worry, normally he wouldn't but he knows that he is supposed to meet her soon and things just aren't feeling right. He discovers that she has gone back through the stones and he starts to plan to go back himself. Here is where the story starts to become even more tangled and that is a fact. Roger does go through the stones, though he had a bit of difficulty at first, he knows that he is a descendant of Gellis Duncan, so he knows that the chances are that he could. He just messed it up the first time but managed to go with the help of Fiona. Brianna has travelled to Lally Broch and has met her Murray relatives and is learning where her parents are. She makes plans to go to America and in the middle of this ends up with a maid named Lizzie, who is a shy but sweet little thing. Roger has taken on the name MacKenzie and is sailing on a ship with Stephen Bonnet as Captian, oh yes him again. Roger and Brianna's paths do cross and she is both sadden and happy to see him. They um consummate their hand fasting and all would seem to be well except Roger leaves and then they become separated.
Let's just say that things do not become any easier from there. Brianna does eventually find her parents and she is very glad to see them, although it can be said that it is somewhat strange because she is so used to thinking of Frank Randall as Dad. They soon realize that Brianna is pregnant and Lizzie tells Jamie of Roger. Which doesn't end well because Roger shows up and Jamie has his hauled off to live with the Indians for raping his daughter while Brianna frets about him. It's partly Ian's fault as well and he even manages to propose to Brianna. It later comes out that it's not Roger that has her so upset but Stephen Bonnet, yes he raped Jamie Fraser's daughter and now he's going to die. The merry band leave Brianna at Riverrun with her Auntie Jocasta and search for the Mohawk who have Roger MacKenzie. Do they find him? Of course they do but to get him back they must sacrifice Ian and this is the thing that leaves Jamie Fraser with the most guilt in this world.
My Thoughts
To be completely honest it's been a few weeks since I finished this book and I don't really remember the nitty gritty details of it all. I do remember that Claire does surgery on some guy's penis and that makes me giggle to no end. I know that I cried with they left Ian, I was glad that they got Roger back but to leave Ian with the Mohawk and how Jamie told him to not forget in Gaelic made me really sad. The birth of Jemmy complicated things in my mind, Roger accepted him of course and didn't think twice about it but does that now make Jemmy the last of Lord Lovat's line? It has to be because he has Fraser blood as well as Brianna does. Maybe it's not as strong but he would still be of Lord Lovat's line. So what does that mean for Gellis Duncan's predictions? Also how creepy is it that Gellis Duncan was trying to kill Jamie and Claire while her descendant is married to their daughter. That's another thing, if Roger and Brianna's genes have mixed with Jemmy or a future child, what does that mean for them? This book left me with more questions than answers and that's why I dived headfirst into the Fiery Cross and didn't really think about doing a blog post about it. That's not true, I thought about it. I just preferred to stay in the books than to actually put my thoughts to it all down. I give this book 8 Near Hangings out of 10. Also stay away from Stephen Bonnet, he's trouble!
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