The Scorpio Races By Maggie StiefvaterRating: 4.5 of 5 stars
This book is purely amazing . The story is highly character driven and legend induced.
People on the fictional island Thisby live and breathe for the wild and bloodthirsty water horses, the capaill uisce.The capaill uisce may be stunningly beautiful, but all you have to do is turn your back on them for one short second, and their teeth will already be deep inside your flesh.
Kate “Puck” Connoly and her two brothers lost both their parents when a bloodthirsty capall uisce attacked them on the sea. Ever since, the three of them survive by fixing things for other people, making teapots, helping in the local store and doing anything and everything to put some butter and flour in their pantry. But when the oldest brother, Gabe, the only one with a steady job, decides to leave the island, and Benjamin Malvern,the richest man on the island, threatens to take their house away, Puck sees no other choice but to join the dangerous race in order to save her house, and maybe even prevent her brother from leaving.
At age nineteen, Sean Kendrick is the returning champion. He has won the races four out of six times. Sean works for Benjamin Malvern and his obnoxious son Mutt. The only thing stopping him from leaving the Malverns is Corr, the capall uisce that is Sean’s only family. This year more than ever Sean has to win the races because if he wins, Benjamin Malvern will finally sell him Corr.
The Scorpio Races is one of those books that you can read as much as you want about and raise your expectations to seemingly unreachable levels, but nothing can prepare you for the story within its pages so for everyone reading this review should go and get themselves a copy.
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