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A review by alongreader
Yesterday Crumb and the Storm in a Teacup by Andy Sagar
4.0
Look at that cover! Those colours are absolutely amazing. I love it.
And luckily, the story inside is even better. Yesterday is a fantastic heroine, asking all the right questions at exactly the right times. The found family she joins is brilliant; it's one of my favourite tropes and it's done really well here. Everyone has a very specific role and they meld beautifully.
The story has plenty of twists and turns, some wonderfully satisfying moments, and, surprisingly for this kind of book, a nice long coda after the action is all over. Usually the story ends almost as soon as the action does, but of course there's always more that can be written, and I really enjoyed the ending here.
This is the start of a series, and I'm very much looking forward to reading more of Yesterday's adventures and her efforts to solve the mysteries of her own life. Kids are definitely going to love this - and probably start asking for some very strange teas!
(Also, I realise this was likely completely unintentional, but in the movie Labyrinth, the Goblin King as played by David Bowie had Heterochromia...I love the idea that it was so he could see in both worlds!)
And luckily, the story inside is even better. Yesterday is a fantastic heroine, asking all the right questions at exactly the right times. The found family she joins is brilliant; it's one of my favourite tropes and it's done really well here. Everyone has a very specific role and they meld beautifully.
The story has plenty of twists and turns, some wonderfully satisfying moments, and, surprisingly for this kind of book, a nice long coda after the action is all over. Usually the story ends almost as soon as the action does, but of course there's always more that can be written, and I really enjoyed the ending here.
This is the start of a series, and I'm very much looking forward to reading more of Yesterday's adventures and her efforts to solve the mysteries of her own life. Kids are definitely going to love this - and probably start asking for some very strange teas!
(Also, I realise this was likely completely unintentional, but in the movie Labyrinth, the Goblin King as played by David Bowie had Heterochromia...I love the idea that it was so he could see in both worlds!)