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The Scorpio Races

Maggie Stiefvater

Start date: October 1, 2022

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Sep 15, 2016 Mary ~Ravager of Tomes~ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, year-2016, 5-star

"This Skarmouth is raw and hungry, striving and unknowable. Everything the race makes me feel on the inside is bleeding up through the seams in the street tonight." - Sean Kendrick

"I wonder how long it will take for me to feel as adult on the inside as I look on the outside." - Puck Connolly

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*deep breath*

Sometimes you read a book and it becomes your whole world while you are reading it. For me, The Scorpio Races is one of those books.

I am just forever in debt to Maggie Stiefvater because this b ...more

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Sep 06, 2011 Ali rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: excellent-ya

I grew up on horse stories. The first novel I ever read was Misty of Chincoteague, and I proceeded to devour everything Marguerite Henry ever wrote shortly after. Walter Farley's Black Stallion books weren't far behind. As a kid, my philosophy was pretty much that animals were way cooler than people. It was a long time before I grudgingly admitted that people could be interesting too... occasionally.

Many years later, along comes The Scorpio Races: evoking the wind-tossed island life so reminisce ...more

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Nov 18, 2022 Christine rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, favorites, annie, standalone, audiobook

I wasn't expecting to get much out of it because I'm not really a horse person, but this was so much more than that. Stiefvater has such a way with words. She creates such a gorgeous atmosphere and sense of setting, and she always nails characterization. Yes, even the horses. ...more

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Nov 26, 2011 Shelli rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2012

This book was not in my planned reading, but I really enjoyed it! I noticed that some of my GR friends liked it and when it was available as an audio loan from the library, I decided to try it. I'm sure glad I did. I did not read The Shiver series by this author as I'm not really interested in werewolves, but I love horses! When I was young I was fascinated with horses as many young girls are, and this story brought all those feelings back for me. These are special horses in a very special setti ...more

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Jan 28, 2020 Aquamarine rated it liked it · review of another edition

Good

Honestly, I was in a book hangover, so it took me a long time to get into this book. Don't like the name puck. Sean was a marysue and so was puck. The imagery of water horses was beautiful. ...more

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