Continuing the high standards set by his first two books, P.G. Bell's middle grade fantasy adventure rattles along. Suzy is once more pulled into the world of the Impossible Places but this time her parents are coming too! It's unusual with this genre to have parents aware of what is happening to their child, let alone joining in but it really added an extra dimension to the story and it was lovely to see their relationship.

Suzy and Wilmot must return a missing book before it does untold damage, the only problem is they aren't completely certain who to return it to and the clock is ticking... This third book in the series brings together a host of previously loved and loathed characters, ties up loose ends and races towards a satisfying conclusion. There's enough peril to make things interesting, clever word-play galore and a child-friendly introduction to the concept of fake news.

A fantastic book to read aloud, I bought a physical copy to go into my classroom as soon as it was available. I'm really looking forward to seeing what P.G. Bell does next.

I didn't think this series could get any better and yet! This is maybe Suzy's most magical adventure yet. I liked seeing her parents' reactions to her adventuring, I loved this specific task (A book! To be taken back to the library!) and the fact that it really does bring a touch of Impossible into our world. What a lovely series! It never disappoints.

Having read the previous to books and currently reading the first one to my class, I was looking forward to reading this one to see how the final instalment ends. It does seem like it has been set up for one more book, but it was said that this is the final instalment sadly.
The book starts where we see Suzy eagerly anticipating the arrival of her friends from the Belle de loins, who are coming to tea in the hope that it will reassure her very over protective parents. Unfortunately, the meeting gets off to a bad start and then gets worse when the gift the Trolls and Ursel bring, is opened and wreaks havoc in the house and water pipes. Eek.
An urgent phone call means the Impossible Postal Service is required immediately. Everyone, including Suzy and her parents jump on the express and go off to find Neoma.

In the book we not only meet old friends and foes but also some new ones. The Special delivery takes Suzy and Wilmot on their most dangerous delivery yet. They have less than 24 hours to return an over due book to the lost city of Hydroborea otherwise the Library is just full of empty books. An overdue book doesn’t sound like something your life, reputation and an entire city are reliant upon does it? Well, how wrong you are!

Do they find the lost city, can they deliver the book in time, is it the rightful owner, will Suzy’s parents loosen the reins? It’s definitely worth a read to find out.

It was a joy to be back with Suzy and the crew and meet new friends on their latest journey. Filled with peril and adventure, parental grounding, cursed books, sea monsters, and entirely new cities to explore and delight, this is a joyful ending to the trilogy.
We loved the overall theme of acceptance, inclusion and empathy, which only heightens the feeling of warmth and friendship you get from cosying in to this well-loved and beautifully crafted series. We’ll miss these guys!

Unfortunately I DNF'd the first book in this series before I was approved for this one. My apologies for this. It felt just a little too young for my liking (this happens on occasion with reading middlegrades as an adult) But thank you to the publishers nonetheless for providing me with a copy of this book.

What a perfect ending to this absolutely magical trilogy which is so brilliantly inventive and bursting with imaginative delights and utterly wonderful characters. Delivery to the Lost City transported me on another exhilarating, action-packed adventure, full of wondrous events, danger, humour and a race against time to make a seemingly impossible delivery … an absolute treasure of a story.
Postal Operative Suzy is back at home after her last adventure aboard the Impossible Postal Express, but she doesn’t want it to be her last. She is keen to convince her over-protective parents to put their trust in her and allow her to make further deliveries. What better way to reassure them that making postal deliveries in the Impossible Places is perfectly safe than over dinner with her troll friends Stonker, Fletch and Wilmot not to mention Ursel, the firewoman bear? Unfortunately, the best laid plans can go awry which is exactly what happens when Wilmot gets an urgent message from the Ivory Tower.
The crew of the Impossible Possible Express are soon charged with their most important delivery to date, a delivery that way well prove to be both impossible and their last as they must deliver it to an address that no longer exists! What must they deliver? Just an overdue book! But there’s a problem: The Book of Power is alive and has magical powers, allowing it to devour all the words from books around it, draining the great Library in the Ivory Tower of knowledge. I can’t imagine a worst nightmare for a book lover and can totally understand the urgency in getting it to its destination …
So begins an exciting, edge-of-your-seat adventure to find a Lost City as the crew take on their most difficult delivery, a Gold Stamp Special Delivery. They are nothing if not dedicated and are absolutely determined to fulfil their mission, even as it leads them into dangerous places, through incredible twists and revelations: it’s a mission that will require all their ingenuity, courage and teamwork.
This story is just brilliant from start to finish. It absolutely engrossed me and took me on an incredibly imaginative adventure with characters who feel like old friends. There is always something really comforting in returning to a world that I know and viewing it with fresh eyes as I explore another layer to it with familiar characters. I also really liked that Suzy’s parents get to see the incredible world that Suzy has become an important part of, and that they get to see another side to their daughter.
I must add that the illustrations by Flavia Sorrentino are absolutely gorgeous and really capture the magical quality of this wonderful adventure.
This is an incredibly popular series in my class as I have a few of the first two books in this series in my class library which are never on the shelves. Its really wonderful to hear the children recommending this series to each other. I can’t wait to add this final book as I already have eager young readers keen to read it.

