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Originally Posted by treadlightly
I would strongly disagree with the statement that it's a "romance aimed at teenage girls". It is a story that contains elements of romance, historical fiction and science fiction. The main characters are in their twenties at the start of the series, and in the eighth installment in the series, are now in their sixties. And that eighth novel hit #1 on the NYT bestseller list the week after it was released.
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It seems pretty broadly aimed according to the authors own website description
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In 1946, after WWII, a young Englishwoman named Claire Beauchamp Randall goes to the Scottish Highlands with her husband, Frank. She’s an ex-combat nurse, he’s been in the army as well, they’ve been separated for the last six years, and this is a second honeymoon; they’re getting re-acquainted with each other, thinking of starting a family. But one day Claire goes out walking by herself, and comes across a circle of standing stones—such circles are in fact common all over northern Britain. She walks through a cleft stone in the circle….and disappears. Back into 1743, where the first person she meets is a gentleman in an 18th-century army officer’s uniform. This gentleman, Jack Randall, looks just like her husband Frank—and proves to be Frank’s six-times-great-grandfather. Unfortunately, he also proves to be a sadistic bisexual pervert, and while trying to escape from him, Claire falls into the hands of a gang of Highland Scots, who are also trying to get away from Black Jack Randall—though for other reasons.
In order to avoid being handed over to Captain Randall, Claire is obliged to marry one of the young clansmen. So she finds herself trying to escape from Castle Leoch and her Scottish captors, trying to get back to her husband Frank, trying to avoid being recaptured by Captain Randall—and falling in love with Jamie Fraser, the young man she’s been forced to marry. The story rolls on from there…
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I honestly don't know what to make of that. Not sensing it is aimed at anyone over the age of 20 but could be wrong
Lot of factors, gang, pervert, bisexual, time travel? maybe it is a book of all trades and a master of none.