When a vicious assault compels sixteen-year-old Mnemba to leave her village, she joins her cousin Tumelo as a tracker in his booming safari business. It doesn t take her long to become one of the best safari guides in Nazwimbe. Her work allows her to escape into a new world of wondrous creatures, and to avoid thinking about what happened at home. When Mr. Harving arrives with his daughter Kara to research unicorns, Tumelo assigns Mnemba to them as a guide. The attraction between Mnemba and Kara is almost instant, but Kara is engaged to be married when she returns home. Venturing into the savanna alone, they uncover a plot by a gang of poachers to enslave the unicorns, harnessing their supernatural strength to build a railway. They must save the creatures Kara loves while struggling not to succumb to forbidden love themselves.
A F/F Romance set in the savanna...with unicorns?! There was no way I could pass on Unicorn Tracks! Mnemba works as a safari guide, showing tourists all of the supposedly mythical creatures that live in her country. But her next group is different. Kara and her father are researchers and have come to study unicorns. Mnemba learns of an area that is littered with unicorn horns, so takes Kara to check it out. It doesn't seem right, so maybe the girls can figure out what's going on with these majestic, solitary creatures.
I really enjoyed Unicorn Tracks! I loved how it was set in an African-esque world and out in the wilderness rather than in a city or town. It was quite refreshing. Mnemba and Kara get dirty, spot wild animals, get chased by poachers, and rescue unicorns! What's not exciting about that? Of course, they also fall in love despite trying hard not to, as Kara is engaged and is expected to leave in three weeks. There's a lot of great, fun stuff going on here!
Unicorn Tracks is extremely short though, so I don't want to give too much away. It's unlike any story that I've read before and definitely wish there had been more! I would have loved to have seen more of Mnemba's tours through the safari and the other strange creatures who live there. The big finale was quite rushed, but I'm happy with how things turned out. Although...what about that moonstone?! Dun dun dun...
