The One Dollar Horse (2012)

Book Info

Author

Lauren St. John

Genre

Romance

Series

The One Dollar Horse

Rating

4.27 of 5 Votes: 4

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ISBN

1444002694 (ISBN13: 9781444002690)

Language

English

Publisher

Orion Childrens

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About book The One Dollar Horse (2012)

I found the book really amazing and I really wanted to become Casey Blue; the main character of the book. The horse she owned really costed on one dollar! It's an amazing story of a bond between Casey and Storm Warning; the one dollar horse in which she rescued from the knacker's yard where they were going to kill him. It really shows how hard Casey tries to keep him even though her father loses his job, their money is low, and looking after a horse is expensive. Despite all that, she tries her real hardest all the way to the end and complete her dream of making it to the Badminton Horse Trials. I don't often give one star reviews, but I couldn't even finish this. There's a great story under here, and Casey herself is an interesting character, and I would probably have enjoyed the payoff with the Casey/Peter subplot, but the writing style (particularly the dialogue) made me want to claw out my own eyeballs. I also appreciated the nods to horse whispering and natural horsemanship, but my issues with the style overrode (hah!) my ability to enjoy the book. Not for me, sadly.