Review: Starcross by Philip Reeve

Today, in January Magazine’s children’s book section, contributing editor Sue Bursztynski reviews Starcross by Philip Reeve. Says Bursztynski :

In the novel Larklight, we met Art and Myrtle Mumby, who lived with their parents in the house of the title, orbiting the Earth of a Victorian era in a universe in which Isaac Newton is known, not for the laws of gravity but for his achievements in alchemy….

This sequel is more or less standalone, though it’s better to have read the first book to familiarize yourself with the universe. Some time after the events of Larklight, the Mumby children and their mother are invited to spend some time at Starcross, a seaside resort in the asteroid belt. There is something very strange about Starcross, beginning with the question of how you can have a seaside on an asteroid with no oceans, and a married couple of secret agents have already vanished while checking it out.

The full review is here.