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ngreads's review against another edition
4.0
Really fun story to read, with a neat idea and lots of nods to classic fairy tails. Looking forward to reading the rest!
hannas_heas47's review against another edition
4.0
Thanks Netgalley for a free book to read and review.
I came across this book through a blog tour and since I loved steampunk, I decided to take a chance. It's decidedly young adult themed, even though adults can read it as well. It's more fantasy though than steampunk. Also seemed like a play on little read riding hood, but with yellow hoods. So the book amused me with the title, along came a wolf. Tee is taking something to her grandfather that lives in the woods. He is a genius inventor and on the way there she meets the wolf. Andre LeLoup is looking for Tee's grandfather and plans to steal his steam machine drawings. Tee and her two friends,(Elly, and Richy) who are the yellow hoods fight to save the day. I was captivated by the story and I enjoyed it. Four stars for entertainment!
I came across this book through a blog tour and since I loved steampunk, I decided to take a chance. It's decidedly young adult themed, even though adults can read it as well. It's more fantasy though than steampunk. Also seemed like a play on little read riding hood, but with yellow hoods. So the book amused me with the title, along came a wolf. Tee is taking something to her grandfather that lives in the woods. He is a genius inventor and on the way there she meets the wolf. Andre LeLoup is looking for Tee's grandfather and plans to steal his steam machine drawings. Tee and her two friends,(Elly, and Richy) who are the yellow hoods fight to save the day. I was captivated by the story and I enjoyed it. Four stars for entertainment!
snapdragonfly's review
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
A great young adult read!
acanthae's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This is a cute middle grade book! I'm definitely out of the target audience, but I had fun. It was a good palate cleanser between heavier books.
vondav's review against another edition
4.0
Steampunk meets Fairytales
Meet Tee, Elly and Richy, best friends and members of the Yellow Hoods. The name comes from the yellow cloaks they wear that hide a few surprises. Thanks to Tee's grandad Nikolas a famous eccentric inventor, the three have fun trying out his inventions including spark sticks, sail carts and an amazing treehouse. Nikolas reminds me of Caracticus Potts from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Enter the baddie LeLoup ( French for wolf) who is tasked to steal the steam engine plans from Nikolas. Although at the start you don't realise this as he gets held up by 3 brothers Squeals, Bore and Bakon the Cochon brothers (French for pig) you think that the 3 brothers are the bad ones. Tee steps in and rescues LeLoup from their clutches. He quickly forgets is whilst he tries and completes the mission.
Through out this book you really feel the love that Tee has for her family and friends and the love they felt for her.
Whilst reading it, I found myself guessing the fairy tales and with the splash of Steam punk kept bit interesting. This book is written for young and old alike, the fun titled chapters helps keep you amused. The book kept my interest from start to finish and although not a long book, it was jam packed with action and fun
WARNING. You may find yourself laughing out loud as there are some funny lines. One instant was when Bakon and Eg the Captains daughter started dating.
A good start to the series, now I just have to buy part 2 to see what happens now the Hound is after the Yellow Hoods
Meet Tee, Elly and Richy, best friends and members of the Yellow Hoods. The name comes from the yellow cloaks they wear that hide a few surprises. Thanks to Tee's grandad Nikolas a famous eccentric inventor, the three have fun trying out his inventions including spark sticks, sail carts and an amazing treehouse. Nikolas reminds me of Caracticus Potts from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Enter the baddie LeLoup ( French for wolf) who is tasked to steal the steam engine plans from Nikolas. Although at the start you don't realise this as he gets held up by 3 brothers Squeals, Bore and Bakon the Cochon brothers (French for pig) you think that the 3 brothers are the bad ones. Tee steps in and rescues LeLoup from their clutches. He quickly forgets is whilst he tries and completes the mission.
Through out this book you really feel the love that Tee has for her family and friends and the love they felt for her.
Whilst reading it, I found myself guessing the fairy tales and with the splash of Steam punk kept bit interesting. This book is written for young and old alike, the fun titled chapters helps keep you amused. The book kept my interest from start to finish and although not a long book, it was jam packed with action and fun
WARNING. You may find yourself laughing out loud as there are some funny lines. One instant was when Bakon and Eg the Captains daughter started dating.
