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The Cogheart Adventures #1-3
The Cogheart Adventures Trilogy
From Book 1:
Lily’s life is in mortal peril. Her father is missing and now silver-eyed men stalk her through the shadows. What could they want from her? With her friends – Robert, the clockmaker’s son, and Malkin, her mechanical fox – Lily is plunged into a murky and menacing world. Too soon Lily realises that those she holds dear may be the very ones to break her heart... Murder, mayhem and mystery meet in this gripping Victorian adventure.
1184 pages, Paperback
Published December 1, 2020
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About the author
Peter Bunzl
13 books334 followersPeter Bunzl grew up in South London in a rambling Victorian house with three cats, two dogs, one little sister, an antique dealer dad, and an artist mum. As a child he found inspiration visiting TV and film sets, where his mum worked as a costume designer.
After art college and film school, Peter worked as an animator on commercials, pop videos, and two BAFTA-winning children’s TV shows, and wrote and directed several successful short films.
Peter’s debut novel Cogheart was a Waterstones Book of the Month. It was shortlisted for the Waterstones Book Prize and the Branford Boase Award. Moonlocket was shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Readers Award. Cogheart, Skycircus and Shadowsea were nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
Peter lives in North London with his partner, a fox who visits their garden, and a clutter of house spiders.
After art college and film school, Peter worked as an animator on commercials, pop videos, and two BAFTA-winning children’s TV shows, and wrote and directed several successful short films.
Peter’s debut novel Cogheart was a Waterstones Book of the Month. It was shortlisted for the Waterstones Book Prize and the Branford Boase Award. Moonlocket was shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Readers Award. Cogheart, Skycircus and Shadowsea were nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
Peter lives in North London with his partner, a fox who visits their garden, and a clutter of house spiders.
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May 23, 2021
I truly loved this series so much. Even though it is a children's series, it did not feel like that while reading. The characters are heartwarming and it is very easy to connect with them. Every single book is a page turner and the adventures they go on are exciting and thrilling through and through.
Follow Lily as she's trying to figure out who she is and meanwhile solve a mystery, that turns out to be bigger than she ever imagined. All set in a Victorian world with fantastical elements – if you loved Nevermoor, you sure will like this series!
Follow Lily as she's trying to figure out who she is and meanwhile solve a mystery, that turns out to be bigger than she ever imagined. All set in a Victorian world with fantastical elements – if you loved Nevermoor, you sure will like this series!
February 20, 2023
This was my favourite book from the series. The book is realy nice and exciting. I love the storyline as well
October 8, 2020
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With a cover like this one, Cogheart by Peter Bunzl was never a book that I could have passed up the opportunity to read. In a world where mechanized people and animals serve the humans around them, very few have come to the conclusion that these machines can feel. But Lily, the daughter of a rather renowned and brilliant mech inventor knows better. When her father's ship suddenly crashes and he is presumed dead, Lily falls into the guardianship of his housekeeper. Pulled from school, the life she once knew is quickly thrown into chaos as her father's mechs are sold off and the housekeeper isn't quite who she says she is. And then there's the matter of the invention her father made.
Honestly, despite how much I loved reading Cogheart, the truth of the matter is that the story was incredibly predictable. I picked out the main villain incredibly quickly, determined where what it was that he was after in the first place was located immediately after the event with Lily and her mother was revealed as well as the use of it discussed. There was absolutely nothing surprising about anything in the story. And despite all of this I did definitely have an enjoyable time with the book. The characters were pretty exceptional, despite the fact that the villain was obvious. The plot was great. And I loved the idea of a mechanical fox, though I'll admit I wasn't too fond of the fact that it could speak.
I think, had I been younger when I read this book it would have easily become one those books that I would have adored and reread a large number of times. I think it definitely fits the middle grade readership well and I certainly see a lot of younger readers enjoying it. And the cool thing is that I now have it on my radar for any of my kiddos at work who like foxes or these kinds of stories. So, Cogheart gets four out of five foxes as a rating, only losing the one due to how predictable I found it. But at the end of the day, I really loved this story.
