Review: Probably okay for non-horse people
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 15, 2012
I got this book expecting a rather light, humorous almost 'cozy' type of mystery and being a Montana native, like books set in Montana. While it is more romance than mystery, it may appeal to readers who are not knowledgeable about the equine 'industry'.The first problem I had with the book is that while it was set in what is for MT a good-sized university town, there wasn't really very much 'realistic Montana'. The main female character didn't even seem to like where she was living except for being able to sit in the park with her kids and see the view.The impossible situation for me was the involvement of horses and horse breeding, however. Any reader with any knowledge at all about horses and the horse breeding scene, will probably react like me ... with laughter. Unfortunately this doesn't happen because the author intended the plot to be humorous. The incident that the plot starts with wouldn't happen and anyone involved in the horse breeding business would know it. It is so impossible all you can do is laugh and shake your head.