Backwards to Oregon

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eBook, 465 pages

English language

Published Nov. 14, 2007 by L-Book ePublisher, Ylva.

ISBN:
978-0-9800846-8-9
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4 stars (3 reviews)

"Luke" Hamilton has always been sure that she'd never marry. She accepted that she would spend her life alone when she chose to live her life disguised as a man. After working in a brothel for three years, Nora Macauley has lost all illusions about love. She no longer hopes for a man who will sweep her off her feet and take her away to begin a new, respectable life. But now they find themselves married and on the way to Oregon in a covered wagon, with two thousand miles ahead of them.

3 editions

Review of 'Backwards to Oregon' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Backwards to Oregon has such an interesting history... origins as Xena uberfic and originally written in the early 2000s.

I think the story itself is incredible because there are so many aspects of it to give most readers something to latch onto - slowwww burn romance, US historical fiction, well-developed and dynamic characters, colorful side characters, horses, an exploration of gender, sexuality, freedom, and womanhood.

These things keep me coming back to this series despite feeling its age and knowing how Jae's writing style has changed. The story of Luke and Nora's journey to Oregon is unique and special to me, and I notice new details every time I reread it.

4.5 stars

Review of 'Backwards to Oregon' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

A fantastic book. Great characters and plot. Andy and I discuss it on episode 16 of Cocktail Hour: www.cocktailhour.c-spot.net/archives/66 and Nikki and I review it on C-Spot Reviews: reviews.c-spot.net/archives/4746.

1/27/16 - time for a reread of one of my absolute favorite books of all time. I'm always so damn sad when the book is over.

7/27/21 - will definitely be sticking to either eyeball or text to speech reading from now on. The regular mispronounced words was too much.

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Subjects

  • Fiction, historical, romance, wlw, lgbtq

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