There were the shallow obvious reasons of course, like four surprise endings, but deeper still ran something vague and unnameable until now. OK, So I've had some time to sit and ruminate on the experience of this book and why I couldn't pinpoint the niggling reason (like bothering a sore tooth with your tongue) why I was so disappointed. I'm going to read it again more slowly to see if my opinion changes, but first I need to let the dust settle on my disappointment.

dragged at points and then skipped over more interesting points But I feel like if she had cut half of the story out and finished the cliffhanging story lines, she could be done by now, and I could have peace of mind knowing the story is over! I mean I really don't appreciate being led on for 2/3 of a book and then have four different surprise endings. I heard her say there was going to be another book after this one (the ongoing belief was that this book was going to be the last one) which is very apparent after this book that there has to be one more. Where were Jamie and Claire? (And why the hell can't they manage a sea voyage without trouble?) I actually started to wish I could read about Brianna (one of my least favorite people.) But when I got into the story, I got bored with the overlong passages about William and John's intrigues. I actually skipped pages! She said that there were four story lines (hence the four points on the Caltrop on the cover) and I was excited at first. I am a devout DG/Outlander fan, so of course I read Echo in the Bone as fast as I could get my mitts on it.and it left me sorely disappointed! What she does believe is that the price won’t include Jamie’s life or happiness - not if she has anything to say.Ĭlaire’s grown daughter Brianna, and her husband, Roger, watch the unfolding of Brianna’s parents’ history - a past that may be sneaking up behind their own family. Fraser’s time-travelling wife, Claire, also knows a couple of things: that the Americans will win, but that the ultimate price of victory is a mystery. Jamie Fraser, erstwhile Jacobite and reluctant rebel, knows three things about the American rebellion: the Americans will win, unlikely as that seems in 1778 being on the winning side is no guarantee of survival and he’d rather die than face his illegitimate son - a young lieutenant in the British Army - across the barrel of a gun.

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