Despite the length, 1000+ pages in my UK edition purchased at the Culloden Battlefield Memorial, there was nary a dull moment in the seventh book of the Outlander Series. Usually there are some loooong stretches where I'm all, where is this going Diana, but not here! I did have some trouble with the constant date and POV shifts, having to flip back and forth a few times to realize who was where, when, and I did completely miss one fairly obvious character that caused me to massively spoil this book for a friend also reading it. Oops. Damn you naked

Ben Franklin

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Also, major questions I've had FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME were addressed! YES! Also, cliffhanger. Holy hell. Glad to know that I can read Book 8, [b:Written in My Own Heart's Blood|11710373|Written in My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander, #8)|Diana Gabaldon|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1365173799s/11710373.jpg|16657990], at any time. However, I am also very sad to that I only have one published book left to go before I enter the waiting game a la GOT.

Spoilers ahead!

**Time Travel and the effects of time travel are discussed, but not answered. I loved how Gabaldon addressed this by having Roger consider his Presbyterian beliefs on predestination versus some knowledge they have that their time traveling MAY actually change somethings. **I swear that mother f'ing Frank is going to have had some knowledge of events, especially for Brianna's sake, but I'm not sure what it is. Just a thought. **I about peed when I learned that Captain Randall's son/nephew (really nephew) is tooling around with William in Canada. He seems OK for now, so I hope the Randall's are going to break free of the Captain's evilness, but we shall see! **Don't fuck with Rollo. I was so worried about his so many times, and as Ian says, "He's a good dog." **I love Friends Rachel and Denzell, new Quaker characters who are both in love with other important characters. I sure hope Ian and Rachel work out, and I'm glad that William put an end to crazy Arch Bug. Phew. **I was so heartbroken every time Brianna, Roger, and the kiddos thought about how much they missed Claire and Jamie. Those damn letters. Sob. **Thanks for ending the book with poor Jemmy lost in a mine/cave shaft in the dark. Also I think Roger has time traveled back with the g-d Nuckalavee, who turns out to be Geillis's spawn, William Buccleigh Mackenzie. Not who I was expecting! **Claire and Jamie. What can I say? Old people sex has never been so hawt - and now they both have spectacles! **OMG and LORD JOHN GREY AND CLAIRE DO IT! Kind of twice, if you count the handy-j. Sweet lord, how many times is Claire going to have to get married for "her protection??" I knew it was no good when Claire and Jamie had to be separated by a freakin' ocean. **Ian the Elder's death broke my heart, especially his last words to Jamie "On your right, man." when he was asked where he would be after his death. **It was so good to be in Scotland again, with both Bree and Roger, and with the Clan Fraser at Lallybroch of old. Jenny's coming to America! **I wasn't too entranced by Young William, but now he knows who his parents are...uh oh.