juliana_reads 's review for:

A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon

5.0

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Of the seven Outlander novels, this is the only one that really made me cry sob (although, "An Echo in the Bone (#7)" has come pretty close). Like the other books, so many things happen in the 1,000+ pages. It deals a lot with the theological and moral issues that arise with time travel, especially towards the end. From "Drums of Autumn (#4)" onwards, an ache has steadily built in my chest in response to the relationship between Brianna and her real father, Jamie. This book, though, turned that ache into an onslaught of emotion for these fictional characters that have become so, so real to me.