Basically a love letter to Outlander, and not as good. Nathaniel is fairly unlikable and I thought it was ridiculous how fast (instantly) these two "fell in love." Also, the dialect was annoying - so many "aint's" - and it didn't sweep me away to the time period.

THEN she had to go and actually name Outlander characters as a plot point (Claire, Jamie, and Ian), which was the death knell for me. Slightly spoiled me as well for Outlander since this book takes place a fair amount of time after the last Outlander book I read (BOSAA) Dammit.