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Living Legend (Thoroughbred)

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3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(1)
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I know everyone is saying that from book 24+ the series turns to jumping. But, as you can see from this book that is not true because Christina gives up eventing to become a jockey! Everyone is also saying that Cindy is excluded from the series! She is not as she comes back in book 43! This series has not got worse! Living Legend is one of my favourite books about Wonder's Star, the beautiful chestnut colt who Christina will ride to victory!

This is a very great book! It includes all the trills, spills, ups and downs for Christina, Melanie, Ashleigh, Whitebrook and of course their rivals, Townsend Acres. It has the hard truth about racing and horses and sets a good picture in your mind! Definitly one of the best books in the series!

Ok, so I really like that christina is in to racing now. But I just can't stand the fact that so much has changed. I mean, where is chamion, if hes such a wonder horse, shouldn't he be in the plot(they did mention him in the story) I have to admit that I ABSOLOUTLY LOVE Parker Townsend. But where did everybody GO. Dylan and Katie have obiously stopped riding. But what about cindy and Max. All of Cindys horses? i wish that Christina would do something bad. I mean life IS NOT perfect. You just dont start racing then win a big race a few months later and be asked to ride big name trainers horses. I also think that Christtina was a little snobby. I mean I would be thrilled to just ride in race, but, please to be so upset if you get first? I was really happy when she went behind her parents backs in book 40. I am finally starting to lilke Melanie. I really wish Joanna would come back. Ill keep reading the series even if she doesnt, but the books were better when she was writting them. Also, the new writters need to get their facts straight. I like thr romance twist, but if youre going to have a romance twist, then have it a little more often. I think that all of the books are decent if they have the racing part to it. Hold on (to the doubtful readers) I bet theyll start getting suspensful now that both Christins and Melanie are jockeys. BY THE WAY TO THE NEW WRITERS_ YOU ABSOLOUTLY CANNOT CHANGE MAIN CHARATERS NOW THAT CHRISTINAS STARTING TO LIKE RACING! I never liked chris eventing, so im glad shes racing. please tell me when johannas going to put her super special out telling what happened. Oh. and keep parker in the story it would be really cool if they got married and combined the farms.

I would say this book is the best in a while because hnot everything goes right. I mean Christina does not go out on the track and win every single race that comes her way, become the top jockey in all of Kentucky, and go on to win the Triple Crown with Star(yet). I highly recomend this book becasue there are some mojor improvemaent over the last books.

This book is one of my favorite Christina books, and, like I said, I think the cover is one of the best. Star looks awesome in it, and Christina looks cool too. Living Legend was really good, though, except for the TA colors thing. Red and black....uh, no. TA silks have been green and gold since the beginning of the TB series. Other than a couple things like that though, it was fun to read. I read it all the way through, and definitely couldn't put it down. Christina's gotten a lot nicer, I think, and not so conceited. I'm also glad she quit eventing finally, because even though I love eventing, it just wasn't right in the series. She's Ashleigh's daughter, of course she should race! But why does Ashleigh keep coming back to race? Either she should racr, or not. Anyways, I know I'm complaining a lot, I'm just incredibly picky when it comes to this series. I really do love this book, even if there are a few mistakes... :)

I think that the books are getting a little boring now. No offense to race lovers, but why didn't Christina speak up sooner about training Star to go into Eventing? I actually miss the old Christina, even though in the early books she was a little snobby. I'm new to eventing, and the early books really taught me a lot. And whatever happend to Cindy? That's what I don't get.

Well, I read this book and I think it is the best since JoannaCampbell stopped writing the book, waaaay back on book 14. It kept meinterested, and it even made me laugh. But, sadly it is still not up to par with Joanna's writing. And I think I've figured out why. Well, the older books mainly focused on the horse itself, like how to make it run, if it was sick, etc. Also the characters had lives off of the racetrack and farm. They actually went to school and had other friends besides the ones that they lived with. But now, it seems almost the whole book focuses on the people, and problems with other jockeys and things like that. It is okay for a little, but due to this I feel like we haven't gotten to know Star as well as Wonder and Pride, Fleet Goddess and the rest. The books are getting better, but they will never be as good as if Joanna were to write them. --Rachel

I REALLY like this book.It's really good.Except, I always thought Christina was too tall to be a jockey.I thought she hated racing.I thought she eventing with Sterling.Now,she all of sudden shrunk too jockey hight or something.Now she loves racing and dumped both eventing and Sterling for it.Also,since when are Townsend Acres colors red and black.I believe they green and gold.Hey, new author,get a clue and quit ruining the series. This series all inconsistent now because Joanna Campbell lost her mind and quit writing the books herself.Oh well,the book's overall content was good,but some of facts got a little twisted around.

P.S. where are dylan and katie?

Living Legend was a really cool book and I know how Christina feels about Star. I loved all the details in the races and I read the book in 1 1/2 days. I really don't know how else to explain it, I just loved it! Get this book, it's VERY GOOD!

This book is much better then the other books that have been written lately. It's very realistic, and gives more insight into the horse racing world then any TB book ever has before. I give props to the author/editors/publishers for limiting Chris's wins. But Star still hits me as a slacker. There is no real development between horse and rider. You see that he won't perform for anyone but Christina, we understand that, but the relationship is completely one sided. Christina dotes on Star, that's quite clear, but for a colt who's supposed to be in love with one person, Star seems to completely ignore Christina. Another thing, the book relied a little too heavily on races for a plot. Inbetween the book seemed to sag. Having lots of races in a book is all good, but there was little character development outside of the races. There were also some minor detail problems. Ashleigh didn't jockey Wonder in the Derby and Belmont, Jilly did. Ashleigh's first Triple Crown victories were in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness aboard Wonder's Pride. Recent authors of the series seem to be challenged by simple facts like that. It's really not that hard. Just make up some sort of spread sheet with each horse's name, what races they won/lost, and who was riding them. That should make it easier. Another helpful thing might be to read all the previous books. Townsend Acres colors are green and gold, not red and black, though I can let that one slip seeing as there's always the possibility that Brad changed the colors. However, if that was the case, this should have been explained to readers by the authors, or the author should have known the correct colors. Research help. You might not think people will notice small slips like that, but they will. The editors also need to work better at catching mess ups like that. Another thing is that Christina's hair color keeps changing. First it's strawberry blonde, then it's brown, then it's strawberry blonde again. Make up your mind! I can understand someone's hair getting darker as they get older, mine certainly did, but I don't believe someone's hair changing back quite that fast. Your hair color can lighten in the summer, but not that much. You'd have to dye it. But, other then the small detail flaws, and the slight lack of character development, this book was overall, good.