Stoneheart: 1: Stoneheart: Book 1

An excellent series - generally an original idea (though it draws on all sorts of sources). Great characterisation, excellent villains, a genuine sense of danger - sustained fast pace. almost breathless at times, no time to get bored. If you love London, you'll enjoy the spits and taints and the novel's various locations. Beautifully written - a great story-teller at work. A brilliant adventure story which might get boys reading as well as girls. Would make a great film. I loved all three novels in the trilogy.

There's a great idea at the heart of this book, and some very cinematic scenes, but I didn't fully engage with any of the characters and I wasn't wholly convinced by the story. I felt there were a lot of unanswered questions at the end of it ( it's part of a trilogy but this one is loooooong - I felt I was owed a bit more).It's competent writing but is lacked passion is what I feel. I felt I was skating over the surface of soemthing that could have had a lot more depth.I would recommend it for 11+ and I know people who have really loved it so maybe I'm beign a bit unfair and my mind wasn't in the right place but, you know, it's no Harry Potter.

It's got a decent idea at the bottom of it all but for me this was a book that really was stuck in one predictable note all the way through and then whipped through the resolution of the main crisis facing our heroes in a very perfunctory fashion. It then cynically chucked in a cliff-hanger to get people to buy the next book.Can't say I'm too interested in what happens next.

Not great. Couldnt finish it. Not engaging at all.

10 year old son enjoyed this - super quick delivery

What we've all come to expect from fantasy teenage fiction but the prose is good, the characters successfully fleshed out and the plot is gripping and unexpected. The concept behind the book is unique and what makes the book worth reading, particularly if you love London.

A wonderful fantasy series that will appeal greatly to any reader familiar with the public statues in London.This is the first of the three books and the following two are just as good.

I bought the Stoneheart series for my son when he was about 10. He loved them. Then I read them and loved them too. Then we had great fun travelling all over London finding the real statues referred to in the books.