Rating:
There is something… the taste of fresh creek water in mouth. The earthy smell of moss and forest flowers. The remains of the snow on the leaves of the last year… the rust spreading on a forgotten blade… This book simply feels like a gulp of beautiful nature, dark haunted ruins, and eerie magic. It will make you wish for a long walk among ancient trees and smell a lily of the valley.
The Last Unicorn, the very title, creates a sense of something special, fragile, and elusive. And the whole novel truly makes you fall for every page, every chapter, looking for more, chasing the plot. Hoping, despairing…
The basic idea and drive of the main character creates a very mysterious atmosphere and a feeling of melancholy and longing. The mystery is gently woven into the so atypical heroine and her journey. And the fictional world is created with obvious care and peculiar imagination. It is rather simple but beautiful. The plot flows through a set of distinct locations with unique features and each adds something special to the overall feeling this book evokes.
The characters have a seed of bittersweet hurt in their cores and even though the novel may seem to target the young audience, the adults are lured and captured by the more mature themes the characters present. The innocent and charming fairytale blends with tragedy and a tiny bit of macabre that will attack your senses and imagination and sear this book into your heart.
Glenn's Nest 