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A review by mothmans_mum
The Ride of Her Life by Jennifer Dugan
Did not finish book. Stopped at 27%.
I really liked Love at First Set, so I preordered this book as soon as I saw it. Unfortunately, this book replicates the one issue I had with the previous book (a whiny inner monologue), and adds a bunch more.
First off, I don’t care how much of a city girl someone is, it’s ridiculous and totally unbelievable to see someone shoeing a you’re and think they are stabbing it or trying to rip its leg off, and reaching for the pepper spray.
Second, I’m super not interested in characters who hate each other and argue the whole time.
Third why is she flirting with the farrier while actively planning to make her homeless! And why is the farrier flirting back after she finds out!
The relationship between the two is so uncomfortable. First off, I hate landlord romances, which this is. Second, since the farrier was literally raised by the MC’s aunt (the MC even stayed in the farrier’s bedroom when she came to stay, and wore her clothes, it’s repeatedly stated the aunt is “the closest thing she had to family” and the farrier was “like a daughter to her” and she was expected to inherit the farm), they are essentially cousins.
The MC’s best friend is awful and insufferable, constantly giving horrible advice like “sleep with the farrier and then throw her out her home” and “live with your mum for the rest of your life even though you hate it”. From other reviews I’ve read, the mum and best friend remain awful for the whole book and nothing is resolved.
It’s a shame because it feels like there is a good book somewhere in here. I want to like it, but I just can’t go on.
First off, I don’t care how much of a city girl someone is, it’s ridiculous and totally unbelievable to see someone shoeing a you’re and think they are stabbing it or trying to rip its leg off, and reaching for the pepper spray.
Second, I’m super not interested in characters who hate each other and argue the whole time.
Third why is she flirting with the farrier while actively planning to make her homeless! And why is the farrier flirting back after she finds out!
The relationship between the two is so uncomfortable. First off, I hate landlord romances, which this is. Second, since the farrier was literally raised by the MC’s aunt (the MC even stayed in the farrier’s bedroom when she came to stay, and wore her clothes, it’s repeatedly stated the aunt is “the closest thing she had to family” and the farrier was “like a daughter to her” and she was expected to inherit the farm), they are essentially cousins.
The MC’s best friend is awful and insufferable, constantly giving horrible advice like “sleep with the farrier and then throw her out her home” and “live with your mum for the rest of your life even though you hate it”. From other reviews I’ve read, the mum and best friend remain awful for the whole book and nothing is resolved.
It’s a shame because it feels like there is a good book somewhere in here. I want to like it, but I just can’t go on.