by Kate Johnson
Published: 1 April 2011 by Choc Lit Limited
Format: Paperback & ebook
ISBN-13: 9781906931681
Summary
When Eve Carpenter lands with a splash in the Thames, it's not the London or England she's used to. No one has a telephone or knows what a computer is. England's a third world country and Princess Di is still alive. But worst of all, everyone thinks Eve's a spy.
Including Major Harker who has his own problems. His sworn enemy is looking for a promotion. The general wants him to undertake some ridiculous mission to capture a computer, which Harker vaguely envisions running wild somewhere in Yorkshire. Turns out the best person to help him is Eve.
She claims to be a popstar. Harker doesn't know what a popstar is, although he suspects it's a fancy foreign word for 'spy'. Eve knows all about computers, and electricity. Eve is dangerous. There's every possibility she's mad.
And Harker is falling in love with her.
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Review
The Untied Kingdom is an exciting read and a great page-turner. I fell in love with Major Harker right from the moment he turned up on the page. He is a cross between Sean Bean and Richard Armitage. What could be better?
The London Eve falls into is very different to the one she left. England is a third world country and at war with France. She is suspected of being a spy and even starts to doubt her own sanity.
Ms Johnson's writing is a joy to read. She has a fantastic imagination to have come up with the concept of the alternate world in this book from something as simple as a conversation about a BCG scar.
Rating
I absolutely loved this book, and the characters stayed with me long after I had finished it. I give The Untied Kingdom a well-deserved 5 out of 5. I read this book last year and it was my favourite book of 2011.
