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Title: Perfect Harmony
Subtitle: Fairmont Riding Academy , Book 3
Author: Michele Scott
Narrator: Amy McFadden
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-30-14
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 28 votes
Genres: Teens, Mysteries & Thrillers
Publisher's Summary:
Vivienne embarks upon the summer of her dreams as one of the few students selected for a training program back east at Liberty Farms. But as focused as she is on her riding, Vivvie also has a secret agenda: to investigate the death of Joel Parker, her friend who she believes was tragically murdered.
Vivvie has hardly set foot in the state-of-the-art barns before things start to go amiss. Her gift for communicating with horses reveals that some of the creatures are harboring dark secrets. When people turn up from Vivvies past who shed rather avoid, including one trainer she suspects of drugging ponies, Vivvie struggles to keep her focus. Meanwhile, ex-boyfriend drama threatens to interfere with her growing feelings for Austen, a handsome rider who wants nothing more than to keep Vivvie safe.
The mystery surrounding Joels death deepens and as Vivvie edges closer to the truth, unexpected revelations threaten her future. Will Vivvie play it safe or will she risk it all to protect those she loves while staying in the ring?
Members Reviews:
A Horse Whisperer's Story
This is a teen/adult book and as an adult I enjoyed the series very much not because of the teen love affairs and clique-behaviors, but for one thing, because through Vivienne's eyes we got to understand the key characters. The author did a great job creating characters who all have different and interesting backgrounds that somehow play a role in Vivienne's story.
This is a story of Vivienne, a country girl and daughter of a veterinarian who is an excellent rider and is given a scholarship to attend a topnotch training school, Fairmont, and then another scholarship to attend a prestigious summer program at Liberty Farms. And although she learns quite a bit, the experience there turns out to be overwhelming with new discoveries about her life, an attempt on her life, a surprising new love, and with the horse's help and others, solving of a murder mystery. She has a secret which she only shares with her mother. She can communicate with horses. This is the part I love best.
I've read all three books and enjoyed the whole series. Although I read more sophisticated books, I can enjoy a book like this with mystery, humor, and strange events like 'horse whispering!'
Horsemanship and murder - a great combination!
I was bummed when Dick Francis stopped writing, but this teenage murder mystery is a nice bit of horse/murder fluff for a summer weekend beach read. Set in an exclusive boarding riding academy, giving the story line an interesting twist (didn't know these existed), it acts as a good location to set up all the teenage angst for the secondary story line (poor girl makes good in rich kids' world and finds true love). Excellent eventing and horsemanship descriptions (heck I will use this just hacking around on trail rides). There are enough twists to keep your interest, but if you're an adult, you will enjoy the elite rider stuff way more than the murder/teen drama.
Great story!
First, the good part of my review. I LOVE this story. I couldn't put it down. The characters, the plot, the unusual bits that I haven't seen in other books so far. All of it, amazing.
Now, for the bad part of my review. The book wasn't edited very well.