olivianoack's review against another edition
3.0
- After all the drama between Khloe and Lauren in Popular, they resolve everything within only a few pages in this book, and then their relationship goes completely back to normal. Despite how dumb their fight was, there realistically should have been some residual hurt feelings.
- This book is pretty much entirely about the upcoming show at Canterwood. Lauren is freaking out the entire time, but she never practices with her horse outside of their lessons (Sasha was literally always practicing so I don't know why). I get her being stressed over a show, and it being her first show since the accident, however, her accident was during a cross country competition, meanwhile, she signed up for dressage and a trail class. That's right. She's stressed to compete in a trail class. How hard can it be? I guess it was an important moment for her when she won, although I really didn't get why she was surprised to win, when Lexa got second place and she knew she got less points than Lexa.
- The other main focus in this book is Lauren's growing relationship with Drew, who I think is fake. All the kids in this book are twelve or thirteen, and honestly, I remember what boys were like at that age, and even what girls are like at that age. They don't make such nice compliments. Since when do twelve year olds go out on dates. I thought when you're that age you call each other boyfriend and girlfriend, hold hands and kiss sometimes, but you just hang out in school. Maybe it's different at boarding school, but boy do they act mature. Drew also is somehow perfect and has no faults, so he's super unrealistic
- This book is pretty much entirely about the upcoming show at Canterwood. Lauren is freaking out the entire time, but she never practices with her horse outside of their lessons (Sasha was literally always practicing so I don't know why). I get her being stressed over a show, and it being her first show since the accident, however, her accident was during a cross country competition, meanwhile, she signed up for dressage and a trail class. That's right. She's stressed to compete in a trail class. How hard can it be? I guess it was an important moment for her when she won, although I really didn't get why she was surprised to win, when Lexa got second place and she knew she got less points than Lexa.
- The other main focus in this book is Lauren's growing relationship with Drew, who I think is fake. All the kids in this book are twelve or thirteen, and honestly, I remember what boys were like at that age, and even what girls are like at that age. They don't make such nice compliments. Since when do twelve year olds go out on dates. I thought when you're that age you call each other boyfriend and girlfriend, hold hands and kiss sometimes, but you just hang out in school. Maybe it's different at boarding school, but boy do they act mature. Drew also is somehow perfect and has no faults, so he's super unrealistic
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