A good start to the series, now I just have to buy part 2 to see what happens now the Hound is after the Yellow Hoods
the_bard's review against another edition
3.0
I smart, cute twist on both fairy tales and steampunk. The setting is packed with characters who are clear analogues for characters from classic fairy tales and folk tales, but it's all played completely straight (except for one of the main characters cleverly lampshading it early on) in a world without magic but rife with inventors and developing technology. The characters and the plot is all fairly straightforward, but there's a nice subtext of the conflict between technology for the elite versus technology for everyone (which I think is an essential conflict for any "-punk" genre fiction). I wish I'd read this when I was younger, because I would have wanted to be one of the Yellow Hoods--so this is a great book for imaginative, curious kids (as well as imaginative, curious adults).
sagauthor's review against another edition
4.0
Good children's adventure book. Tee the heroine has several important adventures. Her family and friends help her foil the villains. Seems to be a good start to an continuing story.
rachels_books's review
4.0
I thought I knew what this book was about going into it, but I was very wrong. Adam Dreece mixes fairytale stories and characters into his book, in a way that fits perfectly, and I loved it! The more I read the book, the more I began to match the fairytale characters to the characters in this book, which was a lot of fun.
I loved the writing style , and the way that all the pieces fit together in the end. I highlighted so many quotes in my kindle from this book, because there were just so many amazingly worded sentences and phrases, for example:
“The machine that was his mind had lost another bolt.”
“These sheep … they forget that I am the wolf.”
The villain in this book is one of my favorites of all time, because the things he said were so planned out and menacing. He said things that I thought a real villain would say and do, and I loved it.
My only complaint about this book was that I felt the main character acted much younger than twelve, and some of the things she said and did just weren’t fitting for her age. Having said that, she did mature and grow up by the end of the book which I really appreciated.
There is so much more that I could say, but I don’t want to ruin any of the plot twists.
Overall, I loved this book and highly recommend it. I can’t wait to continue on with the second one.
My favorite character would have to be a tie between LeLoup and Bakon, which is a bit odd since they have almost nothing in common, but in the end I loved them equally.
This book had no swearing, no romance, and extremely mild violence.
I loved the writing style , and the way that all the pieces fit together in the end. I highlighted so many quotes in my kindle from this book, because there were just so many amazingly worded sentences and phrases, for example:
“The machine that was his mind had lost another bolt.”
“These sheep … they forget that I am the wolf.”
The villain in this book is one of my favorites of all time, because the things he said were so planned out and menacing. He said things that I thought a real villain would say and do, and I loved it.
My only complaint about this book was that I felt the main character acted much younger than twelve, and some of the things she said and did just weren’t fitting for her age. Having said that, she did mature and grow up by the end of the book which I really appreciated.
There is so much more that I could say, but I don’t want to ruin any of the plot twists.
Overall, I loved this book and highly recommend it. I can’t wait to continue on with the second one.
My favorite character would have to be a tie between LeLoup and Bakon, which is a bit odd since they have almost nothing in common, but in the end I loved them equally.
This book had no swearing, no romance, and extremely mild violence.
kazemiko's review
4.0
This book was pretty good. I loved the way it was like The Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood and Robin Hood all rolled into one story. Tee is a very adventurous girl who apparently sometimes gets a little ahead of herself in her exploring. She ends up getting into trouble that she has nothing at all to do with. She goes on innocent enough journey to deliver something for her grandfather and gets caught up in fight between her grandfather and a man who wants to steal something he doesn't even possess.
I finished the book in just over a day and it was fantastic. I loved it and I can't wait to read the second book in the series and find out what is going on with all of the characters. I kept forgetting that it was set in 19th century style, with the way they were doing everything. I loved the characters and the style it was written in. It was well done. This book is fantastic on all counts when I read.
I gave it a 4/5 over all because I was not impressed with the inclusion of the first three chapters of the next book in the back. Normally it is only one chapter. This cut 15% of the book out when I was reading it because I don't like reading the 'preview' of the next book. Other than that it was great.
I finished the book in just over a day and it was fantastic. I loved it and I can't wait to read the second book in the series and find out what is going on with all of the characters. I kept forgetting that it was set in 19th century style, with the way they were doing everything. I loved the characters and the style it was written in. It was well done. This book is fantastic on all counts when I read.
I gave it a 4/5 over all because I was not impressed with the inclusion of the first three chapters of the next book in the back. Normally it is only one chapter. This cut 15% of the book out when I was reading it because I don't like reading the 'preview' of the next book. Other than that it was great.