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| Reader Fox Blog |
With a cover like this one, Cogheart by Peter Bunzl was never a book that I could have passed up the opportunity to read. In a world where mechanized people and animals serve the humans around them, very few have come to the conclusion that these machines can feel. But Lily, the daughter of a rather renowned and brilliant mech inventor knows better. When her father's ship suddenly crashes and he is presumed dead, Lily falls into the guardianship of his housekeeper. Pulled from school, the life she once knew is quickly thrown into chaos as her father's mechs are sold off and the housekeeper isn't quite who she says she is. And then there's the matter of the invention her father made.
Honestly, despite how much I loved reading Cogheart, the truth of the matter is that the story was incredibly predictable. I picked out the main villain incredibly quickly, determined where what it was that he was after in the first place was located immediately after the event with Lily and her mother was revealed as well as the use of it discussed. There was absolutely nothing surprising about anything in the story. And despite all of this I did definitely have an enjoyable time with the book. The characters were pretty exceptional, despite the fact that the villain was obvious. The plot was great. And I loved the idea of a mechanical fox, though I'll admit I wasn't too fond of the fact that it could speak.
I think, had I been younger when I read this book it would have easily become one those books that I would have adored and reread a large number of times. I think it definitely fits the middle grade readership well and I certainly see a lot of younger readers enjoying it. And the cool thing is that I now have it on my radar for any of my kiddos at work who like foxes or these kinds of stories. So, Cogheart gets four out of five foxes as a rating, only losing the one due to how predictable I found it. But at the end of the day, I really loved this story.
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With a cover like this one, Cogheart by Peter Bunzl was never a book that I could have passed up the opportunity to read. In a world where mechanized people and animals serve the humans around them, very few have come to the conclusion that these machines can feel. But Lily, the daughter of a rather renowned and brilliant mech inventor knows better. When her father's ship suddenly crashes and he is presumed dead, Lily falls into the guardianship of his housekeeper. Pulled from school, the life she once knew is quickly thrown into chaos as her father's mechs are sold off and the housekeeper isn't quite who she says she is. And then there's the matter of the invention her father made.
Honestly, despite how much I loved reading Cogheart, the truth of the matter is that the story was incredibly predictable. I picked out the main villain incredibly quickly, determined where what it was that he was after in the first place was located immediately after the event with Lily and her mother was revealed as well as the use of it discussed. There was absolutely nothing surprising about anything in the story. And despite all of this I did definitely have an enjoyable time with the book. The characters were pretty exceptional, despite the fact that the villain was obvious. The plot was great. And I loved the idea of a mechanical fox, though I'll admit I wasn't too fond of the fact that it could speak.
I think, had I been younger when I read this book it would have easily become one those books that I would have adored and reread a large number of times. I think it definitely fits the middle grade readership well and I certainly see a lot of younger readers enjoying it. And the cool thing is that I now have it on my radar for any of my kiddos at work who like foxes or these kinds of stories. So, Cogheart gets four out of five foxes as a rating, only losing the one due to how predictable I found it. But at the end of the day, I really loved this story.
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Merged review:
| Reader Fox Blog |
With a cover like this one, Cogheart by Peter Bunzl was never a book that I could have passed up the opportunity to read. In a world where mechanized people and animals serve the humans around them, very few have come to the conclusion that these machines can feel. But Lily, the daughter of a rather renowned and brilliant mech inventor knows better. When her father's ship suddenly crashes and he is presumed dead, Lily falls into the guardianship of his housekeeper. Pulled from school, the life she once knew is quickly thrown into chaos as her father's mechs are sold off and the housekeeper isn't quite who she says she is. And then there's the matter of the invention her father made.
Honestly, despite how much I loved reading Cogheart, the truth of the matter is that the story was incredibly predictable. I picked out the main villain incredibly quickly, determined where what it was that he was after in the first place was located immediately after the event with Lily and her mother was revealed as well as the use of it discussed. There was absolutely nothing surprising about anything in the story. And despite all of this I did definitely have an enjoyable time with the book. The characters were pretty exceptional, despite the fact that the villain was obvious. The plot was great. And I loved the idea of a mechanical fox, though I'll admit I wasn't too fond of the fact that it could speak.
