My Review for Pride by Natalie Keller Reinert, read by Barrie Kreinik
Pride is the second novel I've read (actually, listened to) by Natalie Keller Reinert and, as I said before, I'm addicted. 🐴❤️ It’s taken me so long to get around to this series. I used July’s #LetsEarItAudiobookChallenge for this one, but let’s be honest, the only challenge was actually getting around to listening! 😂
Jules has it tough! She catches a break and everything looks to be all rosy in horsey land, and then wham, it’s all called into question again. But Jules is a tough cookie, and this is what I like about her. She picks herself up and tries to be better, for herself and for her horses. 💪🐎
I enjoyed that, in this one, Jules went back to basics, working for another trainer for a few months and realising that actually, she might not know as much as she thinks she does — and that she can still be taught. It’s incredibly humbling for her, but eventually, after a few strops, she begins to take it in her stride and settles down to learn as much as she can from a much more experienced trainer.
I’m currently listening to the fourth book in the series — told you I was addicted! 😂 — so more reviews will be coming soon. 📚
If you fancy a very accurate horsey series from an author who knows what she’s talking about, then give this series a try. I’d recommend reading them in order to enjoy them the most.
A belated thank you to Macmillan Audio and Libro.fm for the opportunity to listen to and review Pride by Natalie Keller Reinert. 💕
About the Book
The second book in Natalie Keller Reinert’s beloved Eventing Series, set in the high-stakes world of three-day eventing, now reimagined!
It took a hurricane for her to admit it, but Jules Thornton is finally in love. After losing her farm and nearly her life last year, Jules is back on her feet, living with her sweet, handsome boyfriend, Pete Morrison, at his idyllic Briar Hill Farm. True, she is more dependent on Pete than she might have liked, but he is constantly reassuring her that they are a team, that she will always have a home at Briar Hill. And when Pete is offered a dream sponsorship and a trip to England to hone his cross-country skills, he promises that Jules will be getting her own offer. That offer turns out to be a much less glamorous position in Florida vacationland, slogging through dressage lessons and doing barn chores for a no-nonsense trainer. Jules immediately chafes at the idea, but Pete is counting on her to help him keep Briar Hill afloat—they are a team, after all—so she swallows her pride and agrees.
Through everything life has thrown at her, Jules has been confident in one she knows horses, and she has a special, once-in-a-lifetime connection with her horse, Dynamo. But her trainer, Grace, doesn’t seem to see Jules’s talent, and she calls into question even her bond with Dynamo. With Pete on another continent and Dynamo struggling in the arena, Jules doesn’t know who she is anymore—as a girlfriend, or a horsewoman. Jules promised Pete she would stick out the summer in Orlando. Is their new relationship worth relearning everything Jules thought she knew about horses and about life?
Natalie Keller Reinert is the award-winning author of more than twenty books, including the Eventing series and Briar Hill Farm series. Drawing on her professional experience in three-day eventing, working with Thoroughbred racehorses and mounted patrol horses, therapeutic riding, and many other equine pursuits, Natalie brings her love of equestrian life into each of her titles. She also cohosts the award-winning equestrian humor podcast Adulting With Horses.
Natalie lives in north Florida with her family, horses, and cat.
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