Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve - this is a thought provoking and adventurous tale. Set in the same "world" as his Hungry City Chronicles but in an earlier time, this book has a distinctive steampunk-noir feel, while plainly being in our own world's far future. Fever is an orphan, raised by the Engineers to be emotionless and logical. When she leaves the engineers to begin an apprenticeship, she has no idea that she is about to embark on an adventure that will change her life, and the fate of her whole world.
Well-written and smoothly paced, this story presents Fever as a very believable character. Her world is complex and original, a future England with failing technology and a little understood past, struggling to build a new future. If you like adventure, mystery and steampunk tales, you'll enjoy this one!
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