Miranda Kenneally
304 pages
Sourcebooks Fire
This is the second time I’ve read this book, the first time being about five years ago when it was released. I instantly recognized the sweet story about a girl who moves with her father and pregnant step-mother to a huge horse farm in Kentucky, owned by an obscenely wealthy family. Her father works with the horses and her step-mother works as a maid in the main house when her pregnancy allows. Meanwhile, Savannah goes to school with the farm owner’s son, Jack. He is apprenticing under his father to take over the large farm, and she has strictly been told to stay away from him.
Obviously Savannah and Jack can’t stay away from each other... or keep their hands off each other! When I read the book the first time I found this to be a very sweet story, both Romeo and Juliet-esque, as well as rags to riches as Savannah’s family is near destitute. This held true the second time I read it, although five years later and five years wiser I found some of Savannah's actions problematic. Savannah is a very intelligent young woman with a true talent with horses, just because her family is poor does not mean she's ignorant. So, it really bothered me when Savannah felt the need to ask Jack to accompany her to guidance office to get information about colleges, in case she didn't understand what the guidance counselor was telling her. Girl! This book was published in 2013, you are a strong, independent young woman who can handle a trip to guidance counselor yourself. I had the same problem when Jack's father asked her to have Jack look over all her college applications, and even more of a problem when Jack's father patronizingly took care of Savannah's money the way he saw fit, not the way she asked him to.
These modern feminist issues aside, this was a quick read, a sweet romance that held my attention. I really rooted for Savannah when it came to her horse training and of course I wanted to see her and Jack end up together, all other females and angsty parents be damned. There was plenty of love, teenage angst, big rich houses, and fun parties to keep me entertained as a I read. If you like YA romance, I definitely recommend this book. A big thank you to Sourcebooks and NetGalley for providing me a review copy; I apologize it took me five years to review it!
Obviously Savannah and Jack can’t stay away from each other... or keep their hands off each other! When I read the book the first time I found this to be a very sweet story, both Romeo and Juliet-esque, as well as rags to riches as Savannah’s family is near destitute. This held true the second time I read it, although five years later and five years wiser I found some of Savannah's actions problematic. Savannah is a very intelligent young woman with a true talent with horses, just because her family is poor does not mean she's ignorant. So, it really bothered me when Savannah felt the need to ask Jack to accompany her to guidance office to get information about colleges, in case she didn't understand what the guidance counselor was telling her. Girl! This book was published in 2013, you are a strong, independent young woman who can handle a trip to guidance counselor yourself. I had the same problem when Jack's father asked her to have Jack look over all her college applications, and even more of a problem when Jack's father patronizingly took care of Savannah's money the way he saw fit, not the way she asked him to.
These modern feminist issues aside, this was a quick read, a sweet romance that held my attention. I really rooted for Savannah when it came to her horse training and of course I wanted to see her and Jack end up together, all other females and angsty parents be damned. There was plenty of love, teenage angst, big rich houses, and fun parties to keep me entertained as a I read. If you like YA romance, I definitely recommend this book. A big thank you to Sourcebooks and NetGalley for providing me a review copy; I apologize it took me five years to review it!
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