The ebook version I'm reading doesn't have page numbers, but I'm 8% into this book and I'm just not feeling it. It feels like the story is focusing more on William and less on Jamie and Claire. I get it, the author wants to show some battles, but over six books William has been very much on the background so I have very little connection to him - even if he is Jamie's son.

At 24%. This book would be 50% shorter and 100% better without the William and Lord John Grey story lines.

Okay, I just finished it. While I appreciate how (most) of the viewpoints combined into one story, there are too many loose ends, mainly concerning Roger and Jem. Seriously, you're going to have a child kidnapped and his father sent back through the stones around the 80% mark and fail to revisit the story line? Seriously? Again, while the many (and I mean many) narrators' views tie in together, this was much too heavy with Lord John and Wlliam. It's like, even though each of these books are epic in length, there was too much story to fit into the book. I'm horribly frustrated, but of course I will be sure to read #8, whenever it's finally published - I just can't quit this series.

I still love the story, and was please to be reading the 1970s/80s now that Brianna and Roger are there/then. I thought Jem was cute in the past, but so far he's too old to be cute anymore but maybe not old enough to be interesting yet? There was a little mention of him and Mandi like being psychic or having some weird link to each other, and I'm looking forward to learning more about that!.

However, this book did drag a bit in places. I like that the points of view are branching out and we are able to see events and people in so many places and times, but this ultimately means that you have to push through the points of view that you are less interested in, which for me was William in this book. (Maybe the next book will be much better because he won't be so in the dark about who he is/who his father is!)
The Lord John bits were also ones I wanted to get through, because even though there was a lot more movement in his story line, it was across the world and dealing with characters, places, and events that we don't know about. I understand that that was probably a lot of foundation for the next book, but I wanted to get back to the events with people I liked.
Overall I think this was a bit too long, some parts could have been edited down to push the plot forward/get back to the more central/beloved characters. (Plus, I think there was a bit less sex in this one too, which is a bummer because those sections were nice breaks from the drama/tension. I remember one or two that stick out, but there were fewer and a number of *fade to black* sort of moments that I think most Outlander fans groaned about.)

Ian's slow death and all that happens in Scotland was so beautiful and heart-wrenching! It made me want a POV of Ian Sr. retroactively.