Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone

Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

Publisher: Penguin

Published Date: 2021

Pages: 902

Star Rating: 5***** I loved it and highly recommend

About Book: Jamie Fraser and Claire Randall were torn apart by the Jacobite Rising of 1745, and it took them twenty years to find each other again. Now the American Revolution threatens to do the same. It is 1779 and Claire and Jamie are at last reunited with their daughter, Brianna, her husband, Roger, and their children on Fraser's Ridge. Having the family together is a dream the Frasers had thought impossible. Yet even in the North Carolina backcountry, the effects of war are being felt. Tensions in the Colonies are great and local feelings run hot enough to boil Hell's tea-kettle. Jamie knows loyalties among his own tenants are split and the war is on his doorstep. It's only a matter of time before the shooting starts. Not so far away, young William Ransom is still coming to terms with the discovery of his true father's identity - and thus his own. Lord John Grey also has reconciliations to make and dangers to meet . . . on his son's behalf, and his own. Meanwhile, the Southern Colonies blaze, and the Revolution creeps ever closer to Fraser's Ridge. And Claire, the physician, wonders how much of the blood to be spilt will belong to those she loves.

My Thoughts: Homecomings, heartbreak, and healing. Book nine brought me right back into the heart of Fraser’s Ridge—and into the lives of Claire and Jamie as they face the next chapter of their lives. I loved the quieter moments in this one—the sense of family, legacy, and reflection was so beautifully done. It’s a book about home, both the place and the people, and it felt incredibly emotional. There’s still tension (this is Outlander, after all!), but it had a warmth and intimacy that made it feel like a homecoming for readers too.