Violence Quotes in The Scorpio Races

The very first line of the novel does a cracking job of setting a grim tone. This book is definitely going to be more Gears of War than My Little Pony.

It takes a whole ten paragraphs for Maggie Stiefvater to prove that she wasn't kidding with that first line. She's basically saying, "Boom. Dismemberment. This ain't your grandmother's Black Beauty."

Okay, this is a disgusting description, but it doesn't seem to unsettle Sean Kendrick at all. Must be because he's used to the violence of the island.