The Friday Face-Off: Unicorn

The Friday Face-Off was created by Books by Proxy, where each week bloggers can showcase books with covers centered around a weekly theme. You can visit Lynn’s Books for a list of upcoming themes. Join in the fun each Friday by finding a book whose cover is based on the theme!

This week’s theme: “I thought unicorns were more…Fluffy.” – A cover featuring a unicorn.

It should be easy to find books with unicorns on the cover, but I had a surprisingly hard time with this one! I decided to stray from the obvious choice (The Last Unicorn). I’m sure other bloggers will feature that and I wanted to choose something different. I decided to feature a relatively obscure book, Ariel by Steven R. Boyett. I actually know Steve, I met him while taking a writing class years ago, and we’ve sort of stayed in touch over the years. Ariel is his first book, and it was so much fun! The MC Pete is a 20-year-old virgin, hence his ability to make friends with a unicorn, lol. I could only find four covers, but a couple of them are really good. Take a look:

Ace Books 1983 edition | Ace Books 2009 edition

Scorpius Digital Publishing 2000 edition | E-Reads 2009 edition

These are all U.S. editions, I believe, so we don’t have an international selection this week. I love all of these for different reasons, but my favorite is the edition I own, the original Ace 1983 paperback. I love the composition of this cover, the New York City skyline in the back, and the dolphins swimming near the boat!

Let me know which cover is your favorite:-D Have you read Ariel?

Posted March 29, 2019 by Tammy in The Friday Face-Off / 23 Comments

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23 responses to “The Friday Face-Off: Unicorn

    • Tammy

      I really love that one too, and like you I’m sort of bummed that there isn’t a unicorn poking his head from behind a building or something:-)

  1. Lol… yep – that other blogger is me! I was the one who chose The Last Unicorn:)). This book is a great choice and I love the Scorpious Digital Publishing 2000 cover, which looks truly magical…

  2. The Last Unicorn was my thought, also, haha. Now that I think of it, I’m not even sure I can think of a book I’ve read that has a unicorn on the cover.. or in it? Your pick is great! I like your pick and Scorpius one, they really intrigue me. 🙂

    • Tammy

      It’s actually more post apocalyptic fantasy. There are very few human characters in it, so I wouldn’t call it urban fantasy. Although that second cover definitely has a UF vibe!

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