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Loads of repetition in this story. Josh, our hero, has a Comanche half-breed brother-in-law. Which is mentioned by statement and in dialog enumerable times before I got to 30%. Then there was the "they hate me because I'm Irish or Catholic" that Marybeth was frequently thinking or saying. We know it happened historically, and we get it! Gosh, once or twice is enough. Her male in-laws are crazy and abusive and her mother-in-law is a beaten down woman. Yet it's all told without any emotion. This tale is grindingly slow and terribly flat. When bad things happen, it's just kind of roll out in narrative. Folks have these long winded conversations where they speak about things already introduced into the storyline. I quit reading at 33% because If the first 30% is this repetitive I can't but think the remainder is too. Too bad this story wasn't told in a different way - it would have been much more enjoyable and the characters more believable. On a positive note, there was some interesting facts about wagon train travel in the mix, though it was written like a history lesson.


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Oregon Bride Rosanne Bittner 9780445206380 Books Reviews

Creepy villains, swoon worthy hero and feisty heroine all trekking through challenging landscapes with sickness, accidents & attacks wreaking havoc on the journey.

Most treks on the Oregon trail were hard but add being bullied by your in-laws & worrying for a baby takes it's tole. I felt for the plight & desperation of the young widow & cheered for her second chance.

Josh has grown up & had an attitude adjustment since we met him in Texas Bride His quiet confidence & frontier skills are a stark contrast to Marybeth's experience with men to date.

Bone to pick Native Americans tracking skills lacking???
This book was so good! It had some of everything--romance, adventure, great descriptions of flora and fauna (oh, and let me say it again--Romance.) I tried to draw out finishing the book because I just didn't want to come to the end. It was so well written that I found myself getting lost in it. Most of the book takes place on a wagon train voyage to Oregon. The things that occur during the voyage are bone chilling. The strengths of the early settlers and the heartbreak of the native Americans really come alive in this book. The novel is fictional but the underlying theme is so real. If you like western romances that go well beyond being sweet and entertaining, then this is the book for you. This book addresses physical and mental abuse; rape; murder; General lawlessness; love; hate; and human nature at its best and worst. Hands down I give this book a 5-star rating.
Oregon Bride is book 3 of the Bride Series by Rosanne Bittner. It gives a great description of what it was like on a wagon train and what it was like in Oregon. The characters are well developed and the plot is exciting. It is an excellent book and definitely a great sequel.
Marybeth MacKinder is a young widow with a small baby boy who is tied to an Irish Catholic family because her husband, Dan was their son. Dan died in an accident in the factory where he was working. Dan, his father Mac, and brother, John, are big, loud, domineering men who love their whiskey. They are the head of their families and expect to be obeyed immediately and without any questions. Marybeth tried to be the woman Dan wanted her to be but couldn’t. Since his death, she has made no pretense to “obey without question” her father-in-law or her brother-in-law. Having no place to go and no way to earn money at this point, Marybeth joins the family on a wagon train going to Oregon. She plans to figure out a way to leave then when they get to Oregon and make a new life for herself and her son. Will she be able to get out from under their influence? Can she keep from being forced to marry John? Can she help her mother-in-law, Ella?
Joshua Rivers is on his way from Texas to Oregon after making sure his sister and brother are in good hands with Brand Selby, a half-breed. Joshua has had to become more liberal with his thinking about prejudice. He now accepts people for who they are not where they come from. From the time he ran into Marybeth in the capitol building in St. Louis, he has been attracted to her. At first, he believed she was married and is greatly relieved when she isn’t. After he joins the wagon train, he helps her out whenever he can. What will happen on the wagon train? What about when they reach civilization again?
A good writer with a book about a wagon train journey, caused me to excitably purchase this book. I could not complete it due to the hopeless, angry, bitterness, unforgiving, negative feelings expressed in the story. Only the ending had any joy. Thankfully, not all of Ms. Bittner's book are like this one.
Although the story is rather predictable, the author does an outstanding job of showing just how much danger and death traveled with the people who went West in the early days. The emotional and physical cost of traveling across the United States was staggering.

Marybeth MacKender is a widow with a 5-month-old child at the time the story opens. She was trapped in a loveless marriage until the sudden death of her husband. When her husband's parents decided to go from New York City to Oregon Territory, Marybeth had no choice but to travel with them and her brother-in-law. John MacKender plans to marry his sister-in-law as soon as her mourning period is over. Marybeth will be caught up in another loveless marriage.

During the early days of the wagon train, Marybeth and Josh Rivers fall in love over the objections of the MacKender family. The rest of the story is their love story set against the backdrop of a perilous overland journey.

Brides Series
1) Tennessee Bride - Emma Simms and Joe Rivers
2) Texas Bride - Rachel Rivers and Brand Selby
3) Oregon Bride - Marybeth MacKender and Joshua Rivers
Loads of repetition in this story. Josh, our hero, has a Comanche half-breed brother-in-law. Which is mentioned by statement and in dialog enumerable times before I got to 30%. Then there was the "they hate me because I'm Irish or Catholic" that Marybeth was frequently thinking or saying. We know it happened historically, and we get it! Gosh, once or twice is enough. Her male in-laws are crazy and abusive and her mother-in-law is a beaten down woman. Yet it's all told without any emotion. This tale is grindingly slow and terribly flat. When bad things happen, it's just kind of roll out in narrative. Folks have these long winded conversations where they speak about things already introduced into the storyline. I quit reading at 33% because If the first 30% is this repetitive I can't but think the remainder is too. Too bad this story wasn't told in a different way - it would have been much more enjoyable and the characters more believable. On a positive note, there was some interesting facts about wagon train travel in the mix, though it was written like a history lesson.