Book #41: Dragonfly in Amber
Back Cover:
For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to Scotland's majestic mist-shrouded hills. Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth: about the mystery of an ancient circle of standing stones...about a love that transcends the boundaries of time...and about James Fraser, a Scottish warrior whose gallantry once drew a young Claire from the security of her century to the dangers of his...
Now a legacy of blood and desire will test her beautiful copper-haired daughter, Brianna, as Claire's spellbinding journey of self-discovery continues in the intrigue-ridden Paris court of Charles Stuart...in a race to thwart a doomed Highlands uprising...and in a desperate fight to save both the child and the man she loves...
My Review:
After Outlander, I was expecting to be riveted right from page one and tugged under the surface of the past only to resurface at the end. However, what actually happened went something like this: 1) wait, what? why's she in the present again? 2) oh, but what happened? 3) I'm not getting what I want. This sucks. *puts book down for three days* 4) You gotta give it a chance, Kelly *picks book up once more* 5) This chapter is so long! *puts book down* 6) *picks book up* This still sucks. Why is this not drawing me in? What happened to Jamie? 7) This is one f-ed up book 8) *puts book down for a week* 9) *picks book up* oh...okay. This is getting better *reads about 200 pages* 10) I'm bored 11) I just want to finish this 12) I'm bored 13) I just want to finish this 14) No!!! Jamie! Don't go! 15) This book sucks 16) One more chapter 17) Well, that wasn't so bad...toward the middle....
Let's just say that the plot is actually interesting, but it's poorly written. It just plods along, like an old mare. I wanted something that was more Donas speed.
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Kelly <3