A review by heathero621
Dark Horses by Susan Mihalic

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Roan is a teenage girl that is a competitive horse rider.  She is following in the footsteps of her famous olympian father, Monty.  Her father is also her coach and the two of them have an inappropriate relationship with each other.  It isn't until Roan and a classmate Will get close that Roan sees how inappropriate things are and tries to figure out a way she can get out from under her dad's control.

A book about a father raping his daughter is pretty disgusting and it was hard to get through some of the parts of the book.  I just don't understand how anyone could do that, but I know that it is something that happens.  I contemplated stopping the book, but the writing wasn't horrible and I was curious to see where the author was going to go with the book.  It's not an easy book to read and the scenes do get graphic at points.  I think my thoughts during most of this book were "ewww."
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