Maybe it comes down to Those Who Want Horse Stories and Those Who Don't, and I'm deep on the side of not caring about horse stories. Maybe it's because this is among the least-believable romance I've read [heard]; I never got a feel that our main characters were actually falling in love. Maybe it's because the setting never came alive for me. I don't know what it was about this that didn't do it for me, but it was definitely something, because I know I'm in a minority of people who aren't blown away by this.