I had this book on my TBR since it was published and finally I got the chance to read it...I'm a huge fan of Outlander (both of the books and Tv series), I couldn't miss this one!
How cool is the cover?!!
Abigail Cross has been saving and longing for her Highlands trip for so long, attracked by its history and folklore and took the opportunity of her stay for reconnect with her Scottish heritage...what she didn't expect was that she would experience it in the most literal way possible: time-travelling to 1600 Scotland!
While visiting Druiminn Castle, Abby enters a little cottage and start to feel dizzy all of a sudden: when she wakes up, she finds herself in the same cottage, but something isn't quite right: what was a bare and dusty cottage, now is full of herbs containers and seems someone is currently using it...that's when Abby first meets Gwendolyn Macleod, who's the responsible for ther travel through time. Gwen is the sister of Laird Aedan Macleod and brought Abby here with a very specific goal in mind: to make the two of them meet and fall in love!
Abby is obviously furious and wants to get back in the 21st century as soon as possible, but is stuck in 1600 for a while, due to Gwen's need to regain her magic in order to do so...
Aedan Macleod is very aware of the responsabilities that come with his role as Laird and is seeking for a wife from a powerful clan in order to revenge the horrific treatment reserved to his sister Jinny by the clan O'Cain and with the Highlands Games schedules within a few days the last thing he needed was his younger sister Gwen to interfere by bringing a very stubborn, yet beautiful and intelligent lass for the future...
👍👎My Thoughts
The author's writing style is smooth and runs immediately to the point, making the reading enjoyable and engaging; I really felt the need to keep on with it to know what was going to happen next!
The weakest point to me was the fact that Abby doesn't doubt for a sec she's been travelling throught time: she's described as a serious young woman, with her head standing firmly on her shoulder and a difficul past behind her, so what I would have expected from her was that she would at least argue with Gwen about the nonsense of a time-travel posibility.
Beside this, the book is really nice and it's evident the research work behind it: the Highlands Games and landscapes descriptions as well as the dialogue filled with Scottish accent made the entire book a jump in the past.
If you think this is just a copy of Outlander, think it twice and read it: the situations and characters are completely different as well as the epilogue!
Highly recommended!
My vote: 8/10
The weakest point to me was the fact that Abby doesn't doubt for a sec she's been travelling throught time: she's described as a serious young woman, with her head standing firmly on her shoulder and a difficul past behind her, so what I would have expected from her was that she would at least argue with Gwen about the nonsense of a time-travel posibility.
Beside this, the book is really nice and it's evident the research work behind it: the Highlands Games and landscapes descriptions as well as the dialogue filled with Scottish accent made the entire book a jump in the past.
If you think this is just a copy of Outlander, think it twice and read it: the situations and characters are completely different as well as the epilogue!
Highly recommended!
My vote: 8/10
I'm so looking foward to read the next book of the "Time-Traveler's Highland Love" series -
To Save a Savage Scot!
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