A review by breeoxd
Lord John and the Hand of Devils by Diana Gabaldon

3.0

I adore Lord John. He is intellegent, handsome, and such a sympathetic character that you can't help but like him. This collection of short stories weren't my favorite. As the author herself admits, they were a sort of mish-mash and written to fulfill certain requirements of anthologies and publisher's wishes, and I feel the collected works suffer a bit for it. Also, I was intrigued with the "sodomite conspiracy" thread in the first two books featuring Lord John, but seeing another one pop up just feels like we are repeating the whole -WOW 18th century soliders REALLY thought gays were villians- trope.
Overall, I enjoyed the stories and the overall action, but felt it was a bit poorly exectured.
Still can't hate on a bit of Succubus and Gypsy mystery :)
Oh, and Reading story 1.5 after reading 'Brotherhood of the Blade" Stephen's wife is a crazy birch. That's all.