Review: The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden

This front cover design for The Unicorn Hunters is very good, I think it captures the vibe reasonably well. Jacket design by Irene Ng and jacket illustration by Serena Malyon. She’d imagine how it would be, wakeful in bed, and sometimes in quiet moments, walking through Rennes or in long, tedious councils. How warm it was, to be so near someone else, how it burned to touch. His knowing eyes and knowing hands, the calluses of rein and swordhilt. How he’d taken the sacrifice upon himself, a gift she had never wanted because she’d never been able to imagine it. page 228-229 Table of ContentsWhy The Unicorn Hunters?The BookBreton Culture & MythologyYes, Yes, I’m Getting to The BookConcluding Thoughts Why The Unicorn Hunters? I first heard about The Unicorn Hunters at the end of June 2026 when the booktuber Elliot Brooks did a positive video review of the book. I had previously read Katherine Arden’s work before, specifically the first book in her Winternight trilogy back in 2022. So I was…