" The Scorpio Races is made up of the stories of two teenagers, Puck and Sean. Puck Connolly is an orphan who lives with her two brothers, but when her older brother announces that he's leaving the island, Puck devises a plan to try and make him stay. She enters the Scorpio Races. The Scorpio Races are a yearly tradition on the island of Thisby. Once a year, water horses came up from the ocean and people on the island try and catch them in order to race in the Scorpio Races. Each year, many people are injured and people also die. Puck enters the race not only to try and make her brother stay, but also because she knows her family could use the money. Also entered into the race is Sean Kendrick. He has won the race four times and is everyone's bet to win again. Sean's relationship with the water horses, and especially with a bright red water horse named Corr, make him a well respected member of Thisby. As the story continues, and Puck and Sean's paths cross, the question of the outcome of the races hangs in the air.
This book was good. Not my favorite, but still a great read. The problem for me was simply getting into the story. I felt like the beginning moved almost painfully slow. The majority of the story and the action was packed near the very end. I did like the story line, that there were carnivorous horses rising out of the sea, and Stiefvater did a great job at allowing the reader to imagine the setting. And the characters were very well developed. Perhaps the biggest positive of this book for me was Sean Kendrick. I absolutely loved his character. And though I fall in love with fictional characters more often than I'd care to admit, Sean was really exceptional. "
— Kirstie, 2/4/2014