Outlander series, by Diana Gabolden
Outlander (1991)
Dragonfly in Amber (1992)
Voyager (1994)
Drums of Autumn (1997)
The Fiery Cross (2001)
A Breath of Stone and Ashes (2005)
An Echo in the Bone (2009)
This is another series that came highly recommended but took me several years and a sale for the audiobook on iTunes to get to. These historical fiction novels are hefty -- 800+ pages or 40+ hours of listening and were very aptly categorized by a dear friend as "PMS porn." The main character travels from the 1940s to the 1740s and encounters many adventures and historic figures. Is the whole time travel plot a bit hokey? Yes. Did some of the romantic dialogue make me roll my eyes? Absolutely. Did some of the very descriptive sex scenes make me blush? Yup -- on the subway or wherever I was. So, why did I fly through seven 800-page books? I couldn't wait to find out what happened next.
I split ebooks and audiobooks on this series. Davina Porter is the amazing narrator for all but two of the books and taking note of reviews on Audible, I chose to read (ebook) those two. My boyfriend says that her Scottish accent is ridiculous (he overheard me listening -- this is not his kind of book), but I think he is wrong. There are a lot of characters with a lot of accents and I think Davina Porter is fabulous.
The end of each book is a cliffhanger, and I cannot wait for the next installment!
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