Find The Scorpio Races on Goodreads, Amazon, Indiebound, & The Book Depository. Even though I had those other qualms, in general I enjoyed this book and how it examines sacrifice, family, and the future. Something The Scorpio Races does a great job at is establishing stakes and why we should care about our characters. And I kept wanting to read to figure out what would happen, who would win. Sinking into their characters at the beginning allows us to establish a stakes.

To see what this world was like for them. If you’re uncomfortable with that, know you can look up the book on any of the sites below to avoid the link)īut besides both of those, I did enjoy the characters of Puck and Sean. For more information you can look at the Policy page. (Disclaimer: Some of the links below are affiliate links. It almost felt like I had invested all this time and then was like huh? Overall, Each October on the island of Thisby, the capaill uisce, or water horses, emerge from the sea. 18, 2011 The bestselling author of Shiver (2009) and Linger (2010) turns the legend of the water horse into a taut, chilling, romantic adventure. I felt like the pacing was a little wonky where there was so much leading up to the races, and then the actual race and aftermath was relatively light. THE SCORPIO RACES by Maggie Stiefvater RELEASE DATE: Oct. That beings me to the second point – the races. That being said, I feel like in this aspect, the ending left a bit to be desired. What they hope to achieve and the systems that work against them, whether it be sexism or poverty or just a lack of opportunity. Told in dual POV with Puck and Sean, we are able to kind of sink into why they are motivated to join the races. To see what made them tick, what motivated them, and also who they are before the races. First of all, while there was plenty of danger – especially from these very vicious horses – I think the better aspect were the characters.

And while I feel like I got all of these, I don’t feel like the quantity lived up to my expectations. I was promised a world of danger, water horses, and some sort of race. I think we can enjoy reading a book and still have some lingering questions. Okay The Scorpio Races is a book I enjoyed, but also had some mixed thoughts on.

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