Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 1/17/2020 + 1032 more book reviews

First in a new series. I should have liked this book more than I did. It's got a determined female protagonist, there are horses, and the author has obvious knowledge of what it's like to work around horses. It's got nice descriptions of the locale. There were two plots going on, one involved the murder, and one involved the Big Secret of Rainy's past. The murderer and the motive were obvious from very early on, that's okay, that happens in a lot of books. I couldn't warm up to Rainy though. Some of it might have been the redneck dialogue, and some of it might have been her thinking about beating on the horse who was fidgeting while she was shoeing. Then I thought - probably my farrier wants to smack my horse occasionally too, but he doesn't do it, and neither did Rainy, give her a pass. Or maybe it's because she's just stubborn and prickly. But then, the prickliness stems from the Big Secret, and I was curious enough about it to keep reading when I thought about putting the book down. Now that the secret has been revealed, she might be a little different in the next. I will probably pick it up if I see it, just because of the horse angle, but it will be from the library.

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