content: This book is not worth the time to read. The plot is convoluted and unbelievable, the characters are not interesting, and the horses (ponies) are poorly delineated. I gave it every chance, but got so bored with it I started skipping pages madly less than a third of the way into it. Even for confirmed horse-lovers (me, for one), the book rates low. Good grief, horses just do NOT act in the manner described! Who ever heard of a "wild" stallion leading a person to a foal's grave and pawing it up? It just doesn't happen that way, folks. Do yourself a favor...pick some other book to read at the beach.