Hay, y’all! Phoebe and her unicorn Marigold are back for new adventures. The pixie contractors that Marigold hired to create a worthy treehouse for them have finally finished, and all that’s left for them is to decide what kind of club they want to have.
When Phoebe doodles on her math assignment and accidentally leaves it lying around, Marigold spills moon nectar on it, and the doodles come to life. It takes days for Phoebe to get rid of them all. And then Phoebe has to rescue Marigold when she starts reading self-help books. To a unicorn, a self-help book is just a mirror, and Marigold gets trapped looking at herself.
Marigold then decides it would be a good idea to set her and Phoebe’s shadows free. But when Phoebe goes back to school and gets a cupcake, Marigold’s shadow steals it, and Marigold announces that her shadow has gone to the dark side.
In preparation for Marigold’s family reunion, she decides to give herself an award. But she also has a list for Phoebe about how to act around her family, like “be less human.” But once they find a place to park the Rainbow Orb and get to the reunion, they’re very excited. Maybe too excited, as Marigold and her sister and their parents all sparkle when they get nervous, so it takes a while before they can actually see each other.
But once Marigold sees how alike she is to her mother, she decides that she should rebel and asks for Phoebe’s help, because if there is one thing that human kids know, it’s how to show your parents that you are you own person. She tries to show her rebellion through fashion, but that doesn’t really work for the unicorn.
And when Marigold tries to convince the unicorn internet that humans are not just a myth, Phoebe has to come up with a way to prove that she exists to a unicorn conspiracy theorist. And she does it in a way that shows she will not be forgotten.
Author Dana Simpson has brought us another Phoebe and Her Unicorn Adventure in Unicorn Selfies. This latest installment in the series offers up more sweet shenanigans and adorable drawings. I really enjoyed Unicorn Selfies. Not only are these colorful cartoons filled with charm and really smart humor, there is something special about the friendship between Phoebe and her unicorn that just brings me joy. For me, this books is a two (disposable) thumbs up!
Egalleys for Unicorn Selfies were provided by Andrews McMeel Publishing though NetGalley, with many thanks.
