Cross-Ties (Pine Hollow No. 11)

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Summary: AGH!
Review: What a complete nightmare! Although I am slowly adjusting to such uncalled for and drastic changes to my beloved Saddle Club series members, I can't believe what the author has done to them. Stevie NEVER would have gotten drunk, no matter who was there. Prancer most definately should NOT have died-that was waaaay out of context. However a good surprise is often the best thing one can do for a series-whether it's good or bad. Carole is just as obnoxious as ever-I've never cared for her, but she's part of the Saddle Club. Lisa and Alex make a good couple, and I'm glad Stevie and Phil are still together. I don't think that Carole should just assume she's the one for Samson-I think that Lisa should buy him, since she almost one his first show on him anyway. I have a feeling that the original series is going down the drain cos in the next book Lisa's parents start having marriage problems. All in all, I'm really disgusted with this series-too much of a drastic change. It's harder to read the Saddle Club now because it gives away any mystery that the author was building. You know what happens in the future and it's just not very much fun anymore. However, now that I'm done bashing poor Bonnie Bryant, I do want to say that she is an excellent author and should keep it up. She should try to get the characters back to who they were originally-more people liked them that way.