Utterly Dark and the Face of the Deep is listed as as one of the Children’s Books of the Year in the Times and Sunday Times, chosen by Nicolette Jones. It was also chosen for the same honour by children’s book magazine Books For Keeps … And the brilliant Irish author Sarah Webb, who moonlights as a Book Elf at this time of year to recommend children’s books on social media, also had kind things to say about it: Gordon Askew who blogs at Magic Fiction Since Potter has included Utterly on his Books of the Year list too: And Philip Womack (whose own new novel, Wildlord , looks extremely up my street) has Utterly Dark among his picks of the year in The Literary Review. Imogen Russell-Williams at the Guardian has included Utterly among her BOTYs* too. (*Books Of The Year.) And Annette Shaw at Devon Life magazine has kind words about it too: So big thanks to all of them, and to everyone who has posted nice comments about Utterly Dark on social media, or taken the troubl...
Reviews and ruminations by Philip Reeve, author of the Mortal Engines series, the Railhead trilogy, Here Lies Arthur, Goblins, and The Legend of Kevin, Pugs of the Frozen North, etc, with Sarah McIntyre.