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36 reviews for:

The Wild One

Terri Farley

3.97 AVERAGE


Yeah look so it feels unfair to mark all 24 books in this series plus all 11 in the spin off to my reading goal... but I have read them all in the past few months so I think I owe it to myself to count a couple of them. This was the first time I'd read the Phantom Stallion series (but I grew up with the Wild Horse Island spin off). I love the slow progression of the series and how stuff builds slowly. My favorite book was probably #22 Wild Honey because it just went so much WILDER than I expected it to.
adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Finally finished it!!!! It was so good! I can't wait to get the next one!!!

annascottcross's review

4.0

Good book. She got into lots of trouble.. A story about a girl that after a tragedy, leaves her ranch and lives in the city. This is a story about her coming back from being a "city-slicker".
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mikkaybear's review

4.0

Oh gosh, I would have ADORED this book as a youngster. Even as a mostly-adult, it was still pretty entertaining. I have to admit, I have a preference for English riding over Western and wild mustangs and the whole shebang, but really, anything horse-related will catch my interest by default.

My only real complaint--that may or may not be a compliment--was that I felt like I was being dropped in the middle of a series, not picking up the first one. The world and the characters had all this developed backstory with a great setting. I almost wanted to read the backstory, because I couldn't quite sort out the relationship dynamics between everyone in the present. Still, honestly, I felt like I was plopped into a fully-realized world and actually had to work to keep up. It's so nice to read a children's book that doesn't talk down to its readers.

If the sequels ever fall into my hands, I think I'll probably read them. :)