

It is part of The Cogheart Adventures series, which focuses on the adventures of a girl, a boy and a mechanical fox in a steampunk Victorian England.

Skycircus was written by Peter Bunzl and first published in 2018. You can read my review of these novels by clicking the links below: Please note that this review may contain spoilers for earlier instalments in this series. If they can’t save Dane before New Years Day, it could be too late to stop Professor Milksop’s terrible brand of science from being unleashed on the world… Yet, when Caddy has a vision that Dane will soon be used to perform an unspeakable act and the young boy is suddenly kidnapped, Lily realises that they don’t have a lot of time. He needs Lily’s help to find out who he is and what happened to his parents.Īs Lily investigates, she uncovers a mystery that is beyond her wildest dreams, involving diamond thefts and a machine that can potentially reanimate the dead. He has lost all of his memories but knows that something terrible has happened – something to do with Professor Milksop. It’s not long before Dane confirms her suspicions are correct. Professor Milksop advises them that Dane is seriously ill and needs his rest, but Lily is not convinced. The hotel room next door is occupied by the stern Professor Milksop and her young nephew, Dane. Yet it is not long before Lily finds herself swept up in a new adventure. They are only interested in her heart and the accident that took the life of her mother. No one seems to be interested in the wonderful things that she has achieved.

Now that the secrets of the Cogheart have been revealed to the world, she feels that everyone is watching her. Yet Lily can’t help but also feel a little nervous. Not only will they be able to visit Selena and Caddy once again, but they will also get to ring in the New Year in one of the biggest and busiest cities on the planet. Lily, Robert, John and Malkin are excited to travel to New York City. The novel carries on from where Cogheart (2016), Moonlocket (2017) and Skycircus (2018) left off, so I would recommend reading the novels in sequence to fully appreciate them. It is a middle grade steampunk science-fiction novel, focusing on the continuing adventures of Lily Townsend – a young girl with a perpetual motion machine for a heart. Shadowsea was written by Peter Bunzl and first published in 2020. You can read my reviews of these novels here: Please note that this review may contain spoilers for earlier instalments of this series.
