Jessica Burkhart is the author of the best-selling Canterwood Crest series which has sold over 1.6 million copies in multiple languages. She has also written the Unicorn Magic series, the YA novel Wild Hearts, and edited a YA anthology--Life Inside My Mind.
Abby, who has struggled in the past with anxiety over the fact that her mother left, the remarriage of her father, and her new stepsister is at her school, is now dealing with Selly's reaction to a secret Abby revealed, as well as feeling distant from friends Vivi and Thea. She also can't seem to act appropriately around her crush, Mila, and even claims to be taking another girl to an event when Mila clearly wants to go with her. Add to this the pressure of trying to get into a winter clinic at the Canterwood Crest school taught by her idols, and it's no wonder Abby is finding it hard to concentrat on her riding. While I bought the first two books in this series, my horse book fans find them a bit too full of drama; they want more horse details. Debating purchase. If mean girls with horses go over well with your readers, this is an excellent series.
It was a good book but the puppy loves and the “Friend drama” quite stressful to read when most read to relax. Good book but wouldn’t recommend for anyone outside of the age range 9-13 for more mature themes involving LGBT romance and romantic themes/and or thoughts involving the main character.
I said it once, I’ll say it again, Canterwood Crest is my home. I started reading the Saddlehill Series because I felt like I should just to see how Jessica Burkhart’s writing had changed. Book 1 I thought, eh it’s cute I’ll keep reading; book 2 I thought, ok ok I actually kind of like this; this one, I have no words. I grew up never really feeling at home anywhere but I found home in a little book series called Canterwood Crest and literally just touching the front covers of those books makes me feel instantly better. This book was written as a love letter to all the readers to found a home at Canterwood and missed the world and the characters in it. This genuinely healed a part of me that I didn’t know needed to be healed. Also, I called it 😘