- Hardcover: 314 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; 1st edition (30 July 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0061050946
- ISBN-13: 978-0061050947
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13.7 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,768,862 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Combining colorful characterizations, lots of fast-paced action, and a decided sense of menace...this is entertaining fare indeed." -- "Booklist" on the Acorna series
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The further adventures of the Unicorn Girl.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Acorna's People is my favorite in the Acorna series. It is action-packed and romantic. Acorna is basically a full-grown Linyarii by this time and is prepared to choose a life mate. The one she chooses could have a book of his own, he has been through so much. This novel takes place on the new Linyarii home world and it is fascinating how Acorna has been introduced to her people and how she is coping with them on their planet. It is evident that Acorna has a little bit of the "barbaric" humans in her and it takes her awhile to get used to some of her people's customs. This novel is fast-paced and exciting. It is one of my new favorite books. There is deffinetely room for a sequel. I thought that a lot of things were left out of this trilogy. For example, we never found out if Acorna's body will stabilize or if in a few years she will be old. Overall, this book had a strong hold on me and I found it hard to put down. I give it five stars.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This third novel in the Acorna series has seen a change in co-author, but the storyline is as strong as it was in Acorna, and improves on Acorna's Quest. Acorna has finally been reunited with her own race, and she has made some startling discoveries about them, including the fact that they come in different colours!!. As with other books by McCaffrey, three main storylines come rushing towards a dramatic climax that will take you on a ride that leaves you breathless and fully sated. There is room for another novel easily, as Acorna and her chosen male companion head off into the stars with two new friends who are as unique as Acorna's collection of Uncle's from the first two novels. Plenty of old friends abound in this novel, but Scarborough and McCaffrey have introduced new friends that will no doubt appear in future Acorna novels by this compelling team of authors.
Format:Paperback
This is a novel that had a lot of potential- having read the two prequels, I was hugely interested in finding out about Acorna's homeworld and how she would fit back in. However, bizzarely, McCaffrey seems to be more interested in a salvage man named Jonah and his loony cat Roadkill, or "RK". McCaffrey and her new partner seem desperate to make these new characters interesting, but all the time I was desperate to find out what Acorna was doing. The daughter of the former kingpin of Kezdet also stars, only she's turned from spoiled princess to sadistic schizophenic. The transformation is wholly unrealistic. I had to restrain myself from flipping forward to the scarse chapters with Acorna.
I didn't enjoy this book as much as its predecessors. I think this is in part to McCaffrey's new partner, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. The writing style wasn't as active and interesting as before, and this follows on for the books that come after. There were parts that were interesting... but a lot that wasn't.
I didn't enjoy this book as much as its predecessors. I think this is in part to McCaffrey's new partner, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. The writing style wasn't as active and interesting as before, and this follows on for the books that come after. There were parts that were interesting... but a lot that wasn't.
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Good for some, not for others
I happen to really like this book! Anything unicorn fascinates me, and this series of books and it's main character, Acorna, enchants me no end. Read more
Published on 5 Nov 2000
Average- but not as good as I expected
I thought that this book would be the conclusion to the Acorna series, but instead, it seems that there is more to come. Read more
Published on 4 Oct 2000
Acorna and her team do it again - again !
I'm sorry but this is not McCaffrey at her best. The concept of the pollution-purging unicorns defeating all evil and finding good in the baddest of bad men detracts from her usual... Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2000 by jk@e-business.ltd.uk
Best so far!
The Acorna series has grown from a curious, uninformed buy to my favorite Anne McCaffrey-collaboration series. Read more
Published on 2 Sep 1999
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