Shannon
Seasonal Vibe: spring/summer
Travel Location: Brittany, France, Austria
Historical Time: 1490
Genres: Historical, Fantasy
Read: June 19-July 1, 2026
Format: Hardcover(library book) and audiobook
347 pages • 🎧 Great Audiobook
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The Unicorn Hunters was a beautiful book. It starts off leaning more historical with court/political drama than fantasy, and gradually moves into a story of enchanting legend. It grows to be a magical and romantic story. The writing style is lovely.
The Unicorn Hunters was a beautiful book. It starts off leaning more historical with court/political drama than fantasy, and gradually moves into a story of enchanting legend. It grows to be a magical and romantic story. The writing style is lovely.
This historical fantasy brings an about an alternate version of history, which really makes me think about why fantasy is a form of "speculative" fiction. I'm actually reminded of the The Lady Janies and Mary books (starting with My Lady Jane ), which are a series of alternative historical fantasy YA books. They are favorites of mine. The tone of the Lady Janie books is more humorous, so the style is quite different from The Unicorn Hunters, but they have a common theme; to take a real woman from history and "improve" her story(and add fantasy!).
Originally posted at blog.shannonkay.com.
Seasonal Vibe: spring/summer
Travel Location: Brittany, France, Austria
Historical Time: 1490
Genres: Historical, Fantasy
Read: June 19-July 1, 2026
Format: Hardcover(library book) and audiobook
347 pages • 🎧 Great Audiobook
****
The Unicorn Hunters was a beautiful book. It starts off leaning more historical with court/political drama than fantasy, and gradually moves into a story of enchanting legend. It grows to be a magical and romantic story. The writing style is lovely.
The Unicorn Hunters was a beautiful book. It starts off leaning more historical with court/political drama than fantasy, and gradually moves into a story of enchanting legend. It grows to be a magical and romantic story. The writing style is lovely.
This historical fantasy brings an about an alternate version of history, which really makes me think about why fantasy is a form of "speculative" fiction. I'm actually reminded of the The Lady Janies and Mary books (starting with My Lady Jane ), which are a series of alternative historical fantasy YA books. They are favorites of mine. The tone of the Lady Janie books is more humorous, so the style is quite different from The Unicorn Hunters, but they have a common theme; to take a real woman from history and "improve" her story(and add fantasy!).
Originally posted at blog.shannonkay.com.
I picked this book up for my daughter from the "young teen" graphic novel section in the library, and decided to read it myself before it got returned.
This is a really cute story about a bunch of middle school kids putting on a pretty involved musical theatre production. I love how there was so much focus on the stage crew, with kids fully participating in every part of bringing theatre to life. It really warmed my Thespian alumni heart.
This was published in 2012, which made it older than I expected. It was actually really fun to see tweens using Instant Messages and "feature" phones with the little slide out keyboards.
I picked this book up for my daughter from the "young teen" graphic novel section in the library, and decided to read it myself before it got returned.
This is a really cute story about a bunch of middle school kids putting on a pretty involved musical theatre production. I love how there was so much focus on the stage crew, with kids fully participating in every part of bringing theatre to life. It really warmed my Thespian alumni heart.
This was published in 2012, which made it older than I expected. It was actually really fun to see tweens using Instant Messages and "feature" phones with the little slide out keyboards.
Added to list2026 Releaseswith 15 books.
Added to listSummerwith 5 books.
Updated a reading goal:
Read 12 books in 2026
Progress so far: 45 / 12 375%
