Spriggana

More like 3 and ½ stars, but I'm giving it a benefit of the doubt. I liked the story of Peri and her struggle to find out who she really is. Still, the setting – close-future USA – bothers me. Releasing a deadly race-specific virus in Africa is a crime, but releasing a deadly virus in Asia is apparently OK, because the UN said so (and they asked for it by not agreeing to limit CO₂ emission)...

Am I the only one who wanted to strangle Flavia's father? He loved Harriet so much that he would rather part with her house then with one very valuable book, because they have signed it together? Aaaargh.

An extra star for the excellent Saint Nick trap. Read and learn, Bob Howard! ;-)

The whole series is great, with the first book being my favorite. If I could give half-stars rating it would be 5 for the first volume, 4 for the second and 4.5 for the third one. But somehow rounding the 4.5 to 5 this time does not seem right, so 4 stars it is.

Sadly, no unicorns. A FHK-style unicorn would probably earn an extra star ;-)