Review: The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Will there ever be a better book than The Scorpio Races? I think not. It is my favorite book. It is my comfort book. Which I needed this year more than ever. This made it so it took me much longer to re-read this precious story for the fourteenth time. But I do not mind. As I still loved it with all my heart. It means the most to me.

This time I am not going to write a long review. As I have already said all there is to say about this book and more. And yet I never tire of writing about this book. But making it short this time. You could always go back and check out all my previous reviews, as there are many of those. I always have so much to say about it.

But trying my best this time to write just a little bit. I do not think I will ever stop reading this book. Fourteen times now. I still love it like it was the first time I read it. It is my most favorite book of all time. It's the book that brings me the most joy while reading. The most heartbreak at times. And it makes me simply giddy over the cuteness. That ending is still the rudest. Yet also the most perfect ending there is. It ruins me every time. And makes my heart heal every time too. And I am still every kind of broken that there still isn't a second book. Hmph. Maggie really needs to start writing it already, ha. I want a sequel to this story more than anything. I still have so many questions that I want the answer to. And so many hopes for the future of these precious characters. And I want an official second story more than anything. Need it most.

There is much that I could say about this book. So much that I write every year. But I am keeping it short this year. My love for this book is never ending. I love reading about Puck and her brothers and her island horse so much. It breaks my heart that they have so little and risk loosing all. I love how brave and fierce and stubborn and loving Puck is. She is the best. I so adore her little brother Finn. I very much love their relationship together. They are the cutest. I am still mad at their older brother, Gabe. That never changes.

Then there is Sean and his water horse, Corr. And his love of this dangerous and deadly little island. Oh, how badly I loved this boy. He did not have it all that good. I just wanted the best for him. I wanted him to get to live at his fathers home. To get to own Corr. And for him and Puck to be together. They started off as not friends. Then grew into friends and something more. And this was the most precious thing to read about. I loved how he helped her. I loved how they both somewhat changed the other. So cute together.

I honestly just love this book with all my heart. I cannot describe how much it means to me. I still love it every time that I read it. I never get a feeling that there is something that I love less. Which is the best. I love reading about the races. How they don't want Puck to enter, as the first woman. How she is doing it anyway. I loved reading about this island and how everything worked. Most of all I loved reading about Puck and Sean together. Especially the scene where they are both riding Corr. It makes my heart ache.

The Scorpio Races is still my most favorite book. It is still the book that I would recommend that everyone reads. Simply because it is truly perfection. I honestly love every part of this story. I need you all to read it as well. So that maybe Maggie will start writing a sequel, to heal my soul. I need more of Puck and Sean. More than I can say. I want more of them together. I want more of George Holly. I need more November cakes. I want more of Corr and Dove. More of Finn. Gods. But even without a sequel, this book is perfect.

 

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