The Last Unicorn

4.5
This book had everything I love about classic fantasy novels. Definitely not an epic but a soft tale filled with riddles & rhymes, talking cats, witty dialogue, a whimsical quest, a prince and of course, a unicorn!! The writing was so beautiful too and had a satisfying end :')

It's written just as you would expect any fairy tale to be written but never felt silly or childish. In a way it reminded me of the Little Prince. Nothing makes logical “sense” but I really like that. Peter Beagle essentially creates this world and plops us in it without explaining anything LOL.
We just start off with this unicorn who lives in a lilac wood. There's no world building, backstory or established rules. Even the magician doesn't understand his own magic The mythology is mixed up with all sorts of other fables and at one point Robin Hood even appears. Honestly anyone who likes The Princess Bride would enjoy this. I would read it again.

Not 5 stars but don't get me wrong! I really did enjoy this. I'm not sure why but something is stopping me from giving it a 5 so it's gonna sit here.

Final note: Also can I just say, I love when characters know they're in a fairy tale and give us great dialogue like this:
“They deserve their fate, they deserve worse. To leave a child out in the snow-“ “Well if they hadn't, he couldn't have grown up to be a prince. Haven't you been in a fairy tale before?”

“We are in a fairy tale, and must go where it goes.”

“Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.”