I stole the book off my sister when I couldn't sleep. She had been talking it about it that day saying how amazing it was, but I personally do not like alot of books because I find them boring and sometimes take 10 chapters to get into the action. Outlander is not only a romance, there is also time travel, action and fighting, battles, love, war, passion and it's quite frankly intense. I really suggest you give it a chance, it is my all time favorite book and it's truly amazing...what do you say? Give it a chance, you'll love it I promise! oh and p.s. there is a main character that's a girl, but there is also Jamie a boy