Book info

• Title Riders
• Author Jilly Cooper
• Year 1985
• Genre Romance

Brooding hero Jake Lovell, under whose magic hands even the most difficult horse or woman is charmed, is driven by his loathing of the dashing darling of the show ring, Rupert Campbell-Black. Having pinched each other’s horses and drunk their way around the capitals of Europe, the feud between the two men finally erupts with devastating consequences at the Los Angeles Olympics...

Thoughts

After watching the brilliant series of Rivals, I wanted to read the book but of course had to start at the beginning of the series. It’s great. It’s of its time so you have to place yourself in the mindset for it. But the characters are great, the writing draws you in and makes you care about them, even though most of them are pretty awful! I can’t say that the world of show jumping particularly interests me but even with that I was hooked by the storylines and who was doing well, who would win, what rivalry would be next. It was brilliant and I can’t wait to read the next one.

Rating: 5 / 5