Customer Reviews

Melanie's Last Ride (Thoroughbred Series #29)

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(11)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(11)

 

 

This book was OKay. I like the tint of mystery to it. I think it adds spark. But it's kind of slow and easy to put down. That's why I didn't give it five stars like I usually do. Don't get me wrong, I still recommend reading it because if you skip it you might get confused in Dylan's Choice, the next one. I'm just saying it isn't as great as it should be.

I have been reading this series since the forst book-A Horse Called Wonder- was published. I am now 18 years old and although the reading level of the books have not changed, I still read them. I have every book written in the series and reread them all the time. I agree that I love the racing more than the eventing but the books are still great. I'va always been fascinated by horseracing but I do not own a horse. I ride at my aunt and uncles farm,which is the reason I got interested in horses in the first place. If anyone has the e-mail address of Joanna Campbell please let me know. I really want to e-mail her about how fantastic her creation is. Don't criticize the books please. They are wonderful and I hope they never stop coming!

I have to agree with everyone, the books are hard to write. I have written 3 short stories, titled- "The Black Colt", "You Killed My Sister, the Devil Shall Kill You", and the third isn't titled yet.

Also, these books do haev some mistakes in them. Like when Princess got hurt and in book #16, page38 and 39, last line on pg 38 and 1st 3 paragraphs on 93 were saying that Ashleigh didn't want to ride another horse in the Derby except for Princess, but Ashleigh was NOT Princess's jockey. There were a lot of mistakes in all of the "new" books, expecially the "newer" ones- like 23 and up.

all in all this book was ok, though very predictialbe. The only charater that I don't like is Christina- but only at times.

hopefully the books will get better. If anyone wants to talk bout them e-mail me at LuvTBracin@aol.com (love thoroughbred racing)

I see that everyone agree's about most of these books. It is very true that some of the facts are getting mixed up. Example (21, I think said that a filly hadn't won the Belmont stakes in over a century.) Ashleigh must be a 110 years old. And what did Wonder do then. I disagree with most of the other readers though on Cindy and Glory. I loved the two of them. When I read about them I got all warm inside, because they were such a good team.

Christina is another story, I like her but she dosn't belong in this series. This series is about racing after all. They could write that Christina has a younger sister whom loves racing, or maybe Samantha and Tor could have a kid. BUT NOOOOO more show jumping! I'm glad that Joanna Campbell has a new series on Ashleigh and I will read it faithfully! Keep up the good work Joanna!

All of you stupid people who are dissin' Melanie should look at this more closely. Melanie is a girl who was bad just to get attention since she got so little at home with her father. As you can see if you really read these books she is trying to clean up her act. I only gave this book 2 stars because I haven't read it yet. I miss Joanna as much or more than the rest of you but I believe that we need to give these books a chance. I really loved the books about Cindy and Max and I want to know exactly how their relationship turned out. I would love it if either Joanna Cambell or Karen Bently came back they were both extremely good writers, well the more I think about it I liked Karen Bently better 'cause she gave the books more feeling and emotion. I actually cried when Cindy and Max fought, that's how good she was. Okay I just wanted to say to stop dissin' Melanie. Good-Bye.

gggrrr!!! I am really starting to dislike these series! I want the old charecters back badly! When Cindy was in the picture, i didn't like her, but now, with Cristina (eeewww), i want cindy back! i also want all of the old charecters back! what happened to samantha, Tor, Heather, mandy, Yvonne, Len, Brad and Lavinia Townsend?, and at least they can keep Townsend Acres in the picture. i mean, thats the barn that started it all! Cristina is really getting on my nerves. She thinks she is so good and she pushes Sterling WAY to hard. Joanna Campbell could've at least made a super edition with all of the old characters come back for a reunion or someting. I think i'll make my own book like that. Can anyone answer my questions?

I am so glad that this series has moved on to jumping and doesn't have as much racing. I am 16 years old, but I still read this series because I love horses and I compete in jumping. In my opinion, jumping is more fun and more exciting than racing, so I really enjoy reading about Christina. But, these books don't focus as much on horses as they used to. Now the books are only about personal problems, like this book, # 28, and # 30. But because I like jumping, I'll continue to read this series, and hope it will get better. Also, what happened to Dylan? And Cindy and Glory? I never thought they fit in to the story, but where did they go? ( ).

Melanie's Last Ride is a good, suspenceful story if you know some of the background information on the rest of the series (Created By Joanna Campbell). Melanie is at a three week riding camp in Kentucky for three weeks with her cousin Christina. Once she gets settled in, bad things start to happen. Someone has been sabatoging things and it has all been blamed on Melanie. Then a fire is started and she gets blamed for that too because someone found her sandle that had fallen out of her bag on her way to her cabin. Once again, Melanie gets the blame for it all. In the end, the camp finds out who the perpetrator is and Melanie gets out of all the trouble she had gotten in.

I used to be a faithful TB fan. All I can say is that I hope some major changes will be made. Where did everybody go? What happenend? WHY DID IT HAPPEN?!!! Who cares what happens to Melanie? I don't. Open ur eyes and realize before this mistake is made again.

I think that this is a minor improvement. i know that it is hard to write books as i have written two and am halfway through another. sometimes the words flow like a river does but other times it takes you five hours to write a paragraph and then you delete it and start again. but these writers are writing from the part of their brain that doesn't do any work. the plots were getting worse until now. i got christina's courage and dumped it in the bin after i read it. don't pay out Joanna, she hasn't had anything to do with the change in the series,in fact she was surprised when they came out like this. Don't pay her out and hop[e for the best.