Since I thoroughly enjoyed The Raven Boys by Maggie Stievfvater, I thought I would give The Scorpio Races a chance. I was really blow away my the imagery in this book and once again loved Maggie’s writing! I listened to the audiobook. It was 12 hours, 9 minutes long read by Steve West and Fiona Hardingham.

Likes:

The world-building was so cool, a small town island that has these water horses that come each fall. You could feel like cool, gloomy days on the island and really imagine what the horses and the Scorpio race was like.
I love the MCs – Puck and Sean were probably two of my favorite characters as of late. Puck was so fierce, loyal, strong but vulnerable. I cannot imagine striving under the tragedy her family did. And Sean, so well-written. He was calm, strong and still mysterious.

The ending was so good, so many feels! My heart felt like it was going to burst.

The slow-burn romance was great. It really worked for the story and the environment.

Gripes:

It was a bit slow in some times, it did not at all make me want to stop listening, but I wanted a little more action.

I never really understood why have the races and the appeal of the island over the mainland. I realize leaving your home is not easy, but it just felt like there was this mystery with the island and the races that I wasn’t exactly sure of the draw to do something so dangerous when it was only for money.

Favorite Quote:

“Dori is what mom used to call a ‘strong looking woman,’ which meant from the back she looked like a man and from the front you preferred the back.”

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