OK,, I finally finished this 2nd installment of Claire's life. All in all, I loved the book, but there was just SO much in this book, and I kept thinking to myself that this could easily have been 2, 3, 4 books in one! It was just so chock full of stuff. I admit, though, I did skim through some of the more trivial moments of Claire's life, as well as some of the historical stuff. I read this book because of the amazing love story between Claire and Jamie, not for it's historical references. And, this is the only reason I could not give the book the full 5 stars. I will read the next one in the series,,, but I need to let Claire and Jamie rest for a bit before moving on.