Shannon's Review - Unicorns Know That Rainbows Will Show by J.H. Baringer

Title: Unicorns Know That Rainbows Will Show
Series: #1 in series
Author: J.H. Baringer
Genre: Fiction, Children, Picture Book, Fantasy, Unicorns, Magic
Publisher: Self Published??
Received: From author for an honest review
Release Date: November 2018
Pages: 50
Rating:




Author J.H. Baringer’s Official Websites:


Website:
https://www.jhbaringer.com/

Blog:https://www.jhbaringer.com/blog

Facebook:None

Twitter:https://twitter.com/baringer_h



Shannon’s Thoughts:
This brightly illustrated picture book follows the story of a young unicorn named Iram. One day he lets his curiosity lead his way to another land and gets lost. Unable to find his way home, he runs into a wooded area with shiny fairies gathering fruit. The friendly fairies offer him help.

The art done by the artist, Suzana Vulovic, captures the whimsy rhythmic prose of author, J.H. Baringer. It is a cute story with a comforting feel.

A few errors bring my rating down. The word hart was used twice meaning heart in your chest. When the word hart means a deer. Some of the rhyming schemes were off in paragraphs and felt as it was making weird story choices. Now, most of these could be an error in translating from another language to English, which I think might have been the case.

Even with its errors, the story is cute and the art is fitting. I am curious about Iram further adventures.

Shannon's Review - Uni The Unicorn And The Dream Come True by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Title: Uni The Unicorn And The Dream Come True

Series: Uni The Unicorn

Author: Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Genre: Childrens, Picturebook, Fantasy, Unicorns

Publisher: Random House Books For Young Readers

Received: Borrowed

Release Date: August 2017

Pages: 40

Rating:

Author Amy Krouse Rosenthal Official Websites:

Website

http://www.whoisamy.com/

Blog

N/A

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/missamykr/

Twitter

https://twitter.com/missamykr

Shannon’s Thoughts:

Adorable sequel to Uni The Unicorn.  Finally fans get the see Uni and the little girl from the first book get together all because they believe in each other.

I was happy to see this continuation of Uni The Unicorn as the first book ended abruptly and without conclusiveness. Getting to see the little blonde hair-girl and Uni together was bittersweet as they saved the dreary skies and magicless unicorn world.

Although the story is sweet it is a little too simple and yearns for more substance by the end. The story has so much potential but not unlike the first book it runs out of steam.

While I still think this is a good book there are just things as an adult that rub me the wrong way but for child I do not think they would be noticed.

Dark Fire by Chris D'Lacey

Title: Dark Fire
Series: #5 of the Last Dragon Chronicles
Author: Chris D’Lacey
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Series
Publisher: Orchard Books                                         
Received: Purchased at Barnes & Noble
Release Date:  September 2009
Pages:567
Rating:

What Is It About?  In this 5th book of the series of The Last Dragon Chronicles returning characters David Rain, The Pennykettle dragons, Liz and Lucy Pennykettle, Arthur, Zanna, Alexa and more. All come together as real dragons come back to life!

My Thoughts: I loved that D’Lacey brought back characters back like Sophie even if it was a small scene. My only problem is there are so many character now (not to mention races) that I get confuzzled especially  since I haven’t re-read the earlier books and do not have the time.

I did like this book better then the 4th book The Fire Eternal.  I am more interested in the story of dragon and girl then all the alien like beings you can scratch those or the polar bear which are okay in the story but it is just too much.

So I did enjoy the book but just had some issues with it.