Reviews for Dream of Fair Horses

The average rating for Dream of Fair Horses based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-12-15 00:00:00 Kevin Goodes An outstanding pony book, easily as good as the genre queen K.M. Peyton. DREAM OF FAIR HORSES is about Gill, one of seven children of an eccentric author. They live on the breadline as her father's books are reviewed well but sell very little, until one day he "sells his soul" by writing a detective story and the money made from that means the family can move back to his crumbling family home in the countryside - where pony mad Gill spots Perdita, the most beautiful show pony she's ever seen. After meeting Perdita's owner, an old man, Gill gets the chance to ride Perdita and train her for the chance to ride at the Horse of the Year Show, but the ending is perhaps more bittersweet and realistic than Gill would dream of. I loved this book - it was full of beautiful writing and wonderful imagery, and the conclusion was particularly moving. I also appreciated the 1970s touches - fashion and music and hippie communes/free love. Five stars!

Review # 2 was written on 2012-02-16 00:00:00 Dawn Brown Easily the best pony book that I have ever read - and I've read hundreds of them! I just love this book. The story is so simple and seemingly predictable, and yet the poetry with which is it written and the very realistically flawed characters bring it to life. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves ponies.