FEVER CRUMB!

My Lit Review introduced me to the author Philip Reeve and his Mortal Engines series. The article I found had me so interested in the series I was hoping to be able to read it in my research. However as I narrowed my focus during the selection process I cut out the possibility of reading the books. Part of my criteria was to not read any books in the middle of a series. Another criteria was that the book be written between 2005 and 2009 (or 2010 I can't remember exactly). Every book in the series except the first made it into my pool. I was a bit upset. But when I finally managed to look at my final list Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve was on it. At least I had found a book by the same author. I soon came to realize it was a prequel to the Mortal Engines series.

Reading this book was such fun. The book is set in the far future of London. The main character is the lone female in what is called the Order of Engineers, they tend to believe that women can't think rationally enough for their order. However this girl was raised by one of the members which allowed her to join the order. She is singled out for a job which takes her away from the order for the first time. Right away she runs into trouble and sets several problems into motion. I was intrigued by how many different points of view were shared in this story. I really just enjoyed Reeve's writing style and can't wait to start the original series!

The book had its ups and downs in terms of pace. Some sections seemed to race by and others felt like they took forever to get back to the interesting parts! While the book had a satisfying ending I am pretty sure if I had read the original series first I might not have felt the same way. From my understanding of the Mortal Engines timeline there are things that still need to happen in this book to make way for the future readers already know happens. There is already a second book out and another on the way in the new Fever Crumb series so I hope that these loose ends will get tied up nicely. :-)