Title: Drums of Autumn
Author: Diana Gabaldon
Ch: 71
Pg: 1070
Series: Outlander book 4
Genre: Historical fiction, Historical
romance, time travel
Rating: 4 Stars
Drums of Autumn
by Diana Gabaldon is the fourth book in the Outlander series. And two me the
first book in the series that starts turning it in two a family saga instead of
a romance between the series main characters of Jamie and Claire. As in this
book Jamie’s and Claire’s daughter Brianna starts to play a bigger role in the
books as does Roger Mackenzie Wakefield. The Oxford history professor.
Outside
of Outlander the first book in the series Drums of Autumn is my favorite book.
I think that’s mostly due in part to fact that I like Roger more than Jamie I
know it’s an unpopular opinion but it’s mine.
This book to me was the most emotional of the books so far. There were a
few scenes in this one that I either skipped or skimmed over for personal
reasons.
Diana
did her research for this one. She got the anger and reaction spot on for a
father would react to hearing a certain type of news from his daughter. And not
just for the time period. It’s the emotions that I think even a modern father
would feel. They just couldn’t react the way Jamie did.
As
much as I enjoyed the Scottish highland setting of book 1 and part of book 3 I
am looking the backwoods 1760s North Carolina. As a history nerd American
Colonial history leading up to the American revolution is one of my favorite
time periods.
I am
looking forward to book 5 The Fiery Cross and hope that Brianna and Roger
continue to play a big part in the series as well as Jamie and Claire and I
also want to see Ian again. Drums of Autumn was my favorite of the
series so far.
