Finished: Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone (Gabaldon). The ninth book in the Outlander series, which is one of my favorites, with my favorite book couple, Claire and Jamie! It was so very good to read this book after a seven year wait. I love that Jamie and Claire are still essential, busy, feisty, and each other's soul mates as they move towards their 60's (well, Claire is IN her 60's). From Claire's doctoring, to Jamie's being the "laird" of Fraser's Ridge and building their house and caring for his people, to Claire's gardening and beehives, to the impending battle of the American Revolution in North Carolina in which Jamie will have to fight, they remain the heart and soul of Outlander. Of course their lives and stories are intertwined with their daughter, Brianna, her husband, Roger, and their children, Jemmy, Mandy, and now wee Davey. :-) And, with their adopted son, Fergus, his wife, Marsali, and their five children. And, my third favorite character after Claire and Jamie, young Ian, and his wife, Rachel, and baby boy. And, Jamie's sister Jenny from Scotland who now lives with Ian's family on the ridge since her own husband, big Ian, died in the last book. And, Jamie's bastard son, William, who was raised as a British lord by Lord John Grey so that he could ostensibly have a better life than that with a father who'd been a Jacobite traitor. Of course, William found out in the last book that Jamie was his real father (fathered when Claire was back in the present time and thought Jamie was dead, and he thought she was gone from him forever.) William is slowly coming to terms with Jamie being his father, and came to him for help in the last book because he knew he could count on him. In this book, we get to see the blossoming sibling relationship between Brianna and William when they meet up in Savannah and I love it! You can tell they will be protective of each other. SPOILERS AHEAD SO STOP READING IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE END OF BEES!! It's nice to see that William is also forgiving John Grey for deceiving him all these years. John Grey is actually kidnapped by an evil man in the current book and at the end we're left wondering what his fate will be. After a deadly battle towards the end of the book, in which Claire uses her all her strength to mend a near fatally wounded Jamie and bring him back to life, Jamie and Claire are on the porch of the big house on Fraser's Ridge with Bree, Roger, Ian, Rachel and many of the grandchildren all around when a horse comes tearing down the path and stops right at the edge of the porch. It's William!! He looks out of breath and panicked as he says to Jamie, "Sir, I need your help!" and that's where the book ends. Gahhhhhhhhhhhhh! I hope it's not another seven years before Diana Galbadon publishes the tenth book, which is supposed to be the last in the series. You just know that Jamie will go to help William, though, no questions asked, most likely with Claire by his side. :-) <3