Syne ser på mens Ingi rir sin egen hest, Golden Angel. Ingi er så flink og Syne er glad for å ha fått seg en bestevenninne. Syne og Ingi elsker hester, og har en hemmelig klubb sammen. Men Syne har bare hatt noen få ridetimer, og kan ikke en gang galoppere. Hva vil skje når Ingi oppdager at Syne bare er nybegynner? Vil hun fortsatt være venn med henne da.
Ri på Golden handler om Synes første møte med stallen, og det til tider tøffe miljøet på rideskolen. Å ri på ordentlige hester er ikke like enkelt som å sitte hjemme på rommet og leke med porselenshetser - men det er mye morommere!
I denne boken utgjør hestene en viktig rolle. De er en del av handlingen, ikke bare et bakteppe.
Inger Frimansson is a popular Swedish novelist and crime writer. Having previously worked for 30 years as a journalist, her first novel The Double Bed (Dubbelsängen) was published in 1984. Since then she has written around twenty-five books including poetry, short stories, and books for children. Her breakthrough was with Godnatt, min älskade in 1998. Her crime novels are best described as psychological thrillers.
And so me and kiddo have started yet another series about horses and horse-loving girls (and boys). The Kona-club. A nice surprise for me that is not as crazy about horses as kiddo is. Since it's also about friendship. A lot about frienship, actually. And about having to live with a really weird name that your parents have given you. Both the main character and her best friends have very odd and unusual names which puts them in trouble sometimes and make them feel uncomfortable. Something to remember for a parent sometimes... I nice story, I have to say. I liked how the main character just started to learn to ride. And that it wasn't perfect from start, which it can be a lot in other books. So yeah, high praise. I hope the rest of these books will be just as good. I am actually curious to see what these two girls with their strange names will come up with next...