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Be sure to catch THE SCORPIO RACES, the book that Seventeen.com called "A wonderful combination of Harry Potter and The Hunger Games that you won't ever want to end."
Written by bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater of SHIVER and FOREVER, THE SCORPIO RACES tells the magical adventure of the most dangerous race in the world where both love and life meet their greatest obstacles, and only the strong of heart can survive.
Entertainment Weekly raves: "In the impossibly thrilling...beautifully executed drama, Stiefvater has established herself as one of the finest YA novelists writing today."
And The New York Times Book Review declares: "Stiefvater, most recognized for her Shiver werewolf romances, not only steps out of the young adult fantasy box with The Scorpio Races but crushes it with pounding hooves... if The Scorpio Races sounds like nothing you’ve ever read, that’s because it is... [Stiefvater has] written a complex literary thriller that pumps new blood into a genre suffering from post-Twilight burnout."
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I must admit that I'm very hesitant to read this book; I saw it in the bookstore and truly debated getting it. I bought this author's book Shiver when it first came out a couple years back expecting... well, a novel. With the lack of plot, a plain main character that was borderline mary-sue, and a far too generic, blah borderline-feminate (not that it's bad for someone to be feminate, but for the character it felt very unnecessary and sometimes out of character) love interest that literally had me cringing at times with his dialogue and actions... it had so much potential to be great but fell flat; it would've been okay if the plot lasted longer than the first three chapters. Sure I caved and bought its sequel Linger, but out of the year and a bit that I've owned it I have yet to find the interest to read it. Because it truly felt like I was reading a lackluster Twilight fan fiction (I mean really, Sam the werewolf? Paul the werewolf? She couldn't have JUST pulled these names off a top 100 list) when reading Shiver - by the time I was a quarter of the way through, I was counting down how far I had left to go until I finished it.
SO I do honestly hope that this book is better than her attempt at writing the werewolf love story that was her Mercy Falls trilogy and lives up to the hype. I truly cannot wait to hear what the average reader has to say about it.
Especially because if not, comparing this book to Harry Potter and the Hunger Games would be quite a travesty... like comparing Twilight to Harry Potter is.
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I question anything being like something and something or being the next Harry Potter, but even before anyone said any of those things I was interested in this book ... I hope it lives up to the hype, its on my must read list on goodreads. I've got waaaaaaaaaaay too many books to read I forget sometimes LOL And its a book about horses ... I seriously love horses ...
THE SCORPIO RACES on sale now! 
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can't wait to get it :worship:
