Review: A wild ride against stiff odds
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2014
I loved this book. On TV or even in person, we see the international eventing competitors at the Olympics or Rolex or Burberry, but this book shows the hard work, drudgery and living-on-the-edge aspects that come long before the jumps. The Florida setting provides the big action sequence that dominates the final third of the book. Trust me - you'll blast through the book then and won't put it down.Sometimes, Jules the main character is a challenge to like, but we've all had a chip on our shoulder about something, so shedding it is a rite of passage. She's so very young, but determined and unafraid of hard work.Also, if your life includes an adolescent girl determined to make horses her career, you probably should give her a copy of this book. She'll get an idea of the realities and responsibilities, no matter her preferred equestrian discipline. If she's got enough starch, stubbornness and, well, ambition, she might be determined to prove she can do it anyway, just like Jules.