Von Ziegesar, C: Dark Horses

Praise for Dark Horses

"A compelling story of love and fixation . . . The twisted tale of Merritt and Red has the power and mystery of myth."
-Eliot Schrefer, New York Times bestselling author and two-time National Book Award finalist

"Move over, Black Beauty. Cecily von Ziegesar has brought the classic horse novel into the twenty-first century with an alluring, heart-wrenching, and nail-biting look at an elite and tumultuous world. The relationship between Merritt and Red is haunting and powerful. I devoured this book to its very end."
-Sara Shepard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars

"Told in dual perspectives of a troubled teen and the difficult horse she's paired with, Dark Horses is an exciting new addition to YA you will not want to miss! Von Ziegesar has created a world so utterly unique, compelling, and at times heartwrenching, it stayed with me long after I turned the last page."
-Alyson Noël, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Immortals series and Unrivaled

"Dark Horses is a slightly bizarre spin on Black Beauty, about characters who go to desperate lengths to find control, purpose and love in their lives. In an unusual viewpoint, Red shines as a tragic victim of human whim."
-Chico Enterprise-Register

"This page-turner will draw in a whole new audience with just the right blend of glamor, scandal, and horses."
-School Library Journal

"The competitive riding world is always a draw, and this is an intriguing look into its dark side. If that weren't enough, von Ziegesar's (the Gossip Girl series) name alone will spur readers."
-Booklist

"Von Ziegesar, known for her Gossip Girl series, nails teen dialogue and horse-show society."
-Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Cecily von Ziegesar

"The heartlessness of youth is von Ziegesar's double-edged theme . . . Her designated reader is an adolescent girl, but the reader she seems to have firmly in mind as she writes is a literate, even literary, adult."
-The New Yorker

"Sophisticated. Von Ziegesar takes seriously the inner lives of characters who in any other teen narrative would be stock villains."
-New York Magazine