July 2015, CreateSpace, 222 pages, Ebook, Review copy
Book summary
Nadia Wells and her horse, Winny, have rocketed up the ranks of eventing
and are ready to appear in their first internationally rated four star
show at the Regalia Horse Park. Though Nadia has kept secret her
switching places with Winny years earlier at the Gallant Meadows event,
the experience is anything but a distant memory. Between competing and
looking poised for the Olympic Scouts eyeing them for next year’s team,
Nadia has to try and keep longtime boyfriend Mike safe from a former
fling’s advances while trying to deflect another handsome competitor
herself.
Focused on winning even though they are novices at the most
advanced level of the sport, they’re taken by surprise when the morning
after the opening gala, they wake up in each other’s bodies. While
struggling to master their reversed roles, Winny has to face her own
demons once she discovers Gloria, a former abusive owner, is also
competing. It’s been a long road to the Regalia for Nadia and Winny but
they’re determined to take first place despite a cheater who’s willing
to go to extraordinary lengths to get rid of the competition.
Nayu's thoughts
Nadia is a few
years older than book 1, about to enter a major horse event with
Winny-yes they do switch bodies again! Unfortunately it took a good
1/4 of the book for the change to happen, which coupled with skipping
several years of Nadia's training annoyed me a little; I do
understand that the training years may not have been that
interesting, and the setting need to be laid to explain the
switchover, so rest assured this is an excellent read.
I liked
learning more about competing, understanding why it was so important
for Nadia to remember her sponsors' equipment before she headed to
Regalia. I know it's a tiny detail but it really stuck with me. While
Nadia was now used to a body switch, it took her time to adjust to
being a horse (which could have made her fail the Regalia), and the
intense malicious acts which Nadia as Winny is almost powerless to
stop balanced out her not panicking over being a horse.
Familiar
characters made me smile, especially Gretchen's little sister who I
adore. There is a whole load of teen romance, but it's not all the
drama. While the book has ended, not all the plot threads are tied
up, which has me chomping at the bit for book 3 (pun intended).
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