Peterfreund, Dianna. Rampant. New York City: HarperCollins Publishers, 2009. 402 pages. (Fantasy)Astrid Llewelyn has a boyfriend, a job, and a crazy mother. Life couldn’t get any more complicated, at least that’s what she thinks. One night, her boyfriend is attacked by a unicorn and that’s when her life changes forever. When her unicorn-fanatic mother finds out there is a unicorn hunting training camp in Rome, she packs up her daughters belongings and ships her off. Astrid arrives to find a crumbling building and an overwhelmed caretaker, but she stays, knowing her mother wouldn’t let her return home yet. As the other hunters arrive, she finds they all have one thing in common, ashamed of it or not. Her cousin, Philippa Llewelyn, also arrives, and together they find their way outside the crumbling building to the unknown world beyond. In the city, they meet Seth and Giovanni, two Americans in Rome at school. Each time they meet, that one little thing that allows them to be hunters is jeopardized, until it is finally broken. With one hunter down, the remaining huntresses find themselves in all the more danger, and every time they meet the unicorns, they have to be prepared to give up their lives, and the lives of others.
This book was phenomenal! It was so different from most books, and it had many, intertwining, and twisted paths that were unknown until the very end. I could not put this book down; it was written so well and was so suspenseful. For anyone who enjoys fantasy, this is a must read! I would give it a five star rating, because I simply cannot find anything to criticize!
Reviewed by: DancingPenguin96
