Kickers Journey - bookrastinating.com

Published Nov. 1, 2013 by Ylva Publishibg.

ISBN:: 978-3-95533-060-6

(1 review)

A hostler falls in love with a teacher at a school for young ladies in this historical lesbian romance set in 1899.

In 1899, two women from very different backgrounds are about to embark on a journey together—one that will take them from the Old World to the New, from the 19th century into the 20th, and from the comfort and familiarity of England to the rigours of Western Canada, where challenges await at every turn.

The journey begins simply for Kicker Stuart when she leaves her home village to take employment as hostler and farrier at Grindleshire Academy for Young Ladies. But when Kicker falls in love with a teacher, Madelyn Bristow, it radically alters the course of her tranquil life.

Together, the lovers flee the brutality of Madelyn’s father and the prejudices of upper crust England in search of freedom to live, and love, as they choose. A …

A hostler falls in love with a teacher at a school for young ladies in this historical lesbian romance set in 1899.

In 1899, two women from very different backgrounds are about to embark on a journey together—one that will take them from the Old World to the New, from the 19th century into the 20th, and from the comfort and familiarity of England to the rigours of Western Canada, where challenges await at every turn.

The journey begins simply for Kicker Stuart when she leaves her home village to take employment as hostler and farrier at Grindleshire Academy for Young Ladies. But when Kicker falls in love with a teacher, Madelyn Bristow, it radically alters the course of her tranquil life.

Together, the lovers flee the brutality of Madelyn’s father and the prejudices of upper crust England in search of freedom to live, and love, as they choose. A journey as much of the heart and soul as of the body, it will find the lovers struggling against the expectations of gender, the oppression of class, and even, at times, each other.

What they find at the end of their journey is not a new Eden, but a land of hope and opportunity that offers them the chance to live out their most cherished dream—a life together.

2 editions

shippychaos reviewed Kickers Journey by Lois Cloarec Hart

Review of 'Kickers Journey' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

this book was such a wonderful surprise

It was written as a historical fiction with subtle, sweet, and complex characters, but the constantly forward-moving plot is what made it an excellent read.

The main plot focused on two female characters—Kicker and Madelyn—who begin a forbidden romantic relationship with each other. The way the author so delicately told the story never felt heavy handed or obvious, and their lovemaking (there was a LOT of it) was consistently erotic without being explicit…something I don’t think I have ever seen so deftly accomplished in any other lesfic.

5 stars