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ashish_ras's review
5.0
Short, sweet, and fast-paced. Mateo's frustration and angst against Christopher are well expressed in words. The story is an enemy to lover's trope with an HFN. Some beautiful side characters. Especially Cameron.
sarareadstoomuch's review
4.0
Short and sweet enemies to lovers romance!
I really enjoyed this short novel! There's the enemies to romance, there's horses, there's a superstar... basically all you can want! Because it was a short book, there wasn't much of a deep dive into characters, backstories and feelings and in this case, it was written very well for the reader to interpret all feelings and characters exceptionally.
Thank you to NetGalley and NineStar Press for the earc in return for an honest review.
I really enjoyed this short novel! There's the enemies to romance, there's horses, there's a superstar... basically all you can want! Because it was a short book, there wasn't much of a deep dive into characters, backstories and feelings and in this case, it was written very well for the reader to interpret all feelings and characters exceptionally.
Thank you to NetGalley and NineStar Press for the earc in return for an honest review.
stephreadsallthebooks's review
2.0
Thanks to Netgalley for an Advanced Readers Copy of "Hollywood to Horses" in exchange for a unbiased review.
Matteo, a former Olympian, is now a well known trainer in his hometown after retiring from competitive riding due to injury. He runs his barn with the help of his cousin, Emily, and assistant trainer, Cameron.
Then, out of the blue, Matteo's childhood rival, Christopher, returns to take over his family's barn after retiring from Hollywood and recently getting divorced. He proposes a competition with Matteo's barn in order to raise money for charity.
Matteo soon realizes that his jealousy and rivalry with Christopher may have been attraction all along...
Ultimately, although the story/romance was cute, there was so much more room for depth of the characters and their story. There was a strange time jump of a few months and I feel like instead of jumping forward in time, much more of the backstory and more scenes with Matteo and Christopher were needed.
The sabotage at the end was a little strange and I also felt like it would have worked better if other instances of sabotage had occurred throughout the book.
I overall did not love this book, but I did especially love the side characters of Emily and Cameron.
Matteo, a former Olympian, is now a well known trainer in his hometown after retiring from competitive riding due to injury. He runs his barn with the help of his cousin, Emily, and assistant trainer, Cameron.
Then, out of the blue, Matteo's childhood rival, Christopher, returns to take over his family's barn after retiring from Hollywood and recently getting divorced. He proposes a competition with Matteo's barn in order to raise money for charity.
Matteo soon realizes that his jealousy and rivalry with Christopher may have been attraction all along...
Ultimately, although the story/romance was cute, there was so much more room for depth of the characters and their story. There was a strange time jump of a few months and I feel like instead of jumping forward in time, much more of the backstory and more scenes with Matteo and Christopher were needed.
The sabotage at the end was a little strange and I also felt like it would have worked better if other instances of sabotage had occurred throughout the book.
I overall did not love this book, but I did especially love the side characters of Emily and Cameron.
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