i gave the scorpio races 5 stars but it doesn't deserve them, but 4 stars seem too little for such a great ensemble of well-crafted characters. the story is very slow, but i think i came to appreciate it, because i learnt a lot about the characters and their motivations in those pages. 
 puck was a mystery to me at the beginning, but i got to know her well enough throughout the book that i think i understood her in the end. the same goes with sean, but with him i almost fell in love. 
 i'm very impressed by the story and the settings and the world building that maggie stiefvater spilled in this book. i was quite sure from following her in twitter that i should like her writing and her stories, but i didn't know that they would be so well-done. 
 my copy of this book is very bad done and i was thinking in bringing it to the library once i read it, but i annotated my book for the first time in... ever..., so the copy will stay with me, because i will read this again in the future... i will go back to thisby to run the races with puck and sean, although what i would like to know is how they are now :)