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On paper the Outlander series

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hopefulpuffin · 24/04/2015 06:28

should have been right up my alley. Time travel. Love story. Man in a kilt (am I excused for this being an American?).

But.

I hated it. I plowed through the first book thinking it'd get better. Then I thought I'd try the second book thinking it'd get better. I finally gave up.

So.

Now I'm looking for some recommendations. Preferably a series. Preferably some sort of fantasy/time travel/supernatural element combined with romance and better writing. The kilt is completely optional.

I've got a depressing paper to write over the next couple of weeks to finish up an online class and I want to have my kindle ready to go when it's finally over.

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HarrietVane99 · 25/04/2015 00:59

Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond series? No time travel, but hints of the supernatural here and there - fortune telling type of stuff. Scottish, but no kilts.

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hopefulpuffin · 25/04/2015 00:44

Thanks for the recommendations.

I've read the All Souls Trilogy. I thought the first book was strongest and they got weaker as they went along. The last one I finished because I felt obligated to. Although all were better, in my opinion, than Outlander.

I also broke down and read the Hunger Games books this past winter. I really did enjoy them - I also like apocolyptic/zombie type stuff. I've got Station 11 on my wish list.

The Erskine books look like a definite possibility.

I'll check out the His Dark Materials too. I'd prefer to move away from YA though.

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kelda · 24/04/2015 20:54

Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials. Starting with. Northern Lights. Not exactly time travel but close enough. A bit hard to get into but well worth it and beautifully written.

TurnOverTheTv · 24/04/2015 20:50

I like The All Souls Trilogy as well.

kelda · 24/04/2015 20:49

I quite enjoyed Deborah Harkness's All Souls Trilogy. It covers time travel, fantasy, supernatural. I wouldn't say they are brilliantly written but they are easy to read and the historical element is interesting. The romance is probably the weakest element to the books.

I have just read the first Hunger Games book. That was quite good.

agoodbook · 24/04/2015 20:45

not a series, but Barbara Erskine?