Review: Excellent book
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 27, 2012
I found The Thirteenth Unicorn to be a good read, although the first couple of chapters had me puzzled as to what it was all about.  I like the blend of the fresh, clean feeling of Camelot with the unexpected danger being just out of sight.I also liked the fact that the main characters were nice people, without being impossibly perfect.  Grandma, for instance, is wise, but gets frustrated and at times almost overwhelmed by the increasing chaos.  When the elves suggest riding, she doesn't just blithely leap astride her steed.  Instead, she irritably points out that she's 68 and can't ride all night.  (Not that that gets her off the hook- or the horse.)A lot of people are recommending this as an older children's book.  Since I'm 58 and looking forward to the sequel, I guess their assessment is right.