My Darling Clementine

Clementine Duology, Book 1

De: Genta Sebastian

Narrado por: Marina Dawn

Clem Dennison, 23, lives as a man among men, passing as a male prospector in California where she is a respected author writing popular articles about the gold rush and the colorful people of the wild west. After a disturbing visit back east, she makes plans to return to the gold fields, joining a late-season wagon train headed for Sacramento. On the long train ride from Boston, she notices a fascinating young lady.

Kizzy Walker, 18, escapes her life in dreary Rocheport as the minister’s scandalous daughter, and jumps on the next train leaving. She arrives in Independence, Missouri as a single woman, alone, her only plan to chase the gold fever driving her west. While considering her limited options, she sees Clem and recognizes her as a woman who is passing. Kizzy chases her into the dark night to confront her, making herself a target for ruthless men.

Clem rescues the inexperienced, beautiful, impulsive woman, and finds herself in a passionate embrace. Kizzy gives her a key to her hotel room and invites her to visit after everyone’s asleep. She takes that chance and meets a woman unlike any other. No one else has ever seen through Clem before, much less thrown themselves into her arms.

She agrees to take Kizzy with her to California and teach her how to pan for gold, if the fascinating woman will marry her the next day, so they can travel in the wagon train as man and wife.

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Wagon train story with a twist

This is a book I could only dream of reading when I was young. The wild west and overland travel from a bit of a different point of view. The characters provided me with a lot of fuel for thought. They were brave and daring but young and an innocent at the same time. They lived as man and woman to others seamlessly but talked about it together a lot in private. They were simple and complex at once.

Traveling overland by wagon was grueling. That the author had done plenty of research on that subject was plain to see in the pages. I appreciated the subtle history lesson. Easy to read and enlightening.

The audiobook was pleasing to listen to. Sometimes it was difficult to tell who was talking as there was not much difference in the characters various voices. Overall the narration was lovely.

Feel good story

This is a good book for today’s chaotic world because it’s fairly low stakes and feels good once you get past a certain point. It sounds like things get more intense in book 2, though. What’s nice is this approach allows us to be in these moments and feel like we’re right there with them.

I really liked the humor between the characters! I’m often cautious about historical because the times weren’t great for queer folks, but this book avoids that.

Finally, the narration. I really enjoyed the narrator’s performance and accent. It’s different and I didn’t think it took anything away from the story. Hell, I’m certain a lot of Americans had a slew of different accents at that time, so for me it added to the experience.

Definitely give this book/series a shot!

Low angst with some spice

This book was a super low angst well rounded relationship building story. It had some spice and a great set of MC.

Great story! Love the accent!

I loved the storyline. It was entertaining and had some very hot scenes. The narrator did a wonderful job. Initially it took a little bit to get used to the accent considering they mentioned Boston and it was definitely not a Bostonian accent. But then I got caught up in the story and enjoyed it very much. The sound effects during the hot scenes made it feel like you were there. The narrator's voice was soothing yet captivating and exciting during the decal scenes. I was disappointed when it ended. I can't wait for the next book in the series to come out! This was my first book by this author but definitely not my last!