This book was just as good as the first...an almost impossible feat of a love story and historical drama (mixed with some "current" day events) that you literally cannot stop reading. The amazing adventures of Claire and Jamie that just never seem to end. And the amazing thing is that you don;t want them too. They are such wonderful characters that even though sometimes you wonder how likely it is that all these things could happen to two people, you overlook it because all you want is more.