I think, had I been younger when I read this book it would have easily become one those books that I would have adored and reread a large number of times. I think it definitely fits the middle grade readership well and I certainly see a lot of younger readers enjoying it. And the cool thing is that I now have it on my radar for any of my kiddos at work who like foxes or these kinds of stories. So, Cogheart gets four out of five foxes as a rating, only losing the one due to how predictable I found it. But at the end of the day, I really loved this story.
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October 8, 2020
| Reader Fox Blog |
With a cover like this one, Cogheart by Peter Bunzl was never a book that I could have passed up the opportunity to read. In a world where mechanized people and animals serve the humans around them, very few have come to the conclusion that these machines can feel. But Lily, the daughter of a rather renowned and brilliant mech inventor knows better. When her father's ship suddenly crashes and he is presumed dead, Lily falls into the guardianship of his housekeeper. Pulled from school, the life she once knew is quickly thrown into chaos as her father's mechs are sold off and the housekeeper isn't quite who she says she is. And then there's the matter of the invention her father made.
Honestly, despite how much I loved reading Cogheart, the truth of the matter is that the story was incredibly predictable. I picked out the main villain incredibly quickly, determined where what it was that he was after in the first place was located immediately after the event with Lily and her mother was revealed as well as the use of it discussed. There was absolutely nothing surprising about anything in the story. And despite all of this I did definitely have an enjoyable time with the book. The characters were pretty exceptional, despite the fact that the villain was obvious. The plot was great. And I loved the idea of a mechanical fox, though I'll admit I wasn't too fond of the fact that it could speak.
I think, had I been younger when I read this book it would have easily become one those books that I would have adored and reread a large number of times. I think it definitely fits the middle grade readership well and I certainly see a lot of younger readers enjoying it. And the cool thing is that I now have it on my radar for any of my kiddos at work who like foxes or these kinds of stories. So, Cogheart gets four out of five foxes as a rating, only losing the one due to how predictable I found it. But at the end of the day, I really loved this story.
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With a cover like this one, Cogheart by Peter Bunzl was never a book that I could have passed up the opportunity to read. In a world where mechanized people and animals serve the humans around them, very few have come to the conclusion that these machines can feel. But Lily, the daughter of a rather renowned and brilliant mech inventor knows better. When her father's ship suddenly crashes and he is presumed dead, Lily falls into the guardianship of his housekeeper. Pulled from school, the life she once knew is quickly thrown into chaos as her father's mechs are sold off and the housekeeper isn't quite who she says she is. And then there's the matter of the invention her father made.
Honestly, despite how much I loved reading Cogheart, the truth of the matter is that the story was incredibly predictable. I picked out the main villain incredibly quickly, determined where what it was that he was after in the first place was located immediately after the event with Lily and her mother was revealed as well as the use of it discussed. There was absolutely nothing surprising about anything in the story. And despite all of this I did definitely have an enjoyable time with the book. The characters were pretty exceptional, despite the fact that the villain was obvious. The plot was great. And I loved the idea of a mechanical fox, though I'll admit I wasn't too fond of the fact that it could speak.
I think, had I been younger when I read this book it would have easily become one those books that I would have adored and reread a large number of times. I think it definitely fits the middle grade readership well and I certainly see a lot of younger readers enjoying it. And the cool thing is that I now have it on my radar for any of my kiddos at work who like foxes or these kinds of stories. So, Cogheart gets four out of five foxes as a rating, only losing the one due to how predictable I found it. But at the end of the day, I really loved this story.
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April 28, 2020This is definitely my favorite series at the moment . I love The Cogheart Adventures so much ! Each book was exciting and a joy to read . The characters had well-developed personalities and overall , was enjoyable . I cannot wait to read Shadowsea . I'm sure it'll be just as good as these three books .
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