Genre-Romance, Fantasy
Age- Young Adult
Release Date- October 18th 2011
Original publisher- Scholastic Press
Page Count- 404
Average GoodReads Rating- 4.08/5
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Synopsis-
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.
Review-
Synopsis-
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.
Review-
I loved this book. Do not let the Shiver trilogy put you off her other books, I didn't like Shiver but I loved The Scorpio Races. I borrowed this book from the library but liked it so much that I had to buy myself a copy! This book has a spilt perspective, on being Puck's and the others being Sean's. I loved both of these main characters- especially Sean- and I found both characters had extremely good character development throughout this book. I also found the Capaill Uisce- which are the water horses- a very nice a unique addition to this book. As far as I know the Capaill Uisce haven't been in any other book and this creates a very unique mithical creature. I personally love when authors make up new animals so this was right up my street.The only real problem that I had with this book was that I found the ending just too good and happy. It was highly unrealistic as everything turned out okay, every problem was resolved in a happy way. In my opinion I think that a book is better when somethings are still wrong or unknown in the story just so it makes the fiction so much more realistic.
