Sinossi
Succede ogni autunno, sull'isola di Thisby. Dalle gelide acque dell'oceano si spingono a riva i cavalli d'acqua, creature affascinanti e crudeli che gli abitanti catturano per montarli nella Corsa dello Scorpione. Il vincitore guadagnerà fama e denaro, i meno fortunati incontreranno la morte. Ma qualcosa cambia quando alla gara si iscrive Kate Connolly, capelli rossi e tempra di ferro. Kate è determinata a correre con la sua cavalla Dove, sfidando usanze secolari che vogliono solo concorrenti maschi e nessun cavallo ordinario. Certo, non ha molte possibilità contro Scan Kendrick, diciannove anni, il favorito, esperto domatore di cavalli. Nessuno dei due è preparato a ciò che sta per succedere, perché quest'anno la Corsa dello Scorpione non sarà solo questione di gloria e denaro, ma di amore e destino.
- ISBN: 8817144258
- Casa Editrice: BUR Biblioteca Univ. Rizzoli
- Pagine: 464
- Data di uscita: 11-02-2020
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You know I had to. It IS my favorite of all my books, after all.
”Somewhere close by, a man is moaning; he’s been trampled or thrown or bitten. He sounds resentful or surprised. Did no one tell him that pain lives in this sand, dug in and watered with our blood?” I really don’t know where I should start with this review because just like any of Maggie’s other book Leggi tutto
reading ten year old YA fantasy just to be unhinged. this was, to me, more the Shiver variety of maggie stiefvater (fine, boring, not memorable) than the raven cycle variety (magical, everything to me, like my family, has gansey in it). it's not what i would've expected from the title alone, but to be Leggi tutto
Also posted on STRANGEMORE.COM. This is basically the paranormal version of Misty of Chincatigue with (gasp!) romance! Like Hidalgo, on the beach instead of the desert with (gasp!) kissing! Between two riders! NOT between the horse and it's rider though. Well... sometimes between the horse and it's ri Leggi tutto
this book was not what i was expecting. not in the least. i went into this thinking it would simply be an action-packed tale of a daring race; but what i got was so, so much more. i found myself comforted by a story that showed, in a very special way, that sometimes life is not about what you want,
"This Skarmouth is raw and hungry, striving and unknowable. Everything the race makes me feel on the inside is bleeding up through the seams in the street tonight." - Sean Kendrick "I wonder how long it will take for me to feel as adult on the inside as I look on the outside." - Puck Connolly *deep b Leggi tutto
"It's easy to convince men to love you. All you have to do is be a mountain they have to climb or a poem they don't understand." Puck has a horse, two brothers and soon no house to call a home. Sean's heart beats for something that he doesn't own. Both have no choice and only one chance to get what t Leggi tutto
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