Great middle grade adventure that had me hooked pretty early on! Absolutely loved the characters and the world was fantastic.

The pace was great and was heart-wrenching in some parts. The story is easy to get into and the chracters are relatable.

The cover of this book is gorgeous and this book is a great steampunk era novel, with all the trappings. Any young reader would love this.

Like steampunk? Like adventure? Then Cogheart is the book you need to read! Awesome middle grade book for a adult who wants to get that warm fuzzy feeling from reading time in the 5th grade. This book is filled with adventure, and awesome characters. I really enjoyed this book, and would definitely recommend to people!

This is a really fun middle grades steampunk adventure. I will definitely continue on with the series.

This was just delightful! It tells the story of Lily and Robert who are being chased through Victorian Britain because they have a valuable machine in their possession. Steampunk at its finest is on display here, with airships and mechanical servants aplenty and the atmosphere throughout was just fantastic. I also thought the villains were genuinely creepy, with their mirror eyes and the plot, while fairly rote, moved at a great pace and was engaging throughout. Overall, I thought this was a great book for the 9-12 age range and it is the sort of thing that would have scared and delighted me in equal measure. I am definitely going to continue on with this series and I am intrigued by the world Bunzl has created here.
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This book definitely got more exciting towards the end, and it was worth reading on to get there. I liked the mix of historical and sci-fi - it is set in the late Victorian period, but has robots in it! I think that's what they call 'steampunk'! anyways, i really enjoyed this! cant wait for the sequel!

I rather enjoyed this steampunk middle grade book. It did go a bit darker than I was expecting, but still ended on a happy note.

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I have really grown to love the "steampunk" style lately and this book seemed to fit right in. While the beginning seemed a little slow, it picked up soon enough and I was zipping through it. There were parts that felt a little bit too much for a book aimed at the young audience (spoiler alert! like when Robert's father is killed in a fire/battle with the bad guys!?) But I got through it okay and thought the book was quite nice in the end. The mechanimals seemed quite fun and I would love to meet one. Some of the thoughts and ideas brought up in the book would be interesting to discuss with my children, though I would want them to be with my older kiddos (13-14 year old, not the 8 year old), just my opinion.

Solid four stars for this one. Would defiantly pick up the next book in the series.

I don't usually read steampunk novels so I was excited to read into a genre in which I am not used to. I thought by also having it as an adventure book that this would keep me really engaged with the book and have me unable to put it down. However although this did happen some things about the novel did not appeal to me which left me rating it lower than I wish I had.



I really liked that Cogheart let me into a world which was set in the past but one that I was already aware of. By doing this it let me get into the story a lot easier than trying to create a whole new world from scratch. Having Lily be with someone who is trying to take her life apart forcing her to try and escape was something in which I really liked as it made the character feel more in danger and more isolated even though she becomes friends with a boy who is trying to help her. I thought by also showing how the children were stuck on who to trust made this have a lot more of a chilling atmosphere in the book and did keep me hoping that the main characters would be safe and find the answers in which they were looking for.



However, this book unfortunately started to lose my attention throughout it and at the ending of the book seemed to repeat itself (however this could possibly have been an editing error on the version I was reading). This did make me feel rather distant from the novel as I was just re-reading parts I already knew a couple of times. I also thought that there was not enough information on the different characters which did make it hard at various times to really understand why they were doing the actions and acting the way that they were. I also thought that the twist in the book was really obvious and did make me feel rather let down because of it, but didn't really take away from the story.



Overall, I thought that this book was a good read and one that children would really enjoy. As this is the first in a trilogy as well it has made me want to read more and delve deeper into the characters of the book in order to find out more about them as well as how they would progress. I would recommend this book to children and those who are looking for a book which is easy to read and one that is in a different genre than they might usually read.

I received an ARC of this from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was a cute, action packed, heart warming (literally) story. It features a little girl named Lily who becomes involved in a deadly race to save her father and preserve her way of life. Accompanying her is a new friend, Robert, an apprentice clockmaker, an animalmaton in the form of a fox, and an adventurous reporter. Together they set out to try to find her father, solve the mystery of the perpetual motion machine, and save each other.
It was short, sweet, and the characters were adorable. I'm excited to read the next installment in the trilogy.

Cogheart should be what all other middle grade novels strive to be like. The first book in The Cogheart Adventures was smart, interesting, perilous... you get what I mean. And that plot twist at the end was amazing, too! Without spoiling what happens, I'll just say that it introduced a dilemma having to do with the main character that will hopefully be touched on in the other installments to this series. Who knew that a children's book would have such a good message about the morality of humans vs. robots? As in, can mechanical beings have the same thoughts and feelings that we do?

I loved Lily, Robert, Malkin, and the rest of this colorful cast. I can't even pick a favorite out of the main three because they were all so equally interesting. They also had realistic personalities and weren't at all cutouts (like in many YA novels that I won't name). The villains were cool, too, and they were actually evil for a reason that wasn't just because they were supposed to be.

Rarely have I enjoyed the first book in a middle-grade series as much as I have with Cogheart. This book is great for all ages because it's written in a smart way. Also, who doesn't enjoy the steampunk genre?

