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Yet another great book by Tanith Lee, this is the fourth book of hers that I have read, and I have yet to be disappointed.
Black Unicorn is a story, about a young girl, Tanaquil, who is bored and lonely. She feels her mother, who is powerful sorceress, has no time for her. Her father she knows nothing of him, she has never known him. She can mend things, everything she fixes, never breaks. One day with the help of peeve,( cat like animal) she discovers a bunch of bones in the desert. Puts them t ...more
Black Unicorn is a story, about a young girl, Tanaquil, who is bored and lonely. She feels her mother, who is powerful sorceress, has no time for her. Her father she knows nothing of him, she has never known him. She can mend things, everything she fixes, never breaks. One day with the help of peeve,( cat like animal) she discovers a bunch of bones in the desert. Puts them t ...more
I liked the main character and her peeve well enough, and the story went by quickky. I didn't always have an easy time following Lee's writing, and I'm still not sure about the world weeks later. I liked the interesting takes on magic and the unicorn, though. It was a fun read.
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