Books read: Skandar and the Unicorn Thief, Vanquishers

Vanquishers: I would've liked this book better if we'd had an actual story. Instead, it was all an extended prologue to what I assume will be the real story starting book 2.

Skandar: Serious Harry Potter vibes over those first few chapters. Well, if Harry Potter had to hide that he was secretly sorted into the super forbidden fifth house, aka "all the houses", and Draco Malfoy had reluctantly joined the trio to help him keep that secret. Because their unicorns are best friends.

There is an extremely high percentage of shitty parents in this book among named characters. ( Read more... )