I'm actually counting all four of these books as one YA book in my challenge. You wouldn't want to read these two if you hadn't read Mortal Engines and Predator's Gold.
Infernal Devices by Philip Reeve
This book catches up with Tom and Hester 15 years after Predator's Gold. The main protagonist this time is their daughter Wren who has inherited her mother (and grandfather's) love of action and adventure and will do anything to escape their safe but dull existence on the now stationary Anchorage.
The war between the cities and the Anti-Tractionist League still rages and Wren's actions hurl herself, plus Tom and Hester once again, into the midst of the conflict.
I really enjoyed this book, more so than Predator's Gold. Hester's true warlike personality is revealed although we are still sympathetic towards her but Wren is a cleverly written composition of the opposing traits that Tom and Hester exemplify. She is as brave, fearless and mercenary as her mother and also as thoughtful, empathetic, caring and morally robust as her father. As such she makes for a fantastic heroine and role model for teenage girls; much better then the two extremes of Hester and Freya fighting over Tom in the previous book.
A Darkling Plain by Philip Reeve
The final book in the series which brings the story to a complete and satisfying conclusion, tying up all the loose ends of all the different characters.
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