The Scottish Prisoner

Im a terrible blogger, almost two months since I have made a post!!!!

I recently read The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon.  It is one of her spin-off books from Outlander, and part of the Lord John Grey series.

This book is incredibly bleak and sad.  Although Lord John is it's main character, Jamie Fraser is the second main.  It follows him through those "lost" years when Claire went back to her time.  After Culloden, Jamie was captured and imprisoned on a farm where he worked with the horses.  Ever the stoic, Jamie does his work, does it well and happens to father a child from a one-time tryst and eagerly awaits glimpses of his child.

Lord John takes Jamie with him to London to help him on some military/political mission that ends up taking them to Ireland.  Gabaldon hits the nail on the head with this book.  The tone of this book is bleak, sad, and just blah.  Exactly the way Jamie Fraser feels.  The tone of the book really puts you into the mind frame of Fraser.

I think this is a great book and even if you aren't into the Lord John series, read this for Jamie.