Fever Crumb

Fever Crumb the prequel to the Mortal Engines Quartet is quite simple - brilliant. It has references to all things 20th Century that are very funny and at times quite thought provoking - can you imagine the Barbican as an old castle fort with catepillar tracks deep in the earth, or the Hari Potters or even a tram stop called St Kylie! There are many places, people, objects and films that you will recognise that makes is so much fun to read, but also makes it very difficult to put down.

Philip Reeve has set 'Fever Crumb' - a teenager a generation or so before Mortal Engines and begins to set the scene for London and other towns being on the move, as well as who was the Human Being that became Shrike - and what was the secret that Godshawk was working on before he died and how does Fever Crumb help? You have to read the book to find out.

It is a well written easy to read story that flows so well that it leaves you wanting more. I cannot fault it in any way and one that adults will have just as much fun reading as the children. I highly recommend it for all ages.