Rampant

why only three stars?? i really don't know. this book should have been an out-of the-park home run. killer unicorns and the teenage virgins who hunt them. i mean - criminy. because i love unicorns - i am a girl and it is in our contract. and i love the inverting of the traditional, which is not a gir......more

I'll start by saying this is a fantastic premise. It's about as high-concept as you get: "Killer unicorns!" The only basic book idea to hook you in fewer words is Jurassic Park, with, "Dinosaurs!" The author also set up a lot of compelling dilemnas for Astrid, the protagonist. She has the special pow......more

Reviewed by Joan Stradling for TeensReadToo.com Think unicorns are sweet, magical horse-like creatures? Think again! Diana Peterfreund introduces us to the darker side of unicorns in her novel RAMPANT. Peterfreund's unicorns are man-eating monsters. They can kill with poison in their horns, rip someo......more

Let me start by saying that I know I am not the target audience for this book. However, I work in the Kid's section of a bookstore and wind up reading quite a few YA book, either out of genuine interest or just to keep up with what's on the shelves. So I also know that target audience or not, there......more

I had plagued this book with prejudices from the beginning, so I probably had no business reading it in the first place, which makes this an unfair rating and review. I actually wanted to stop reading it at least ten times and never pick it up again, that would be a first for me, because I can never......more