Normally in this blog Jan & I will talk mostly about Adult titles, however I want to bring to your attention a few young adult titles that I have enjoyed recently. The first author I want to talk about is Diana Peterfreund. She originally wrote an adult series called “Secret Society Girl.” This series takes place on an elite university campus where the all male secret society, Rose and Grave, have decided to induct women into the society for the first time. The main character Amy Haskell is one of these women tapped for the society. This causes all kinds of trouble with the Rose and Grave alumni who want the society to remain all male. I really enjoyed this story which takes place over five books. There is mystery, intrigue and of course a love interest for Amy.
After Peterfreund finished this series she switched things up and started a young adult book about unicorns. These are not your typical white fluffy unicorns. Peterfreund has made unicorns venomous, man-eating beast with sharp fangs. Throughout the world unicorns have started to reemerge and attack humans. The only people who can stop them are the virgin descendants of Alexander the Great. Astrid Llewelyn has always thought that her mothers obsession with the legend of unicorns a bit crazy. That is until one evening when she is out in the woods with her boyfriend, who is suddenly attacked by a unicorn. Her mother packs her off to Rome to train as a unicorn hunter. Astrid is your average teenage girl who has a strained relationship with her mother, is falling in love with an American art student and is not at all sure about the mission of the unicorn hunters. There are currently two books in this series, the first one is Rampant and the second is Ascendant. I hope that there will be a third one.
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