Review - The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Title: The Scorpio Races

Author: Maggie Stiefvater

Series: Stand Alone

Pages: 416

Published: October 18, 2011 by Scholastic Press

ISBN: 9780545224901

Source: Around The World Tours

Description: It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. Some riders live. Others die. At age nineteen, Sean Kendrick is the returning champion. He is a young man of few words, and if he has any fears, he keeps them buried deep, where no one else can see them.  Puck Connolly is different. She never meant to ride in the Scorpio Races. But fate hasn’t given her much of a chance. So she enters the competition — the first girl ever to do so. She is in no way prepared for what is going to happen.

I Give This ...

 

I really wasn't sure on this one from the start.  But, Maggie has such a unique way of writing her stories that I was more than willing to give it a try.  I'm finding myself disappointed with her books as of late though.

The Scorpio Races was missing something.  I never really felt connected to the story.  I kept trying to feel something for Puck and Sean.  I wanted to care about them and their reasoning behind running in the race.  But, it never came.  And since I wasn't invested in their stories, I had a hard time reading the book.

I did enjoy the mythology presented in this novel.  I don't know a lot about the folklore behind the idea of the water horses.  But, I really liked the way it was presented here.  I did have a hard time wrapping my head around what they should look like.  One minute I would imagine an actual horse but then it wouldn't fit with the action of killing someone.  A lot of the time I kept picturing the thestrals for Harry Potter.  

I just felt disconnected from the entire story.  Not really memorable for me.