As much as I have always adored the first three books of Marguerite Henry's Misty of Chincoteague series (Misty of Chincoteague, Sea Star: Orphan of Chincoteaque and Stormy, Misty's Foal), this fourth installment, which was written in the 1990s, and thus many decades later, really has none of the magic of the first three novels and actually leaves me mostly rather majorly annoyed. And first and foremost, the reason for my annoyance (at least for and to me) is the unfortunate fact and truth that

I remember this book being about Misty. Spoiler alert: it isn't. It's about a family that hopes to keep the Misty of Chincoteague legacy alive, but instead they just try to recreate the fame of Twilight's ancestor by forcing the horse to compete in tons of absurd contests, hoping she'll be famous and have a legacy.I didn't care for the characters or the horse; they all seemed shallow and uninteresting. I also wished the book had kept with the Chincoteague trend and setting, and maybe kept us wit...

First of all, I didn't like this one's lack of the Beebe's and the lack of explantion as to what happened to them. We heard Grandpa Beebe had died but what about Paul and Maureen why weren't they running the ranch?Secondly, I feel that there was never time to really get to know any of the new characters in this book and I kept getting them all confused.Thirdly, Twilight was not as endearing as her ancestors.Fourthly, the whole story seemed disjointed.Fifthly, what was up with that ending? I'm so...

It's sad: I remember really liking this (well over a decade ago, by now). But this is stiltedly written and has next to no plot, and what there is of the plot revolves around forcing a horse to find a way to perform, so that the horse can live up to her famous grandmother. It's not enough of an impetus. And there's some really frustrating dialogue. "Do you want to work clearing kids' skin forever, Mom?" Horses! So much more important than teenagers and doctoring! That's just one example; the ent...

What did I despise most about this book? The lack of the Beebe family? The constant references to the earlier books in the series? The flat characters or the absurd plot? I'll just be over here pretending this volume doesn't exist and loving the original three.

This book is the last in a series, although this book is VERY loosely connected to the first three. This one is set much farther in the future with different characters and not set on Chincoteague. My son and I liked it, but not nearly as much as the first three books.

Misty's Twilight is a very encouraging story and I loved to see Twilight get to do what she loved most. This story actually encouraged me to write my own story about Chincoteague Ponies. Over all I thought the book was sweet and amazing in it's own way.

My daughter enjoyed this true horse story in the Misty of Chincoteague series. Misty's Twilight is the grandaughter of Misty, born after the daughter of Misty named "Sunshine" is bred to a thoroughbred son of "Bold Ruler". Twi, as she is known, goes on to become a champion dressage horse.

I have read other Marguerite Henry books and really liked them. They were not boring and were easy to follow. But Misty's Twilight is hard to follow and boring. The characters don't make any sense and I don't understand the beginning. It's hard to tell who the kids are and only said three names, but there are more characters than that. I don't know which horse is the red one. Trust me: don't read it!

This one was a bummer after reading the other Misty stories. It just didn’t have the same magic. My daughter loved it but she’ll listen to a horse story any day.

Read aloud to 4yo niece

Very good series, so fun to read. And the pencil sketch illustrations throughout are just amazing too.

I read this book shortly after reading the original three Misty books, which I also read as a child. I loved those three then, and I love them now - those books have so much to offer, with excellent stories and character development.Unfortunately, Twilight was very disjointed and unfocused, without a clear story or goal, or even main character. Part of the problem is that this story covers almost two decades of time, which is a lot of ground to go over in a children's book. In Twilight, Sandy Pr...

THREE-IN-ONE PINTO TALENT This charming story takes place long after Misty's death, but the spirit of this famous Chincoteague pony lives on--inspiring another generation of horse-loving children and adults. Down in Florida on Stolen Hours Farm Dr. Sandy cherishes a dream: to travel to the coast of Virginia to purchase some Chincoteage ponies of her own. Captivated by the MISTY book and nationally-beloved story about the little filly of Pony Ranch, she drags her unenthusiastic kids along--retur

This is one of Henry's worst books. It begins promisingly and then soon dives into a mess. There are continuity errors (for example: what happened to the other 5 ponies bought with Misty's Twilight's dam?) The owner seems clueless as to what to do with her long-suffering and talented half-thoroughbred, half-Chincoteague pony.The ending is confusing, convoluted and head-scratching. Misty's Twilight is to represent wild creatures (How?) even though she'd never spent one day as a wild equine. From

"Even the wildest dreams can come true after all."Out of all the books about Misty and her descendants, this one irritates me the most. I literally can't go on vacation for three days without needing whoever is whatever my dogs to send me pictures of them so I can see them. How do you just fork over a horse (a horse who's a piece of living history) to trainers and weeks and then literally never check on them at all? It' a good thing everything turns out alright in the end, because there are a lo...

