Chasing Dreams

Chestnut Hill #7

by Lauren Brooke

Toujours se surpasser, c'est ce que Chestnut Hill exige de Margaux et de ses amies à leur entrée en quatrième. Malheureusement, le poney préféré de Margaux, Morello, désobéit et refuse les exercices ! Le coeur brisé, devra-t-elle s'en séparer si elle veut garder une chance de participer au championnat national ?

Genres: Horses, Fiction, Middle Grade, Boarding School, Childrens, Young Adult, Friendship

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Lauren Brooke grew up in a ranch in Virginia and now lives in Leicestershire, England. Her husband is a veterinarian who specializes in horses. Her books have been published by Scholastic since Mid-2000, starting with the first book of the Heartland book series. The first book of her popular Chestnut Hill series was published in 2005.

According to an interview on scholastics' website, Lauren Brooke has been riding since before she could walk. She also said she competes in a few local-level horse shows and events.

There may be some other people in books and movies named Lauren Brooke:
Amazon lists the author of "Book of spiritual regeneration" (1995) as Lauren Brooke.
IMDB.com has a record for an Actress named Lauren Brooke. Her only movie is "Wiseguys vs. Zombies" (2003) as Goat Man's Wife.

Reviews

[Annie Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fabulous

[Mehsi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I decided to buy 2 more of the books in this series, a new month, a new pair of books, and this way I won't fly through the series too much.

This time our MC is Honey again, and it was so much fun to read from her POV. And there is just so much that happens in this book. From Minnie who might be sold, to Patience and her lies (really, can someone stuff a cotton ball in that mouth of that girl), to friendship and much more. It was a delight to read, and I just couldn't wait until the end to see what would happen with Minnie.

Because, yes, Minnie's stay at Chestnut Hill is in danger. We all knew already that Minnie's stay was just as long as Patience/Patience's dad wanted to keep her, but I could never have guessed it would be so soon. Then again, time does seem to fly in these books, so who knows it could have been months. I felt so sad for Minnie, who really seems to enjoy the company of Honey, but also for Honey who already lost a horse, and is now possibly losing another one. :(

Then we also have a rumoured new girl who is a superstar in riding, and that causing some ripples of uncomfortableness and worries for our girls. Especially Dylan who wants to be in the team, but if such an awesome girl would be around would mean there is one spot less already. The conclusion to that one was really interesting, and well-written. I am happy for Dylan.

Dylan was really a shining star in this one. I won't tell you why, you will have to read, but I can tell you that I cried. That was such a kind and nice gesture. *sniffles* Best friend ever!

I loved all the parts about the horses, the lessons, the races, everything. Poor Morello. That was just so sad, on such moments you wish a horse could just talk. Sure, he showed it through body language, but that one isn't always easy to decipher. Luckily, things were figured out.

There was one big thing that I really hated. Patience. And well Lynsey, but this time Patience took the crown of stupid, idiotic, dumb, every other bad word girl. What she did in this book was just disgusting and even worse than the stuff she normally does. You know girl, you could end someone's career with saying that kind of stuff. Do you want to be responsible for that? Bah, disgusting girl. She needs to learn a lesson soon. Very soon.

All in all, this was a great book and I really enjoyed it a lot!

Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I rate it 3 1/2 stars. This book series is kind of look the canterwood crest series. I was guessing what was going to happen next in the book, and I got it right most of the time. Like how Dylan was going to buy Minnie for honey. That was how easy this book was too follow the story line.
I just pick up this series again after not reading this series for a long time. It is not as good as it was back then.

[Hayley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ganz schön für Kinder und Pferdeliebhaber, mag den Humor. Diesmal leider sehr vorhersehbar an manchen Stellen und die Sache mit dem Golflehere fand ich irgendwie sehr weird, aber das Ende fand ich trotz alldem noch schön. Finde aber die Mädchen noch ein bisschen jung, um alle schon einen Freund zu haben....

[Khushi · Rating 3 out of 5]

liked it...nice book