The Smoking Hourglass
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4.8 • 9 Ratings
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- £6.99
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- £6.99
Publisher Description
Following Ivy Sparrow’s discoveries in The Crooked Sixpence, the adventures continue in the second instalment of The Uncommoners trilogy, The Smoking Hourglass.
As soon as Ivy and her brother Seb set foot back in the mysterious underground city of Lundinor, they know that something has changed . . . Where before there were cobbled streets, now the squares and lanes between the city’s enchanted shops are lush with spring blooms – but something dark is stirring just below the surface, and uncommon traders are uneasy. Ivy and Seb have stumbled into a plot that could condemn every uncommoner to a disastrous fate . . . With the help of Valian, their extraordinary friend – and some exceptional uncommon objects – can Ivy and Seb put a stop to the sinister Dirge’s plans?
Customer Reviews
The Smoking Hourglass
I love this book because I think it’s really inspirational. Like Jennifer Bell, I wanna become a person who works at a bookshop for a while, and then become a writer!
My books would probably be fiction; about dragons. Or maybe I’ll write books like the Harry Potter series!
I think this book is beautiful, happy but sad in some places, like when Drummond Brewster dies because of Alexander’s mis-directed bubble-fireball. Or when Selena dies. She wasn’t exactly my favourite character, but when Mr Punch throws the violin at her; Ivy can hear a part of Selena’s soul that sounds whole again. For some reason, the way it was phrased, I found it quite sad.
But when Seb and Judy meet each other, I like tat Judy like common bands as well as Seb. Also, Seb looked truly happy when he found Judy. But I feel a bit sad when Mudy doesn’t tell Ivy, Seb and Valian that she is dead, because she thinks they will not like her because of their background. Mainly because Ivy and Seb aren’t exactly proud that their great-grandfather was the leader of the dirge, and the dead joined him when the great battle happened. It was called the ‘Uprise of the dead’, I think. So everyone was still wary of the dead even though they had settled agreements that they wouldn’t stir up any trouble or make people feel nervous.
Finally (sorry, I know I keep going on and on), I really like the way of Mr Punch being a ‘hob’, a rare race of the dead, because when he transforms into his different appearances, he’s nearly always there to help the three children. Also, I think the idea of his every appearance, he always has the swirly blue and green eyes, like a lagoon.
I love these books, and I can’t wait until ‘The Frozen Telescope’ comes out, because I’ve read the two in this series nearly five times each, and I’m not saying they’re boring! I just need something else to read p. So please, Ms Bell, write more books for the Uncommoner series!!
Thank you and you are amazing and very imaginative!
From Romilly, 10yrs old, Yr5