I was born with a secret. The problem was, I didn’t know it… Not until two weirdoes turned up at my door asking to speak to my grandfather. My grandfather that had been mute since a stroke five years ago. When he uttered his first words in years to them asking us to find Cassiopeia, I found myself leaving the comfort of the only home I’d ever known and embarking on a quest with the strangest … with the strangest couple of people I’d ever met.
As elusive as they are strange, I only followed in the hope that whoever Cassiopeia was, she would help my grandfather. However these two are looking for a rare diamond and my own quest means nothing to them. They are hiding secrets of their own, secrets that neither is willing to share.
Thankfully, they enlist a navigator to help them through the perilous terrain, a local bad boy and money grabber only interested in one thing…and no it isn’t me.
With the three of them dead set on finding the diamond and me out to find Cassie, tension is high, and it’s not helping that the dark fae know we are looking and will stop at nothing to keep hold of the diamond. Add unicorns, mages, evil gryphons and dragon shifters into the mix and soon my life takes on a terrifying turn, which nothing has prepared me for.
The Unicorn key is an electrifying first in series by the USA Today Bestselling authors who brought you the Dragon Tamer series. Realm of Light and Fire is guaranteed to have you hiding under your covers with your flashlight, turning the pages.
Scroll up and one click now for the adventure of your life.
more
We have four young people who are complete strangers, Freya, River, Opal and Jet who embark on a journey together each with their own mission to accomplish.
Freya is going to look for a woman, Cassiopeia, Freya believes this woman can help her Grandfa who had a stroke about five years ago and has not spoken since. Freya would do anything to have her Grandfa back again.
Opal and Jet are looking for a rare and beautiful diamond. Opal and Jet seem to have an air of mystery about them as if they have a lot of secrets. What could they be hiding? Is it good or bad?
River is hired by Opal and Jet to be their guide on their journey. Freya is very suspicious of River and believes that he has other reasons for going along than just being their guide. She believes that he may be a con artist out to rob them blind. River claims that he is also going along to help keep them safe but is that the complete truth?
Their journey takes them through the dark forest where no one has ever been known to come out alive with all the dark creatures lurking in the forest. Someone is following them on their journey. Who could be following them? What do they want? Why are they following them? Is it for good or evil?
The Unicorn Key is a great introduction into a great new world with unicorns, shifters, fae, pixies and other dark creatures. It is filled with magic, evil, darkness and with lots of action and some mighty big twist that kept me racing through the pages to see how Freya, River, Opal and Jet were going to reach their destination to find what they were looking for and complete their tasks.
I could see it all playing out in my head like a movie. I could see the dark forest, the creatures within the forest, the unicorns and the dragons with all the beautifully written descriptions. The Unicorn Key is not the first book that I have read by these amazing authors. Each and every book that I have read by these two has been really awesome as I could see it all in my head. It was like we have ESP or something. The world building for The Unicorn Key is just so brilliant and amazing. I can’t wait to delve deeper into this amazing new world of Realm of Light and Fire in the next book.
I do highly recommend The Unicorn Key to all fans of fantasy, magic, paranormal creatures, shifters, action, adventure and so much more. One click yourself a copy today to begin this magical adventure!
J.A. Culican and J.A.Armitage. Two of my absolute favorite authors. Put them together and just you know that the result has got to be awesome. In the case The Unicorn Key (Realm of Light and Fire, Book 1) you’d be totally right. A heady mix of unicorns, mages, evil gryphons and dragon shifters. A fantastic plot that complex but easy to follow and wonderfully exciting. A cast, from Freya, River, Opal and Jet on down that is simply superb. Fantastic world-building and perfect writing. Reading ambrosia and easily worth five stars.
All the classic elements of an epic fantasy quest are in this book and then some. A girl living in a small, quiet village finds out from mysterious strangers that there are secrets in her family and she alone has the power to save the world. Lots of walking to collect pieces of something, tawdry taverns and inns, help from unexpected places, shifters, romance, betrayal, a delightful hidden village, and a couple bard-worthy boss battles.
The story line was creative, with some unexpected twists. The characters were well developed, including a few support characters I hope make repeat appearances in subsequent books. The world building was immersive. Overall an enjoyable escape.
This book skews a bit younger than other books I have read by these authors. It is clean, no sex or graphic gore. But it is also lacking a level of complexity and realism that one would expect from books written for an older audience. I saw another review compared this to a fairy tale, and I think that is why. It is a very straight forward telling of a story. That might be part of where the GameLit feel comes from too. Collect these tokens, complete those side quests, defeat that bad guy. The way one of the baddies was dispatched felt straight out of a game to me but I’ll stop there because spoilers.
The Unicorn Key is fantasy adventure which sees Freya having to leave home with two complete strangers. She needs their help and that of the other strangers they pick up along the way. This book was difficult to get on with and the characters a bit odd. however it did improve about half way in. It is difficult to know who to trust as everyone has their own agenda. However The Unicorn Key does take the reader on an action packed journey that elicits a whole range of emotions. This is a good book and the start of a new series that definitely has potential to be fabulous.
Good book
I love the Team that our MC formed to go on this epic adventure; the world building was amazing and the story line pretty good but, for me, it was really slow, it was hard for me to get into the book but it improves a lot after the first half; really enjoy the last chapters, where there was more action and the group really solidify her friendship and maybe something more… The end is promising, hope the next book is more action-packaged and also would love to see more romance.
Freya hasn’t heard her grandfather speak in years. One day a couple of strangers show up and insist that he talk to them. Her grandfather is needed, but sends Freya in his place. So off she goes with Opal and Jet. Along the way River joins the group as a guide. They all have secrets, and I can’t wait to find the all out.
What an extraordinary story of good vs. evil! I fell in love with the characters and the world. Beautiful imagery combined with masterful storytelling results in an exciting adventure. I LOVED it!
I received an ARC copy of this book for an honest review.
I really enjoyed this book and the way that the authors have come together to write it.
This book managed to pull a lot of emotions out of me, I laughed, I cried and I got angry. So if a book is able to bring those emotions out then it’s definitely a great read.
I’d definitely recommend it for the reasons I’ve given above
I really enjoyed this book and I recommend it to anyone. To save her grandfather from wasting away in silence, Freya agrees to accompany two strangers on a journey to save a diamond. This diamond was to keep the dark from taking over the world. Along the way they pick up a guide and another person to add to their little group. Each one is necessary to the completion of their mission. The question was – could they trust everyone in their group?