This Book is moorishly addictive. I picked it up just to read a couple of pages, because it was not at the top of my tbr pile, but immediately I was tThis Book is moorishly addictive. I picked it up just to read a couple of pages, because it was not at the top of my tbr pile, but immediately I was totally drawn in by the world and Prue’s adventure. I loved every moment!...more
A great fun younger mg steampunk adventure. Fast paced and filled with broad, bubbly characters and bright, colourful world building, with lots of difA great fun younger mg steampunk adventure. Fast paced and filled with broad, bubbly characters and bright, colourful world building, with lots of different sights to see. The friendly and enjoyable writing style evoked the feel and tone of Aardman’s pirates, or a classic kids anime-manga adventure series....more
This book was so much fun a great piece of YA steampunk. I particularly loved all the snarky asides about Brighton and its artistic culture, gags abouThis book was so much fun a great piece of YA steampunk. I particularly loved all the snarky asides about Brighton and its artistic culture, gags about fringe shows and performance artists, hen parties and vomit are all in there. There are also some fantastic wacky names for the airships - even Dick Dastardly gets a mention among those. The plot is exciting and action packed, well written, but it's the gags that really made it for me....more
An enjoyable, action-packed Middle-Grade steampunk adventure that barely stops for breath. Thing was probably my favourite character in this one. ResoAn enjoyable, action-packed Middle-Grade steampunk adventure that barely stops for breath. Thing was probably my favourite character in this one. Resourceful, brave, loyal, and a tiny bit mouthy� he saves Emmeline more times than I could count!...more
The Cogheart Adventure books are fantastical action-packed stories for ages 8+ set in an alternative VictoWhat are the Cogheart Adventure books about?
The Cogheart Adventure books are fantastical action-packed stories for ages 8+ set in an alternative Victorian world. They feature three main characters: Lily, the fiery and quick-witted daughter of two world famous inventors, Robert, a talented and thoughtful clockmaker’s son and Malkin, a scruffy and opinionated mechanical fox. The three heroes must use every ounce of their courage and cunning as they face a series of mysterious life-threatening adventures!
What inspired you to write the Cogheart Adventures?
I was reading about various clockwork robots that existed in the Eighteenth century, before Victorian times. They were called automatons and were incredible pieces of engineering. Some of them still survive; if you look them up on youtube you will see how amazing they are.
Automatons were built to do simple tasks; like write their name or a few lines of poetry; play a musical instrument or do a card trick. Some were even parts of complex clocks and their movements told the time.
I wondered what if these automatons got so good that they could do anything and everything? What if, though they were mechanical robots, they became almost human? Could a spark of life exist inside them? Could they think and feel? And what would that mean for their inventors and owners?
Why did you decide to set the stories in a Victorian world?
Having decided to write about automatons I had to find a world they would fit in. I thought � what if I set the story in a time over a hundred years after the invention of the first automaton, in the last years of Queen Victoria’s reign, possibly by then, in this fictional world, automatons might have got so good they could do anything.
I also knew I wanted to write a big action adventure story with these fantastical elements in, and I decided I could bring these together more easily in a ‘steampunk� setting. So it’s a Victorian world with airships and steam-driven and clockwork machines � rather than merely a factual representation of historical Victorian life....more
A lovely children's fairy story for young readers by Phillip Pullman. About a innkeepers daughter and a prince with a clockwork heart. A short read.A lovely children's fairy story for young readers by Phillip Pullman. About a innkeepers daughter and a prince with a clockwork heart. A short read....more
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