Ugh. Poorly written - too much tell instead of show. Anvilicious moral, problems entirely caused by teenager's conviction that if no one knows it didn't happen, stupid 'villain' (a psychopathic cougar), and way too much sugar (at one point the cougar is driven off by - eww, ugh - goodness and love invading his blackness). Not to mention the horses crying, or the number of times she sees 'love' or 'forgiveness' in a horse's eyes - sigh. Soppy. There might be an interesting idea in there but it's buried in sugar. I don't think I'd have enjoyed it even as a horse-mad pre-teen, but maybe it would have been more tolerable then. ( )