Review: Tangent for secondary characters with new excerpt of next Outlander book
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 26, 2014
This is listed as a standalone ebook, meaning it is packaged without other short stories or books, and includes another preview to the long awaited and delayed Outlander Book 8 “Written in My Own Heart’s Blood.”  But it does not stand on its own as far as a story goes.  There is hardly any information given on the primary Outlander characters and traits who are really only referenced in the background as if the reader has just recently read the book in the series that applies to the time line in this tangent story.It was interesting and the writing good, but I spent most of my time trying to remember and piece together things that I had read YEARS ago.  As with the last novella, I would have preferred reading it at the time it was part of the main story line.  Of course it was released now to preview the soon to be released book (hopefully the book won’t be delayed again like it was after the last novella and moved from Dec 2013 to June 2014, Amazon dates at the time).I would not recommend this novella to anyone that has not read at least part of the Outlander series.  If you absolutely can’t wait to read the preview, I would recommend borrowing instead of paying for this little side excursion.  It doesn't provide a satisfactory ending and it is surprising that the novellas are so unfulfilling since the author’s books are lengthy and overly detailed.Investigating more since reading the last novella a year ago, the page length of the next Outlander has dropped from 1008 to 864 pages.  Does this mean it won’t be the last book as was expected when book 7 released?I looked at the glowing reviews.  I guess my average rating is mostly that I've lost touch with how much I liked the Outlander Series since there have been too many other books read and I've forgotten my enchantment with Jamie and Claire’s story.  It has been much too long a wait for the final? book in this series.  I will read the next book, but I do not think I would wait yet another 4 years for it to end no matter how much I like the characters.Format: Borrowed ebook