Every single character in this book is an absolutely terrible person.

Girls and Their Horses mostly follows the Parker family (Heather, Maple, and Piper) as they join Rancho Santa Fe Equestrian in California after they move from Texas. The daughters Maple and Piper ride and work with the horses, while mom Heather hangs around all day with the other moms and gossip. The head of the Ranch though is a real piece of work and works Heather for all the money she has in order to do what he feels is best for his business no matter who it hurts along the way.
With all the different Parker family POVs we also get two other POVs one being the detective investigating the murder and one of them being another child's parent.

Overall this book did keep me intrigued because I needed to know who died and why. I didn't care about any of the characters at all, they were all terrible human beings and at one point I was hate reading this book because I disliked all of them so much. Horse world parents are just as bad as dance moms just far more money and people are involved it seems. At times it did feel like we were getting a lot of different pov's making things jumbled up and showing how terrible everyone truly was. The mystery part of it was sad because of all the people who got hurt along the way who were innocent and had nothing to do with the original issue. By the end of the book the Parker family is okay, and they have learned a lot along the way. I still never liked any of the characters and while one character did have some redemption by the end I still feel kind of meh about this book.
I will give the author this, she kept me entertained enough that I needed to know who died.


If you love horses and the horse world in general you will probably enjoy this book. It just wasn't for me.