By Judy Reene Singer
I have very mixed feelings about this book. The plot centers on Neelie Sterling, a happily married horse trainer, who discovers that her veterinarian husband Matt has been cheating on her with another vet in his practice. Neelie is devastated, especially after she learns Matt's new lover is pregnant and that he has emptied their bank accounts and taken a second mortgage on their house. In a last effort to win him back, Neelie decides to tag along with Matt on dangerous trip to Africa to rescue an elephant.
Neelie’s visit to Africa changes her life forever. Suddenly, she could care less about Matt because she has fallen completely in love with the animals and the beauty of Africa. She also finds herself extremely attracted to the leader of their animal rescue group. But Matt eventually comes crawling back to beg her forgiveness and offer her a life with him and his baby girl. Neelie must choose between the life that she always thought she wanted or an adventure that she never imagined was possible.
As a HUGE animal lover, I really enjoyed all the horse and elephant aspects of this book. The author apparently trains horses and rescues elephants in Africa in real life so she brings an interesting and believable perspective to this novel. However, she has given her protagonist an extremely annoying characteristic: sometimes when she’s upset, Neelie mishears what other people say to her. I think its supposed to be humorous but to me, it's just distracting. For example, one day Matt tells her he is getting a new collie and she is happy. But it turns out that he really said a new colleague to help with his busy practice. After almost 300 pages, these misunderstandings get really annoying. Still, this is a decent book with an important message: sometimes you have to lose everything to learn what you really want.
I have very mixed feelings about this book. The plot centers on Neelie Sterling, a happily married horse trainer, who discovers that her veterinarian husband Matt has been cheating on her with another vet in his practice. Neelie is devastated, especially after she learns Matt's new lover is pregnant and that he has emptied their bank accounts and taken a second mortgage on their house. In a last effort to win him back, Neelie decides to tag along with Matt on dangerous trip to Africa to rescue an elephant.
Neelie’s visit to Africa changes her life forever. Suddenly, she could care less about Matt because she has fallen completely in love with the animals and the beauty of Africa. She also finds herself extremely attracted to the leader of their animal rescue group. But Matt eventually comes crawling back to beg her forgiveness and offer her a life with him and his baby girl. Neelie must choose between the life that she always thought she wanted or an adventure that she never imagined was possible.
As a HUGE animal lover, I really enjoyed all the horse and elephant aspects of this book. The author apparently trains horses and rescues elephants in Africa in real life so she brings an interesting and believable perspective to this novel. However, she has given her protagonist an extremely annoying characteristic: sometimes when she’s upset, Neelie mishears what other people say to her. I think its supposed to be humorous but to me, it's just distracting. For example, one day Matt tells her he is getting a new collie and she is happy. But it turns out that he really said a new colleague to help with his busy practice. After almost 300 pages, these misunderstandings get really annoying. Still, this is a decent book with an important message: sometimes you have to lose everything to learn what you really want.
2 comments:
I have never read this book but I have read another book by her. It is called Horseplay. It is about the author and tellovers her new passion for life. s about how she moves to a horse farm and learns dressage after her husband cheated on her for the third time. She shares an apartment with three other grooms on the farm and disc
I enjoyed Horseplay as well! My favorite book on this topic has to be Chosen by a Horse by Susan Richards. Its amazing!
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