ISBN 978 1 907090097
Cinnamon Press
This is a story that as its title suggests has a lot to do with
horses. It is gently magical and seems extremely plausible. We cannot quite
dismiss the magic that occurs as the imagination of the people involved, yet we
don’t have to suspend our belief to watch it happen. Global and personal suffering
is alleviated with the arrival of a mysterious herd of horses.
The voice is dreamy and lyrical. The plot is unpredictable
and totally uncliched. We don’t know what is going to happen next. We would
never have guessed. As a writer I usually can guess. This time I couldn’t. Yet there
is always an acceptable cause and effect and the magic is never used as a deus
ex machina.
This is a gentle and absorbing novel. It is tending towards the
literary yet also makes a good holiday read. You don’t have to like horses to
enjoy this book though by the time you’ve read it you will probably have a lot
more respect for these fantastic creatures.
