Heartland, A Summer to Remember by Lauren Brooke

Summary

Amy is a girl who works at her family farm called Heartland, a farm where their main purpose is horses. Amy works with horses who may have a strange behavior, may be violent or have some type of trauma from the past. She cures them and makes them feel once again confortable in their environment and get over any problem they may have. A friend from her past named Alfredo Escobar ask Amy for her help because his horse named Impala started to behave differently and ask Amy to go to his hometown in The Hamptons to help Impala. She was really excited because now Amy was a teacher who taught her students how to treat a horse and help them. It was summer and she could not waste this opportunity to treat a horse and mostly see her friend Alfredo. Once she arrived a limousine picked her up from the airport and took her to a huge mansion where Ellen, the housekeeper received her. Amy was completely shock of the wealthy place she found herself in and then Alfredo came and gave her a warm welcome. Amy forgot about how handsome Alfredo is. Amy then met Alfredo’s father and she was a little surprise with his unwelcome attitude. Then Alfredo told Amy about how the Escobars polo seasons and their wealth then he show Amy Impala, she was a beautiful horse, nothing look wrong but still Amy needed time to know her and take a look at her to see exactly what was wrong. She took a ride with Impala and Alfredo and still she saw nothing wrong. Then Amy met Susannah, Alfredo’s stepmother and his two sisters. Amy was really looking forward to her summer in the Hamptons and to get to spend time with Impala and Alfredo her friend Soraya did remember how good looking was Alfredo and hope Amy and him had a summer love but Amy wasn't really sure about it. Although she may had thought about it…

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“She focused on Impalas stride. “I get the feeling that she loves to please but at the same time she is raring to go.”

Alfredo nodded. “That pretty much sums her up. I just don't understand why she decides to freak out on the polo pitch.” 

pg 44 

By this quote I am able to figure how worried Alfredo is about Impala and how she wants Amy to help her because she is a good horse. Amy can also figure that she does have a problem and needs more time to get to know her and know what is wrong with Impala. I can also infer that maybe if Impala is okay in her normal environment then it may be only in the polo fields and that could lead to a possible information that could be a trauma from the past. 

“As she switched off the light, she wondered in Alfredo would notice her outfit. She knew her visit was all about Impala, but she couldn't help hoping that Alfredo's dark eyes would light up when she walked into the room.”

pg 54

By this quote I am able to infer about Amy's feelings towards Alfredo and how she does think about how Alfredo and her may have a possible romance. But what if Alfredo has already a girlfriend? And if he does not, what if Alfredo does notice Amy, are they going to be able to notice Impala before she gets worse?

Final Thoughts

Finally so far the book “Heartland, A Summer to Remember” has been really interesting and I really do wonder what may happen next most importantly about what is wrong with Impala and what will happen between Alfredo and Amy. I also believe that further conflict will rise with Alfredo's father and Amy because of social classes and how Amy is only an ordinary girl while Alfredo is a wealthy little rich boy and his father would want Alfredo to be with a first class girl not Amy.