juliayoung 's review for:

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

5.0

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I'm going to start this off by saying I have some mixed feelings about Maggie Stiefvater. I loved the Raven Cycle, hated Shiver. All the Crooked Saints was interesting, and I feel like it was a good use of time, but I'm not planning on reading it a second time. So, as you can probably tell, I was a little apprehensive picking up the Scorpio Races. A previous teacher of mine (who I respect the bookish opinions of) actually recommended this to me (but then again, she also liked Shiver.. uuk...). But I love Kelpies, and I love small towns stuck in the past, so I was willing to try reading it. AND READ I DID. The Scorpio Races was great. I feel like the romance and characters were more human than I was used to, but sometimes still felt disconnected (my opinions and feelings were probably a little bit more than a little influenced by the setting). But yeah! Scorpio Races is great (maybe even my favorite Stiefvater book, and it's a good breather book from deep ones.