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Jae

Author of Backwards to Oregon

106+ Works 1,376 Members 125 Reviews 3 Favorited

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Includes the name: Jae Jae

Series

Works by Jae

Backwards to Oregon (2007) 110 copies, 9 reviews
Second Nature (2009) 72 copies, 5 reviews
Under a Falling Star (2014) 71 copies, 5 reviews
Good Enough to Eat (2015) 62 copies, 4 reviews
Perfect Rhythm (2017) 59 copies, 5 reviews
Conflict of Interest (2008) 54 copies, 8 reviews
Just for Show (2018) 53 copies, 10 reviews
Something in the Wine (2012) 50 copies, 5 reviews
Wrong Number, Right Woman (2020) 42 copies, 2 reviews
The Roommate Arrangement (2019) 40 copies, 5 reviews
Heart Trouble (2016) 39 copies, 2 reviews
Hidden Truths (2011) 37 copies, 3 reviews
Next of Kin (2008) 35 copies, 1 review
Not the Marrying Kind (2019) 34 copies, 4 reviews
Damage Control (2015) 32 copies, 1 review
Falling Hard (2017) 31 copies, 2 reviews
Shaken to the Core (2016) 27 copies, 5 reviews
True Nature (2013) 25 copies, 2 reviews
Bachelorette Number Twelve (2024) 25 copies, 3 reviews
Paper Love (2018) 24 copies, 5 reviews
The Morning After (2013) 23 copies, 1 review
Just a Touch Away (2022) 23 copies, 3 reviews
Just Physical (2015) 21 copies, 2 reviews
Chemistry Lessons (2021) 19 copies, 1 review
Manhattan Moon (2012) 18 copies, 3 reviews
Dress-tease (2015) 18 copies, 1 review
Laid Bare: A collection of erotic lesbian stories (2019) — Editor; Contributor — 17 copies
Coitus Interruptus Dentalis (2015) 16 copies, 2 reviews
Nature of the Pack (2013) 14 copies, 1 review
Natural Family Disasters (2013) 13 copies, 2 reviews
Wicked Things: Lesbian Halloween Short Stories (2014) — Editor — 12 copies
The Midnight Couch (2014) 12 copies, 2 reviews
Pigeon Post (2014) 9 copies, 2 reviews
Lessons in Love and Life (2014) 9 copies, 1 review
Finding Ms. Write (2016) 9 copies
Beyond the Trail: Six Short Stories (2014) 8 copies, 1 review
Happily Ever After (2018) 7 copies, 1 review
A Purrfect Gift (2023) 7 copies
Change of Pace (2015) 6 copies
Coming to Dinner 6 copies, 1 review
Bonding Time 5 copies, 1 review
Impulse Buy (2024) 5 copies, 1 review
A Rooster's Job 4 copies
Seduction for Beginners (2013) 4 copies
Meet-Cute 3 copies
The Blue Hour 3 copies, 1 review
Partners (2021) 2 copies
First Kisses 2 copies
Sex Sells 2 copies
Through The Dark (2014) 2 copies
Glimpses 1 copy

Associated Works

After Happily Ever After (2021) — Contributor — 14 copies, 2 reviews

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
Jae
Birthdate
20th Century
Gender
female
Occupations
psychologist
writer
editor
Nationality
Germany
Places of residence
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Associated Place (for map)
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

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Reviews

129 reviews
Recensione su: Book Lover

Disclaimer: Il libro mi è stato dato in cambio di una recensione onesta

Amanda è un'aspirante attrice che fa fatica a trovare dei ruoli importanti. Proprio come quegli agognati ruoli, l'amore sembra non voler arrivare. Forse è un bene: la donna è terrorizzata al pensiero di vedere la propria carriera distrutta se si scoprisse che è lesbica.
Michelle, invece, è una fotografa che non si fa affatto questi problemi, e anzi è di una sincerità abbastanza disarmante. show more
Le due si incontrano il 14 Febbraio ad una festa "Anti-San Valentino" e, anche se all'inizio entrambe hanno pregiudizi sull'altra, instaurano un rapporto amichevole... E forse romantico.
Riusciranno a stare assieme, o le regole di Hollywood le terranno divise?

Chi mi conosce sa che io leggo poco o nulla di genere romance, e se lo leggo è LGBT . Insomma, non è nei miei generi preferiti.
Ammetto però che il libro è scritto davvero bene, e che non riuscivo a staccarmene. L'ho finito in poco tempo perché la scrittura è così fluida e leggera, e mi sono affezzionata sia ad Amanda che a Michelle.

Ho apprezzato molto la storia in sé: Jae ha inserito un tema piuttosto importante, quello del coming out. E noi queer sappiamo bene che farlo può portare a conseguenze disastrose. Anche se, a volte, le persone possono stupirci.
Pur con un tema così grosso è importante, personalmente penso che la storia sia poco impegnativa: l'ho divorato anche per questo, in quanto è stato un ottimo stacco da libri molto più "pesanti".
Il romanzo non è neanche molto lungo, e non ne ha bisogno: la storia va avanti spedita e senza inutili divagazioni.

