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So why have I given it a star rating of 3.5? After racing through the first two hundred pages completely bound up in Mark and Lily's tale, I found that the pace slowed down and the plot became rather too diluted by a series of minor events. This did not phase my daughter who merely said ''just read that bit faster Mum, the ending's really good.'' And she's right: the ending is intriguing. It resolves the story, but leaves the way open for more. Whitley is working on his second book, and ''The Midnight Charter'' is planned as the first part of a trilogy.

Further reading suggestion: Try [[Incarceron by Catherine Fisher]] for another intense, enclosed world, or [[Fever Crumb (Mortal Engines Quartet Prequel) by Philip Reeve|Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve]], the prequel to the ''Mortal Engines'' series.