k8lane's review
Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, Book 2)
by Diana Gabaldon
LOL! I totally agree with our summation. Unfortunately, #2 didn't hold the same charm, of discovery, I guess.
k8lane's review
Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, Book 2) by Diana Gabaldon
k8lane's review
rating:
recommended for: people who wouldn't ever read a romance novel, history buffs
Gabaldon's sex-ridden, hugely researched, academically adventurous, time travel/sci-fi meets historical romance novels qualify as trash novels for lit nerds -- they're absolutely a guilty pleasure. From clan warfare to herbal medicine to genealogy to British history to WWII, the books are packed with information (what little Gaelic I know started with these books). Bonus: the heroine gets to have many, many rolls in the hay with a handsome hard-bodied Highlander. Can't really go wrong.
The books were recommended to me while I was living in England, and a lucky thing, too, because had I taken one look at the Fabio-in-a-kilt-of-passion American paperback cover I would have refused to read it (note: the British version was called Cross Stitch and the cover had a less-than-sexy field of heather on it). For a while I was caught up on the series, but I lost interest once the Frasers headed to America.
They are long books but the pages turn quickly. Gabaldon has a way with characters an...more
The books were recommended to me while I was living in England, and a lucky thing, too, because had I taken one look at the Fabio-in-a-kilt-of-passion American paperback cover I would have refused to read it (note: the British version was called Cross Stitch and the cover had a less-than-sexy field of heather on it). For a while I was caught up on the series, but I lost interest once the Frasers headed to America.
They are long books but the pages turn quickly. Gabaldon has a way with characters an...more
LOL! I totally agree with our summation. Unfortunately, #2 didn't hold the same charm, of discovery, I guess.
