It may be a bad title and a cheesy cover, but please, please look past that and try this high-adrenaline teen novel!
Astrid Llewelyn’s mom raised her on stories about bloodthirsty, poisonous unicorns, but she always thought that came from her mom’s overactive imagination. But when her boyfriend gets gored by a creature from Astrid’s nightmares and almost dies on a lawn in their Seattle suburb, mom’s legends get a lot more relevant. Forget rainbows and sparkles: unicorns are dark, vicious, and poisonous, and Astrid may have inherited special powers to kill them.
Astrid flies to Rome to join a training program for unicorn huntresses from all over the world. The young women form a deadly sisterhood, intent on exterminating the unicorns before the monsters destroy them.
I was completely engrossed in the original mythology, the fast-paced action, and the characters’ struggles with their destiny. The contemporary Roman setting and some very complicated romance made it even more enjoyable. ~Tegan