Review: Excellent cozy fantasy read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 13, 2012
Who can resist a Unicorn with a cell phone? Okay, it's the human with the cell phone, not the unicorn.Unicorn on Speed Dial is a lovely, adventurous read. With the pacing of a typical high-impact fantasy and the lovable characters found in cozy mysteries, the book has charm, wit, a great plot(s) and some of the best characters I've read in a long time. I found a number of the plot twists to be unique because the main character is a Mom first and anything else second. That makes for some interesting defense scenes when she is in danger. Tough to fight while holding your fourteen-month-old. While you'd expect her to fall back on some magical trick or have the unicorn or husband pop in to save her, well, let's just say you haven't seen a diaper bag put to such good use, ever.The plethora of animal characters makes this book something special. I was on the edge of my seat when a trio of wolves was in trouble. Yes, I know other things were going on at the time, and they couldn't be instantly rescued, but geez. Bout chewed a nail off there. And Big Brian, the feret. What an AWESOME character. I don't even like ferrets, but Brian is welcome here anytime. Well...Junior the Cat might have something to say about that, and I'm not sure whether he'd view Brian as dinner or not, but I am pretty sure Brian could hold his own.In short-highly recommended read for fantasy lovers, cozy mystery lovers and anyone who still believes, even a little bit in dragons and unicorns.  Safe for young adults.