Philip Reeve

Scrivener's Moon is a book that once you've read it you want to go back to the beginning to read it all over again because it is so good.

Fever Crumb grows emotionally as she begins to discover who she really is and what her powers are. But not only that we see who she is attracted to physically and emotionally.

We see London going up onto caterpillar tracts and begin to move away from London and the decisions as to who goes onboard and who is left behind.

These prequels in the Mortal Engine series are brilliant - this latest one Web of Air brings the story of Fever Crumb nearer to whenre Mortal Engines start, and is full of adventure and early flying technology.

I find Philip Reeve an excellent writer whith good story lines and characterisations. I can find nothing bad to say about this book - it sits perfectly in the Mortal Engine series. The only thing I will say and that is I hope he does one more prequel to show us how London gets its mobility!

More than highly recommend it.

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.