I honestly wasn't sure whether I would enjoy this book or not. Turns out, I loved it! It took me a while to pick up and get going, but once I'd started I couldn't put it down.
Telling the story of Lily, we are introduced to a world of mechanicals and mechanimals where the young heroine has to learn who she can trust. When her father's zeppelin crashes, he is missing, presumed dead and Lily must find out what really happened to him. As she hides from silver-eyed men and escapes from her guardian, she meets Robert who has found and mended her mechanical fox Malkin who has been shot. Together, they set out to find out the truth about what has happened to her father, facing peril and adventure at every turn.
Wonderfully written, this book was gripping and I found I had to keep reading to find out if the characters found their way to safety. I'll be quick to pick up the other parts of this trilogy!

Cogheart is the first steampunk story I've read, and even though it's not really my thing, I quite enjoyed it. This is a book appropriate for young readers, say 10-15 year-olds.

The story is quite original with some nice twists. The good characters are all nice, charming, smart, sweet. The bad characters are all completely evil and easily fooled by teenagers. Then again, if the teenagers couldn't fool the villains, there wouldn't be a happy ending!

Cogheart Adventures #1, I'm not usually one to read kids books unless it's for my kids. This book caught my eye as most younger generation books do it looked interesting and it's was about something I enjoy reading about, and I do enjoy steampunk. While reading this book I kept thinking about Steamboy and Castle in the Sky needless to say in my mind's eye I kept seeing this as an anime. Descriptive narrative was great it was easy picturing an alternate Victorian England the action was exciting and the steampunk elements were wonderful. Could have used a little more character development but this is just the first book it was enough to get me interested in reading the other two and suggesting it to my daughter. I also think this would transfer great to graphic novel format.

Lily Harman stuck in an all girls school longed for adventure. Robert Townsend wishes he could work on airships and not a horologist like his father. Lily's world is turned upside down when her father, a famous mechanist, disappears after his airship crashed and is presumed dead. Malkin, Lily's mechanimal, was with Lily's father when the ship went down but escaped so he could deliver a message to Lily. Robert found Malkin rundown and injured and with men searching the village for him and Robert's father was luckily able to repair Malkin. Lily's so called guardian retrieved her from the hell that was her school and brought her back home only to become a prisoner in her own home. Lily knows something is wrong and won't stop until she finds out what happened to her father, unfortunately the letter her father sent with Malkin explaining everything was damaged and she's still left with more questions than answers. All she knows is that her father created a machine that could change the world and it's missing and it's up to Lily, Robert, and Malkin to discover the truth.

Overall, this was a great story. I enjoyed it so much.

Even knowing this is a middle school book, the characters felt flat and the action a bit rushed. The plot jumped around a bit and it makes me sad when in stories, girls have no female friends as even her talking mechanical animal is male. I still gave it three stars as it was fun and a fast read. I will not be continuing the series though.

I picked this one in part because I loved the cover, and I'm trying to read more middle grade. I wasn't disappointed! I really enjoyed this story, and can see it being a hit with middle grade readers.

The synopsis really got me interested in the story but once I started reading the book I couldn't get into the story, the more I was reading the less interested in it I was, everything in the plot was predictable, I was not surprised at all. Despite it being quite a fast read I took a lot of time reading it because of the fact I couldn't get into the story.

Right after finding out that her dad is missing, Lily realizes that she is being followed by men with silver mirrors for eyes. They show up wherever she goes, and seem to think that she knows more than she does. Along with her Robert, the son of a clockmaker, and Malkin, her mechanical fox, she tries to solve the mystery of what really happened to her dad.
This was a cute little book, full of fun adventure (and a very steam punk vibe). It had mechanical things, animal friends, and a mystery! I loved the family dynamics within it, and absolutely loved Lily, the main character. She's a strong girl who never wants to act like a lady, but instead wants to read her penny dreadful magazines and learn about the mechanicals her father creates. It was a good middle grade read, and I definitely think the younger generation would enjoy this.

Cogheart is a middle grade steampunk adventure that features a brave young girl, a daring young boy and a loyal clockwork fox.

I love that steampunk is being written for the younger generation, since it is one of my favorite genres. The book says it is aimed at readers 12, though I would expand this to include adventure-loving advanced younger readers 5th grade and older.

Often, in adventures for middle grade and YA readers, the villains are adults. Cogheart is no exception. And these villains are not only bad guys, but they look pretty creepy. The trouble starts when the bad guys go after Lily’s father. In an effort to warn his daughter, John Hartman sends Malkin, his mechanical fox, to Lily with a message. Just as Malkin’s escape pod leaves the airship Dragonfly, a harpoon strikes the hull and John is shot. Fade to black….. (you know what that means).

And so the adventure begins. On the way to find Lily, Malkin meets and teams with young Robert Townsend, son and apprentice to a clockmaker. In the meantime, Lily has been removed from the boarding school she hates by her father’s housekeeper. Lily isn’t exactly in love with Madame Verdigris either. It immediately becomes apparent that Verdigris does not have Lily’s best interests at heart.

When Robert and Malkin catch up with Lily, helping Lily escape is just the tip of the adventure iceberg. Now chased by the men that went after her father, Lily runs for help, along the way meeting Anna, airship pilot/journalist, who becomes part of the adventure. All the while, we don’t really know why Lily is being chased.

Cogheart was released in the UK in 2016, so it has been out for a few years. Today, February 12th, is Cogheart’s US release. It is book one in a three book series, so if Cogheart appeals, look for Moonlocket and Sky Circus to follow. And if you like this book, I recommend you check out the author’s website for fun GIFs, games and activies relating to Lily’s amazing adventures.

Cogheart is a non-stop adventure sure to engage readers of any age that appreciate airships, danger, friendship, family, mechanical animals and people and a bit of airship piracy.

Through Netgalley, the publisher provided a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.