Review: The Scorpio Races

The Scorpio Races
by Maggie Stiefvater
Releases 10.18.2011
Scholastic Inc.
418 pgs Hardbound

Scorpio Races is the newest release from acclaimed author Maggie Steifvater, author of the Wolves of Mercy Falls series.

The rich detail and passionate characters that Maggie brought to her wolves crosses into this latest release that asks is the question " how far would you go for what you love?"

In Thisby the tides are turning and with the coming of November brings in the entry of the capaill uisce, a fearsome type of man eating water horse.

The Scorpio Race itself has been a time honored tradition for the men of the island, and with the coming of the capaill uisce begins the beginning of the bloodletting. The savage water horses eat their way through island and rider as they yearn for the sea and the men and boys yearn for the title of winner for the races of the year. With dangerous training and jockeying for places the riders have someone new in their midst, a girl named Puck with a home to save.

Scorpio Races brings in amazing characters who are looking for a future with their small island while all feeling the call or the chains of the sea.

SR is breathtaking to read, I ate up the pages and could not put it down. It's story enthralled me as a reader. It was just incredible.

Growing up is hard enough but our characters have this huge responsibility to save themselves, their home, their family, their way of life. The world building was spectacular, you could almost feel the pull of the sea in it's pages.

Maggie S has created a masterpiece of possibilities in the Scorpio Races.

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