Maggie Stiefvater creates amazing characters. She also makes me want to get back up on a horse, even though it's probably been thirteen or fourteen years since I've ridden. Although The Scorpio Races features capaill uscha, horses that eat flesh and come from Celtic mythology, in a way they do remind me of the horses we had when I was growing up. While reading this book I relived the pain of coming home from a vacation to find that our horses had been suddenly sold and that I never got the chance to say goodbye to them. Now all but the colt and filly are probably dead. I'll never forget quietly exiting the house at night, not waking the dog or my parents, to go lay over Little Star's back and let him do as he pleased or whisper into Taco's ear.
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Yes, we had a horse named Taco. No, I didn't name her.
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I imagine that's how Puck and Sean must feel about their horses. I was never brave enough to race, or even canter much on my horses, so horse race books always intrigued me. Where was this book when I was in junior high? I would have loved it then. I love it now.