Children's ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
The Forgotten Horse: Connemara Horse Adventure Series for Kids, Book 1
Elaine Heney · 2025
🎙 Narrated by Lauren Henry (with author Elaine Heney also credited on the audio edition)
78/100
👍 Worth It
A heartfelt girl-and-pony story with the kind of authentic horse-world detail that only comes from someone who's actually lived it — author Elaine Heney's equestrian background shows, and the EQUUS Film & Arts Fest award backs it up. It's a bit niche if your listener isn't already horse-obsessed, and pacing dips in spots, but the core relationship carries it. Narration is a solid, well-matched read.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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🎙 Narration: good Narrated by Lauren Henry with direct input from the author, giving horse-related detail an authentic feel.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety85
Substance / usefulness75
Craft & writing78
Originality65
Evidence & accuracy85
Hype vs delivers60
Age-fit85
Human-eye read78
Penny’s verdict78
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