Outlander

Outlander is the first book in the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. This novel was full of adventure, romance, history, and suspense. Meet Claire Randall. She is a combat nurse, back from the war (it is 1945). She and her husband are on a second honeymoon after being reunited. Meet Jamie. Jamie is a Scots clansmen, warrior, nephew to a pair of clan leaders, and living in the Scottish Highlands in the year 1743. When Claire, walks through a stone in an ancient stone circle, she is hurled into the Scottish Highlands and right into Jamie's life.
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Forced to leave the area of the stones for her own safety, Claire is accepted at the Castle Leoch, where Jamie's uncles rule. No one knows where this strange woman came from, and many are very suspicious of her. She is thrown into a world full of danger, adventure, political unrest and intrigue. When she falls for Jamie, she finds herself torn between two worlds. The husband she left behind and the man she never could have imagined she would become involved with. Through life threatening battles and adventures, Claire learns that she has a lot to give. And eventually has to make a choice: Do I go back to 1945, or do I stay in the 1700s?

This book was highly entertaining. It was a page turner from start to finish. The setting is so well described (without being overly so) that you can smell the forests and hear the hooves of horses bearing down on you. When you read this book, you become so entrenched in the lives of these characters that you forget your own world, begin to think in their dialect, and can't wait to get back to the pages of the story. There were so many different adventures in this novel, that it could have been two or even three separate books. I would highly recommend this novel. I will be seeking out the second book in the series, Dragonfly in Amber.

Happy Reading!