Books 31-35

Books 31-35 are the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. The books are: Outlander, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross and A Breath of Snow and Ashes (I always skip the second book, Dragonfly in Amber, since I don't like it as much as the rest). Basic plot-Claire, a young women in post WWII England accidentally travels back in time to 1740s Scotland, where she mets and marries the love of her life, Jamie. The rest of the books deal with Claire and Jamie's trails and travails.

These books are seriously dense-they are roughly 800 pages a pop, and a lot of info and events are crammed into them. They are also notoriously difficult to categorize, as they are partially romance novel, partly historical fiction, part alternate history and part Sci Fi/Fantasy. Overall, it's a solid series-they are hits and misses here and there, mainly with unnecessary subplots. The books can also be a bit tiring-our heroine has many adventures, and after a while it's just too much to take in. The book excels in wonderful settings and fully realized characters-you can see Claire and Jamie's growth as characters quite clearly, and others develop believably as well. It's just there are so many!

Outlander, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross & 

A Breath of Snow and Ashes

Diana Gabaldon

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