The Scorpio Races

it took me a long time to get into this book, because I was like, “I don't care about these murder-horses.” But then: I did care about the murder-horses???

This seems like a complicated book to sell. It's a lot more brutal than I associate with most “horse books” but it's not myth-heavy enough to be a good Percy Jackson-readalike. I dunno. Kinda Holly Black-y, maybe? Maybe, like me, other people people will back-read her catalog after reading the Raven Cycle?

also, IMPORTANT SPOILER: it seems like a cat gets eaten by a murder-horse but THE CAT IS OKAY