The Scorpio Races by Maggie StiefvaterMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is the story of a far away island that attracts locals and tourists every year in November, to the Scorpio Races. This race is not your average horse race though; these races involve the water horses that are captured out of the water. They are angry horses and are difficult to train to be ridden. Sean Kendrick has won these races many times and he is the favorite again on his sea horse. Kathrine Connely, known to many as Puck, is trying, with not much success, to keep her family together, after her parents died in a boating accident. She decides to enter the Scorpio races in hopes to stop her older brother from moving to the mainland. She soon learns that he wants to move to make more money at a better job. The house that they have been living in is behind in the payments. They will be forced to move out if they don't pay up. Puck becomes the first woman to enter the race and she enters with her island pony, which many feel has no chance in winning. Puck and Sean first become friends and then their relationship evolves into something more. Sean wants this to be his last race and he hopes to win his horse if he wins.
The beginning was very slow for me. I believe the descriptive writing style was difficult for me to concentrate on after reading so many fast moving novels as of late. I think once I saw how Sean and Puck met and became friends, it was better for me. I am not a huge horse lover but I enjoyed the story line and was left wondering how the story was going to end right up to the end.
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