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Interesting idea: Veterinary students called in on some very special cases . . . as in unicorns and griffins. Loved most of the characters, loved the world(s). Kind of wish there was a little less veterinary medicine, and a little more character/world development. The two major plotlines (one a mystery back in the mortal world, and one a looming war in the fantastical Crossroads) kind of got short shrift for my money. I also wanted more of the characters, more more more! Especially as they got t
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Apr 07, 2012
Snail in Danger (Sid) Nicolaides
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Not exactly a cult classic, but maybe the secret former favorite of every woman who was ever a girl who loved to read fantasy and wanted to be a veterinarian when she grew up. I don't fall into that category, but this was loaned to me by two people who did. I suddenly got the urge to re-read this, possibly because I stumbled across a mention of First Aid for Fairies and Other Fabled Beasts.
When I was a teenager, I loved this because the idea of walking and (sometimes) talking mythical creatures ...more
When I was a teenager, I loved this because the idea of walking and (sometimes) talking mythical creatures ...more
May 21, 2015
Michelle
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an occasionally unevenly-written "normal people end up in a fantasy land" sort of tale, only SWEET BABY MONKEY IT'S ABOUT VETERINARIANS TREATING UNICORNS AND WHATNOT.
BJ is a 4th year vet student in the middle of a brutal life upheaval that makes her question whether she can finish school. on the verge of walking out the door, she's invited by a large animal prof to join an ambulatory rotation, where she finds herself again by finding herself in an entirely different world. there's a somewhat sup ...more
BJ is a 4th year vet student in the middle of a brutal life upheaval that makes her question whether she can finish school. on the verge of walking out the door, she's invited by a large animal prof to join an ambulatory rotation, where she finds herself again by finding herself in an entirely different world. there's a somewhat sup ...more
May 31, 2009
Elizabeth McDonald
marked it as to-read
