There are three big things going for The Scorpio Races: first, it is set on a beautiful but wild island in the middle of the cold Atlantic Ocean. That would've seduced me as a teen reader. Second, It is full of beautiful but killer horses being trained for a dangerous race. Actually, that would've seduced me as a teen reader as well. At third it involves a very repressed love story with a very Mr. Darcy-like love interest.
Maggie StiefvaterI walk through the seasons and always the birds are singing and screaming and keening for love When you're with me it seems so absurd that I should be jealous of the jay and the dove.
Maggie StiefvaterThe dog pranced delightedly around his feet as if he'd been gone to another planet instead of merely underneath a car.
Maggie StiefvaterGansey studied Adam's erratic handwriting. His letters always looked like they were running from something.
Maggie Stiefvater