Per quanto riguarda i personaggi, l'unico maschio nella storia non ci fa una gran bella figura e poco mi importa di lui.
La storia è portata avanti dalle donne. In particolare Amanda, sua nonna, e Michelle.
Amanda è una brava attrice, e, giustamente, si preoccupa del coming out. È qualcosa che le persone LGBT conoscono bene, molti di noi ne hanno paura. Quindi ho potuto relazionarmi con Amanda praticamente da subito.
Michelle è molto diversa, sicura di sé e comprensiva.
Nel complesso le due sono davvero una bella coppia, e non mi dispiacerebbe un altro romanzo su di loro!
La nonna di Amanda, Josephine, è davvero fantastica. Aiuta la nipote in qualsiasi modo, anche impicciandosi un po' nella sua vita amorosa. La adoro. In particolare, ho amato il sotterfugio che ha messo in atto per conoscere Michelle, ma è uno spoiler, quindi sto zitta.

Come ho detto, lo stile è davvero leggero, e mi ci voleva una lettura che non fosse pesante o tosta. Qualche volta c'è bisogno di staccare la spina e immergersi in una storia d'amore.

Ovviamente, consigliatissimo!
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Giuliana is a poor Sicilian immigrant who takes a job as a maid after losing her brother. She's sweet, adorable, and made of steel under her quiet and demure exterior. Kate is the daughter of a wealthy family who has a burning ambition to become a photographer. She's bold, idealistic and fiercely independent. Despite their class differences, the two of them quickly develop a friendship mixed with a mutual attraction neither of them quite understand. The story really gets going when, only a show more few days after Giuliana loses her position with Kate's family, San Francisco is struck by a devastating earthquake. The girls find each other in the middle of the nightmare and refuse to be parted while they throw themselves into helping with disaster relief. Their story is intense and exciting and so satisfying.

(I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review)
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I know that it's probably very problematic (yes, thank you Xena Warrior Podcast for putting that word in my brain...) But, I really enjoy these types of stories, like Divided Nation, United Hearts by Yolanda Wallace, or Words Heard in Silence by T. Novan. Something about the combination of historical fiction and the Deborah Sampson sort of story hits the right notes for me. Although, I do have to say that in the case of this story, it was less about Luke dressing up as a man, and leaned more show more towards Luke being a Transgender Man.

As hinted at above, it's about a man named Luke and a woman named Nora. They meet in a woman named Tess' brothel (where Nora is a prostitute), although they do not have sex. Three days after they meet Luke asks Nora to marry him. They set off on the Oregon Trail the next day, along with Nora's daughter Amy.

And that's the story. The journey of Nora and Luke's relationship (as well as their personal growth journeys) set to the back drop of the massive (and massively hard) journey west to Oregon.

It was soo good. I felt like I'd read it before, but, at the same time I sometimes had no clue what was coming next. Also, I had some hard core flashbacks to Apple IIe's Oregon Trail computer game (I didn't finish that darn thing until I was in my 30s).

This was a fun novel that sucked me in faster and more fully than any book has in a while, and I look forward to reading more in its world sooner rather than later.
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As a minority buried within so many minorities, I get Jae's purpose. Everyone, not just the majority, needs a voice. After reading the blurb, I thought Okay, Holly just hasn't met the right person yet. Once she meets Leo, Holly will fall in love, and all of her "pent-up" sexual desires will coming spilling out. Problem solved. Man, was I wrong. After reading Perfect Rhythm, I see that my understanding of the term asexual was off base. I had no idea how broad the asexual spectrum is. From Leo show more and Holly's journey, I get that if sex can exist without romantic love (e.g. Leo's past relationships), the converse is also true: romantic love can exist without sex. Unfortunately, we live in societies where, as Saul said, sex sells. It's fun to talk about, to read, to watch, and to explore. So who thinks about the converse when relating sex to love? From this viewpoint, I understand Holly's apprehensions about discussing her orientation especially when one of the minor characters used the phrase "her...issues" to describe Holly. Like Holly was the problem because she did not fit into the norm.

Besides asexual awareness, the minor plot concerning Leo's relationship with her parents hits home for me. Once I had that "Hey family, guess what...." talk, I wasn't rejected, just communication went from "this isn't how you were raised" comments, to the looks of disapproval, and finally to very little communication. Maybe it's time for my "new beginning" too.

From a different perspective, this story strengthens my hate for labels. A romantic relationship consists of people loving who they want to love how they want to love them. And like any healthy relationship, good communication, respect, accommodating differences, and understanding are a must. The journey may be different, but don't people want the same thing, a HEA? Why use labels?
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