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Rein It In (2013)

by Georgina Bloomberg(Favorite Author)

4.15 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1619631024 (ISBN13: 9781619631021)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction

publisher

Bloomsbury USA Childrens

series

The A Circuit

review 1: This was a pretty solid YA series - if El Bloombito's kid gets it in her head to "write" (I'm betting Catherine Hapka did most of the work on these somehow) another set of these, I'd definitely read them. But my god, Kate is one of the most unbearable characters since Thoroughbred's Cindy (I'm showing my age here - I read that series in real time when it first came out!). She manages to be both an elitist snob when thinking about her former best friend from her old barn (granted, the girl turns out to be a raging bitch, but if the girl could read Kate's thoughts I would say Kate had it coming!) and constantly moans to herself about how hard she has it compared to her friends who never have to worry about money and silently judges them all for owning expensive things. To... moremmi - who is a genuinely interesting character - is an amazing friend to Kate throughout the course of the series, and Kate's ungrateful, resentful attitude makes me wonder why she even bothers. (Friend going crazy with concern over your possible eating disorder? The sympathetic response is not to think about how it's a rich girl drama queen affliction and how could your friend think so little of you. That just makes you seem horrible.) Her lack of self awareness is also intensely frustrating, as she insists to herself that she never thinks about things like money - and then spends half of her pages silently chastising people for spending money on expensive riding gear.I felt like this one was left open for the possibility of another four books should they get the go-ahead and I do hope more get written. God knows Bloomberg's kid could pay to publish them on her own if she really wanted, so I guess it relies mostly on whether she wants to write more. I'm twice the age of the target audience, and I'd be reading 'em.
review 2: I hope there will be more books, but at the same time I am pleased how the book ended. Totally had it right about who was behind the blog! I figured it out closer to the end but wow! Good book. I never and will never get any where close to those big A shows anytime soon so it's always nice to read about them in these books and imagine what it would be like riding a horse that cost 5-6 figures and riding in huge shows. I loved Kate's character. She reminds me of myself. Fitz always makes me laugh when I read these books. He's hilarious. Zara has changed so much from the very first book to this one. less

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