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The Darkest Unicorn

Alice Hemming (Goodreads Author)

3.82 · Rating details · 44 ratings · 9 reviews

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Paperback, 384 pages

Published March 5th 2020 by Scholastic

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May 11, 2020 N.L. McFarlane rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I enjoyed the first book, 'The Midnight Unicorn', but I found this one to be much more enchanting. I was gripped from the start with the characters and the plot flowed effortlessly into something that I read in two days...
I loved that one of the main characters reminded me of another fairytale character and how well the author had described everything. A lovely read and a fantastic adventure. ...more

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Dec 13, 2020 KBooks - rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Another enchanting story!
I was gripped straight away, with the characters and adventures! 🏔🏰🦄🐺

People can’t change the past but they sure can change how they act in the future 💪🏼 we are as strong as our weakness!

It goes to show that the memories that matter never fade! And the people that love you most will never give up hope! 💕

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Nov 07, 2020 Louise rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This might not make much sense since I wrote this at 11:30 at night but here is my review:
“If I find myself in danger of growing old then I shall throw myself off a high mountaintop”
This book like the first one was really good at first at the start I was a little confused about why they spent the first 4 chapters and 40 pages on not the main character and I was confused and a little mad. But then I found out that those 4 chapters and 40 pages were really important because they were the pages of This might not make much sense since I wrote this at 11:30 at night but here is my review:
“If I find myself in danger of growing old then I shall throw myself off a high mountaintop”
This book like the first one was really good at first at the start I was a little confused about why they spent the first 4 chapters and 40 pages on not the main character and I was confused and a little mad. But then I found out that those 4 chapters and 40 pages were really important because they were the pages of the first child Sander kidnapped and how we know that the Greatest unicorn was evil. So I found it kind of crazy how these two girls just go off with this some random guy not ever seeing him before and just going off to see some magical unicorn who grants wishes like two girls did this and they are completely insane like haven't their parents ever warn them of stranger danger anyway it's ridiculous. There are a few mentions in this book of what happened in the last book like Berwick he was one of King Zelos’s slaves and is now part of the royal council he is mentioned in this book and the golden tree that Audrey and Alette grew that is also mentioned in the book so the book is still connected to the Midnight Unicorn which is pretty cool. I like how the villain in the story is a unicorn it makes a really cool storyline because usually, unicorns are cool good strong creatures but in this book the Greatest Unicorn is evil and it is so cool. I kinda got mad at Sander a lot because he kept lying just when I start to trust him he lies and this happens throughout the whole book just when I start to trust him again we find out that he has lied again and it was so frustrating. I predicted that Sanders deal with the Unicorn was that he wouldn't grow old and I was happy to find out that it was true but I am so mad at him that he sacrificed his life like yeah cool he got rid of the unicorn but he could have gotten rid of the unicorn and still be alive it was possible and I’m just so mad that he decided to die and then when the book mentioned what he said earlier in the book “If I find myself in danger of growing old then I shall throw myself off a high mountaintop” I couldn't believe that he was serious in saying that anyway I was kinda hoping that he would somehow still be alive and come back to us but sadly he didn't. This book is all about change and not change it about embracing what's around us and live in the moment and that our memories are so important to us and its ok to wish that, that moment never ended but its also ok to let go and move on because it helps us learn and grow and know that what we do have is really important. Just like Linelle she wished that she could have more so she and her father could have a better life but in the end, she knew that the life she has was great, and just because she didn't have jewels and riches she knew that it doesn't matter because she has her father who loves her and they are happy and that's all she needs. And Thandie all she wanted was her mother she didn't want to admit that hetty was her sister and that her home wasn't with her mother anymore but with Ma Tilbury, Hetty, Filch, and Tib they are her new family and her new home she didn't want to admit this but throughout the book, she realized that they were her family and where she lived with them is her home. She might never have found out what happened to her mother but she accepts that she has to let go and be with the people in her life who love her she will always have the memories of her mother and that is what is important.
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Oct 18, 2020 Kelly rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Linnel a farmers daughter who goes to study on the outskirts of the woods and meets Sander who has a pipe and plays beautiful music, he tells Linnel of the unicorn and how he can grant her a wish Sander takes Linnel to meet the unicorn.
Linnel is the first of many missing children resulting in a curfew, Thandie and her friends dare each other to go out the city walls where Thandie meets Sander.
Thandie is a strong willed girl who is determine to find the missing ones and leaves with Sander on the ...more

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Jun 05, 2020 Steph Wu rated it liked it · review of another edition

Thanks to Scholastic for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is the perfect upper primary action-adventure novel. I definitely feel like my younger self would have enjoyed this book a lot more.

I wasn't much of a fan of the prologue with Linnel, personally got really annoyed at her and her stupid decisions which kind of causes the whole plot in the first place. When we got introduced to Thandie, that's when the story got rolling and I started becoming invested.

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Jun 13, 2020 Esther rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: crowborough-library

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May 02, 2020 Aleisha Rose rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This book is now one of my favourite books of all time. I couldn’t put it down. I just wanted to know what was going to happen next. This book had me crying and smiling. It wasn’t what I was expecting at all! I would 100% recommend this book to anyone

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