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Phantom Stallion #18: Firefly

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My daughter is currently telling me what to write about this book, so I am quoting from her: I think this is the best book written in the Phantom Stallion series since Heartbreak Bronco. Lately Terri has been skiving off and not doing as great a job as she could. Kidnapped Colt, to me, had a lot of unnecessary rambling and details. I loved that this book has Pirate on the cover. I bought it today and finished it today. This one is recommended!

I liked this book how it talked alot about Pirate and everything but I don't get why Jake didn't come over to see the foal and talk to Gabe. And I also think that Jake should be in the books more cause he hasn't really been in the recent ones. And as far as Jake and Sam go I think they should get over their stubborness and just become bf/gf Sometimes it seems like they get close...like in book 7 when Jake mentions to Sam how pretty she looks...but then it just goes back to normal like nothing ever happened.

Anyway, back to the book, I think it's pretty cool how Gabe softens up and decides that he wants the horse...even the book never says that he actually gets it...and how they seemed to have formed a similar bond like Sam and the Phantom have. Anyway like I said before its pretty cool how its mainly about Pirate and not just Sam and Ace...it kinda gives a change in pace. well anyway hope this review was helpful.

This is a really good books. I loved it. It just proves that animals can help people as much as people can help animals.

I GOT THIS BOOK FOR MY FRIEND AND SHE LOVES THIS SERIES. SHE LOVED THE BOOK AND IT CAME IN A GOOD CONDITION. IT CAME TO MY HOUSE EXTREMELY QUICK TOO.

i hateed it becaues i could not finish my book because i have TEN PAGES MISSING >:(

Pirate has been in the books for awhile.
And here's one all about him. Mrs. Allen's
grandson comes to stay with her after a car accident.
Sam is taking care of Pirate at Mrs. Allen's ranch after
he was burnt. He is pretty freaked out. Sam and Gabe are
working to help the colt get better.
This was a pretty good book. Gabe was a teensy bit annoying but that's okay.

I buy these for my niece who just loves horses. She would rather read one of these than watch television.

A very horsey book reckomended for horse lovers.You have to reads the whole series in order to understand the book and characters.

I am a die-hard Phantom Stallion fan honestly. I have ever book in the series sitting on my bookshelf. However, the series just hasn't been quite as good as the first 5 or 6 books.

This one is not that bad. It is about the colt "Pirate", who was injured with the Phantom a few books back. Apparently, it is time for him to find a home, but he has some problems. To make a long story short, every adult in the book pressures Sam into spending some time with the colt over at the Blind Faith Mustang Sanctuary, and at the same time spending some time with Gabe, Mrs. Allen's injured grandson.

I was not particular impressed by how every adult in the book did their best to push Sam to do it, even though she probably would have anyway. Sorry, but in real life, a 13-year-old, is NOT the best person to "work" with a traumatized wild horse, or for that matter a teenager on crutches, but somehow Gabe ends up doing that.

Predictably, Gabe has a "magical" connection with the colt, to be named Firefly, hence the name of the book. Not exactly a shocker there; I figured that one out as soon as they said Gabe was going to come visit at the same time. Gabe was not a particularly deep character, at least to me. He was the stereotypical "angry, injured teenager". Like what happens in every book or movie about an injured, angry teenager, he needs to connect to something to stop feeling sorry for himself. So, he connects with Firefly. However, not particularly realistic either. He apparently lives in a city so where in the world is he going to put a mustang? It would have been more believable if maybe he left the colt with Mrs. Allen and visited, but instead he apparently takes the horse home with him. Makes me wonder where the BLM is! In the early books, the BLM was very realistically portrayed, but now they just make exceptions or don't even show up to do what is their real-life job. Injured mustangs are still managed by the BLM so Gabe would not have been able to just decide the colt was his and take him.

Overall though, the book was a decent one and I liked it pretty well. There were a few tiny things that I thought was silly, but overall a nice read and a decent addition to the series.

This book was sooooo disapointing. I hate the fact that Gabe is going to take Pirate all the way to Colorado! And he names the colt Firefly. Thus the title. But I've loved the colt ever since I met him in book 7 and was sooooo hoping he would go free or at lease be near. I am really mad that he went to a boy as well. Why couldn't Terri Farley make a new character. A girl of corse and have her become really good friends with Sam and live so near that she was in every book. And I wish the colt was named Pirate it was sooooo right for him. But noooo now he's going to be taken far from his home and far from the series and we'll probably never see him again.