kelsey1970 's review for:

Riding Lessons by Sara Gruen

2.0

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I loved Water for Elephants, and so decided to read another book by Sara Gruen. I'm certainly not giving up on her, but this book was nowhere near the quality. A lot of it I ended up just skimming because it was just so obvious and contrived. For example, the scene where the main character decides to make dinner for the new man in her life--of course, she can't cook but decides to make something incredibly complicated--and gee, what a surprise, she fails miserably, but she and her man end up having a good ol' romantic time because darn it, she is just so cute. This was actually funny when it happened to Bridget Jones (I mean, who can resist blue soup?), but this attempt fell far short. Ugh. I know, I know, everyone's a critic, and I have not managed to actually write or publish any books of my own, so shut up. I think I'm just bitter that I managed to pick such a dud for my first Kindle purchase. I think I'm going back to the library and will only pay for the download if I'm certain I love it!