No, not in the beginning and it is pretty long, but by the last third, I was very invested in the characters Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting? Which character – as performed by Peter B.

Had it been done faster, it would have weakened the author's effort. The slow build-up, it is a well written novel which presents an honest effort to show the main characters, especially Dan, trying to deal with life, love and loss. The exploration of Dan's life and his relationship with the Evan and Jeff, as well as his grappling with the loss of Justin are poignant, sad and lovely. I would say that it ranks in the mid- to high among others. Where does Dark Horse rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far? By all means, I'd recommend this story to any fans of M/M fiction, particularly those that enjoy a well crafted story with well developed characters Characters motivated by the baggage that they bring and the events we see and not just some two dimensional constructs inhabiting a fantasy. Finally the setting, the world of eventing and the horses and people that inhabit it, are well researched and presented and much much more than mere details to add variety to some cookie-cutter m/m/m fantasy. The supporting characters are also well developed and they bring their own appeal to the overall tale. All three main characters are well envisioned and complete characters in themselves and that depth adds to the strength of their mutual attraction. The sex is certainly one of the motivating factors in this story. Oftentimes a M/M story involving more than two main characters devolves into a long, sometimes repetitive smut-fest but that's not the case in this tale.

Brooke gives credible and distinctive voices and accents to so many of the characters that inhabit this tale, that amid the accents and characterizations, I pretty much got past my initial difficulties. I generally have a problem with male narrators 'doing' female voices and that happens in a number of spots in this tale. In some parts the audiobook format made the story new again and it worked even better than before. Now, more than a year later, I've listened to the audio version and feel that the audiobook version is great as well. I first read Dark Horse in in its print format in February of 2014 and at the time I gave it 5 stars.

Dark Horse by Kate Sherwood