I've always loved Marguerite Henry's wonderful world of Chincoteague ponies, but this one seemed to lack the vibrance the others held. It still had a fairly interesting plot, but I really missed the old ponies, characters, and setting. It didn't have the same magical feel Henry had incorporated in her other books.

I loved the Misty books when I was a child. This one lost me when they took the much too young foal away from it's mother. The claim was it was too young to swim back and they wouldn't let the woman buy the mare. She was supossed to be some expert horsewoman but she just HAD to have this foal without regard IMHO of it's health and safety. Didn't finish, extremely disappointed.

I had read most of the Misty books as a child and wanted to see if the books held up all these years later. Maybe I chose the wrong one to read. Even a 5-year old would be frustrated by the questions left unanswered in this book.

I loved it so much! I read it as a library book And wanted to copy the whole book on my copier machine so Id have it forever!

I know all the stories are semi-biographical, but this one felt the most so. It wasn't particularly interesting and felt more like a middle-school biography than anything else.

This book was such a disappointment. The kids and I have been working our way through a box set of Marguerite Henry books. We really enjoyed Misty of Chincoteague and Stormy Misty's Foal. Sea Star wasn't quite as good as those, but was still enjoyable. Misty's Twilight was so different from those that I honestly am struggling to believe that Marguerite Henry wrote it. I know it was written in the 1990s, so a substantial amount of time had elapsed between the other Misty books and this one. Howev...

Ruefully, I'm rather in agreement with the one- and tw0-star reviewers of this book. "Misty's Twilight" is, at best, a love letter to all the little girls (and not a few boys) who grew up wanting to be a child on Chincoteague, owning one of the ponies from Assateague.The previous three books at least concentrated on Chincoteague/Assateague and the Beebe family, though a very fictionalized version of same--Paul and 'Grandpa' (Clarence) had died about the time Misty returned to Chincoteague, and '...

Definitely my least favourite of the series. I think there are several reasons to this which I will highlight below.It's centered around Twilight, a granddaughter of Misty (as usual, we're not introduced to her until several chapters into the story) and as such the story just feels distanced from the original books. We see Paul briefly, but no Maureen, two characters that are front and center in books 1-3.It takes place in Florida, so we're removed from the magic of Chincoteague and Assateague d...

A lovely continuation of the classic horse book, Misty of Chincoteague, this book follows the adventures of a family who buys Misty's granddaughter, Sunshine, from the Beebe family. Sunshine is a very pretty pony, so much so that a local thoroughbred breeder suggests breeding her to one of his studs, who has Bold Ruler's blood. The foal of that union is the titular horse.Unfortunately, the story is ore about Sandy rather than what's happening with Twilight. We have no real interaction with Twili...

This is the fourth and final book in the Misty series. I enjoyed reading this one a lot because the author put more thought in it to make it different; it was different than the others because it takes place several years later then the other books in the series.The story is about a mom and her two kids that want to go see the famous horses they have heard so much about in the papers, books and movies. They arrive at a ranch that is owned by Paul, who was one of the owners of the famous horse Mi...

I’m afraid it was just okay. This one was written long after the other three and just didn’t have the same whimsical feel that made the others a success. The original family was barely mentioned, with no information on what happened to them. This was more like a drawn out story of what happened to one of the great great granddaughters of Misty. I had a hard time wanting to finish it with Hope. The take away could be learning that the right fit in life may not come easy, but will with trial and e...

Marguerite Henry is a great author. I have read almost all of her books and they are all great. I rated this book five star from my heart. This is a great book about horses on the island of Chincoteague VA and the many things that it takes to catch the horses. I would give this book five stars because it is a great book.I have been following this series of books for a while and I would recommend the series to people who like adventure and horses. I would recommend this book for people who have r...

We listened to the audiobook narrated by Barbara Caruso. This was our least favorite of the four books; it has none of the original human characters, so you have to get used to a new set of people, and instead of focusing on nature and the wild ponies, it focuses on competition events like jumping and dressage. The very ending was a bit boring too.

Good book. Different voice and feel from the first three books. Wish it would have explained more about the Paul and Maureen and about what happened with Twilight. A little disappointing when compared to the first three but overall still good.