Rina's Reviews > Honey and the Valley of Horses

When Honey was four and her brother Rumi was a tiny baby, her family loaded up their converted ice-cream-van-camper and drove away from all they knew, as an illness swept the sad wide world. They crossed a bridge to follow a mysterious herd of enchanted horses into a sheltered valley and they couldn’t get back. After years of living self-sufficiently in the valley of horses, Honey had to find a way back to the ‘outside world’ as her father fell desperately ill and she was determined to find help.

I had a slow start with this one, but then I got sucked in and finished in a day. This was such a lovely story! Honey’s adventure to find a way out of the Valley to save her dad was such a heartfelt one. It was so ironic that the family needed to get out of ‘paradise’ to survive, proving that the place, while beautiful, was still not perfect.

I loved the snippets of letters/texts between Kate and her mum at the end of each chapter. They were providing glimpses of what was happening in the ‘wide world’ after Honey’s family disappeared.

This was my kind of middle grade book. I’ll definitely pass this book to my daughter when she’s older.

(Thanks to Allen & Unwin for a gifted copy in exchange for an honest review)

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