Customer Reviews

The New Class (Chestnut Hill, Book 1)

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2 star:		(1)
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I loved it. It tied in Amy and Spindle. It was a very well though out book and I enjoyed reading it. The horses all sound beautiful, although did anyone else notice that they were all 14-15 hands and either chestnut or gray? The book is very detailed and fun to read.
I'm looking forward to the next ones.

About the book- Chestnut Hill is a boarding school for 7-12 grade girls. It lies in the hills of Virgina, close to Lauren Brooke's previous series, Heartland. We are first introduced to a 7th grade girl, Dylan Walsh. She is moving to the boarding school, after years of begging to go to the prestigous school. She meets several other girls while she's there. They all have one common goal: to make the Equestrain riding team. This creates some problems between them, of course. Dlyan is banned from the barn, and she becomes worried about making the team. Dlyan is running out of time. Will she clean up her act in time for the tryouts? Or will her training be a complete waste of time?

My opinion- Great new series! Heartland was tied into it, so it was really nice. We got to hear how Amy was doing, and her horse Spindleberry. I think this series will be excellent! So far so good! Another thing I liked was the fact that these books are longer than Heartland. This has about 220 pages (I think) while heartland never reached 200. All the more to love about it! I recommend it to horse lovers, and of course anyone who followed the Heartland series!

(If you want Luaren Brooke to continue the Heartland series past #20 say that my review helped you. Please.)

Chestnut Hill was an OK series. But it really isn't for me. It concentrates too much on school and boys. The Heartland Series is SOOOO much better.

The Heartland Series is one of the best books that I've ever read. It is the story of a girl, Amy, and her happiness and troubles on her farm Heartland. Her mother dies in a car accident while trying to save a horse. Amy if left injured in the hospital. Once she recovers from her injureies she relizes that she was the one who caused her mother's accident. She refuses to come out from her room and see her friends and family. In order to try and get Amy back into life again her friends throw her a party. I won't tell you anything else because that would ruin the fun of reading it. But take my word for it and read this series.

The books are:
#1 Coming Home
#2 After the Storm
#3 Breaking Free
#4 Taking Chances
#5 Come What May
#6 One Day You'll Know
#7 Out of the Darkness
#8 Thicker Than Water
#9 Every New Day
#10 Tomorrow's Promise
#11 True Enough
#12 Sooner or Later
#13 Darkest Hour
#14 Everything Changes
#15 Love is a Gift
#16 Holding Fast
#17 A Season of Hope
#18 New Beginnings
#19 From This Day On
#20 Always There
Special: A Holiday Memory

Do you want more Heartland books? Then rate this review high!

This book was terrible compared to Heartland. Dylan, the main character in the story, should have been suspended for stupidly taking a dare that two other rich girls gave her. The dare was to jump a course in the dark. Dylan could have injured her mount, badly. But she didn`t care. All she cared about was being the best jumper on the team. Dylan also expected special treatment from her aunt, who is a riding instructor at Chestnut Hill. But her aunt is too moody to pay attention to Dylan. To sum it up, this book is not really about horses. It is about fitting in. Heartland, however, is about listening to the horses. No one at Chestnut Hill really and truly listens to the horses.

I think the first installment of Chestnut Hill was a fantastic book...although Lauren Brooke is a fantastic writer. I was upset when they ended Heartland but then I read this series and was glad it mixed Heartland in. I thought it was really neat when they talked about Chestnut Hill in the last Heartland book then brought some of Heartland to the first book in Chestnut Hill, excellent and smooth transaction. I am very much anticipating the new Chestnut Hill book. This is definately a must read!

Chestnut hill is great but heartland is a little better. Heartland got more susppensful than chestnut hill and thats what i like in a book. It would be great if more heartland books came out and more chestnut hill ones too.

This is a story about a girl named Dylan who comes to school at Chestnut Hill. She is sure she will love it, but she has to learn to make the right friends and to follow the rules. I thought this was an O.K. book, it doesn't compare with Heartland and Amy only comes to the school once in the book to give a speach, so you don't really find out how her life is going or if she likes college. Of course don't let this turn you off, I'm just warning the people who are expecting a continuation of heartland.

This is one of the best books I've ever read.I personally like it a lot better than the Heartland series even though those are good to. I can't wait to read the next one!

This is a really fantastic book and I don't want anyone listening to any of those other reviews that give it 1-3 stars because what they say is not true. Also, Amy is in the second book making strides a lot more. So, really I reccomend this book(especially if you've not read Heartland) and don't hesitate to read it.

It was so awesome I could not put the book down! I was not into horses at first but after reading this book I understand the thrill of all of the jumps and the special ways of riding. I can't wait to read the second book. I am sure that it will be just as exciting and great as the first one. I want to find out what happens between Dylan and Lindsey now that they are both on the riding team. I think at the end of the next book Lani will take Lindsey's place on the team because she tried to hurt another rider to win a competition. So Lani will take Lindsey's place on the jumping team and Lindsey will be even harder to live with!