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I really enjoy Lord John's adventures and consider him to be a main-worthy character! I like his friendly, generous personality, his humor and his ability to adapt to an ongoing situation. The sex? Not my style, but fairly well written and always adds small parts to his personality--from his choice of partners (he's neither desperate nor profligate) to the way he moves in society in general, including flirting with the ladies at various venues. So I don't mind the sex scenes, because they aren't graphic, and I feel they do add to the story, just as the sex scenes between Jamie and Claire add to the story. Meanwhile, back to the book in question here: Brotherhood of the Blade.
Brotherhood of the Blade is the sequel to Lord John and the Private Matter. Both books fit easily into the Outlander series, but you really don't need to read them to finish the series. In fact, you don't need to read all of them, or even in the right sequence to enjoy them. Each book and story can stand on its own, and is enjoyable on its own. This book concerns the brothers Grey attempts to find out the real story of how their father died, who killed him and why. It falls on the eve of the Prussian war which adds an increased aura of danger and mystery. I won't give away any more, but believe me, there is so much more to this book than sex scenes of any kind that if you don't read it because of those scenes, you deserve to miss the fun in this one!


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Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade Diana Gabaldon 9780385337496 Books Reviews

Meh...I read the first Lord John book quickly, but this book took me forever to get through. Having read all of the Outlander books and patiently waiting book 9, I thought I would read all of the Lord John books to gain some insight into the LJG/Jamie relationship. To be honest, I've never understood their "friendship" and I felt like I was missing something that happened in Voyager that made them friends. The "mystery" of this novel felt secondary to LJG's relationship with Percy and its aftermath, the preparations for the 7 Years War, and the moral dilemma that LJG constantly finds himself. I didn't mind these passages, but they seemed to drag and the plot was often times meandering. All in all, the book was just okay for me.
It’s a good book. Like most Lord John Stories it is somewhat of a mystery.

In other reviews I also mention how Lord John reminds me a bit of Tris of Veronica Roth's Insurgent

John has always known (view spoiler at Goodreads), a family secret, but has been ever silent about it. It has always been disgraceful to the family (view spoiler at Goodreads). Because there were rumors relating to (view spoiler at Goodreads) Jacobite sympathies, this leaves some considerable stain upon John’s family name. His brother Hal, so embarrassed by this family disgrace he refuses all family titles he rightly deserves, by birth. Alternately, John, Hal’s younger brother, retains his title of “Lord”.

It all eventually becomes clear in this mystery story.

John being gay does add some suspense when his desires so frequently place him in a position to be discovered. A discovery would make his current family’s rumor tainted disgrace a full fledged disaster.

Diana is an A Class writer, the thread in this story that carried my interest was in John’s search to discover a way to removed the stain of his family’s rumored Jacobite sympathies. Unfortunately, it seems that this primary plot thread is largely a mystery as well.

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FINAL DECISION A winding walk through 18th Century England with Lord John Grey who is investigating the truth of his father's allegiances, preparing his troops for war, and trying to live his life as a gay man where dangers threaten at every turn. The character of John is so vivid here, that I enjoyed this journey.

THE STORY In the mid 1700s, Lord John and his brother are both soldiers in the Seven Years' War. As their mother prepares to marry again, secrets from their father's death and questions of whether he was a Jacobite traitor arise again. Lord John looks into the matter and someone seems to be taunting the family and threatening Lord John int he process. At the same time, Lord John's new stepbrother is attracting Lord John's attention.

OPINION This book rests almost entirely on the character of Lord John. I enjoy reading of his life and how he deals with the complications of his family, his sexuality and just how he fits into the historical events of his time. He is a complex character. He has an unrequited love for Jamie Fraser, but he continues to live his life.

This book is driven by the mystery surrounding Lord John's father's death and whether he was a Jacobite sympathizer. However, while that is the framing of the story, this book is also about relationship and family and the dangers and events that Lord John experiences in his historical time period.

I enjoyed this book quite a bit and am more and more impressed with the historical depth of Gabaldon's books.

WORTH MENTIONING Jamie makes a couple small appearances here in a book that happens during the events of VOYAGER.

CONNECTED BOOKS LORD JOHN AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE BLADE is the second book in the Lord John Grey series which is a spinoff of her Outlander series. I don't know if people read these books apart from the Outlander books, but I think that this book assumes a reader already knows who these characters are so I would only recommend this series if a reader is familiar with the Outlander books

STAR RATING I give this book 4 stars.
I really enjoy Lord John's adventures and consider him to be a main-worthy character! I like his friendly, generous personality, his humor and his ability to adapt to an ongoing situation. The sex? Not my style, but fairly well written and always adds small parts to his personality--from his choice of partners (he's neither desperate nor profligate) to the way he moves in society in general, including flirting with the ladies at various venues. So I don't mind the sex scenes, because they aren't graphic, and I feel they do add to the story, just as the sex scenes between Jamie and Claire add to the story. Meanwhile, back to the book in question here Brotherhood of the Blade.
Brotherhood of the Blade is the sequel to Lord John and the Private Matter. Both books fit easily into the Outlander series, but you really don't need to read them to finish the series. In fact, you don't need to read all of them, or even in the right sequence to enjoy them. Each book and story can stand on its own, and is enjoyable on its own. This book concerns the brothers Grey attempts to find out the real story of how their father died, who killed him and why. It falls on the eve of the Prussian war which adds an increased aura of danger and mystery. I won't give away any more, but believe me, there is so much more to this book than sex scenes of any kind that if you don't read it because of those scenes, you deserve to miss the fun in this one!