I really enjoyed travelling back to the Impossible Places in Suzy’s final and most dangerous adventure yet.
After finally revealing the secret of the Impossible Places to her parents, Suzy decides that the best way for them to understand and accept her wish to be a postie is to have them see what it’s like for themselves. However, she doesn’t bargain for just how dangerous and difficult their next delivery will be. Will they be able to deliver the parcel in time to save the Impossible Places or will they end up spending the rest of their lives trying?
As with the first two books in the series, this is an action packed, fast-moving adventure with a whole host of fun and brilliant characters. Delivery to the Lost City is a satisfying conclusion to this highly imaginative trilogy and will be sure to delight children 9+.

This was a middle grade fantasy/adventure book. Personally I found it average but have no doubt many children will enjoy it but it didn't stand out too much.

The last in this trilogy of adventure which takes you to a parallel world on board a train which runs on bananas. This is definitely the best yet and takes Suzy on a near impossible postie job. A great read on the lines of Terry Pratchett.

What a fantastic ending to a brilliant series. I can't believe it all ends here; there are so many more adventures for Suzy and her friends to go on.

PG has managed to pull together all the lingering threads, crafting a wonderful story that brings everyone to an ending that suits them. It's full of even more imaginative worlds and strange races, although no one made the one connection I was expecting! I don't want to spoil anyone, so I won't mention it here.

This book has all the humour and comedy you can expect from this series. The new sidekick is brilliant, as is the new ally they make near the end. I'm going to repeat myself; I can't believe this is the end. Although no threads are left dangling, there's plenty of space for new stories and new adventures. But maybe PG wants to move on to a new world. I will definitely be waiting to read it, because it's going to be absolutely amazing.

This ebook was sent to me via Netgalley in order to provide an honest review. Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for sending me an early copy!

I absolutely loved the first two books in this series, which made me super excited to read this one. I absolutely love all of the characters and the adventures that they take us on, so unique, so whimsical and so addictive. I think this was my favourite adventure yet.

I was so intrigued by the third book in this series based on the ending of the second. I absolutely loved that her parents went on this adventure with her. We find that we dont get to see much of Suzy's parents in the previous two books so to have them for the whole story seemed magical and I really enjoyed it. What I also enjoyed is that we got two adventures for the price of one. I loved that I got to go on two separate adventures with the characters. They were so much fun.

I think my favourite part of these books are just being able to sit down and immerse myself into such a wonderful work with such wonderful characters. I love them all so much and I cant wait for the next instalment.

Another great adventure on the postal express. This time there is a gold stamp delivery and the future of the world at stake. Oh, and two parents to reassure that this is a safe occupation for their daughter! A great mix of humour and adventure and if you have read the other two books you will recognise some of the characters.

The story had shades of the Wizard of Oz, towards the end, and shows how fake news can impact on others, but all in P.G Bells unique and brilliant way.

Suzy and her friends show great love and compassion and it is a great twist to involve her parents and see how the parent child relationship impacts on the adventure. All in all a great read.

This book is part of a series, and is equally entertaining and engaging. It’s a paced story, full of adventures that will certainly keep the children hooked. This book just make you feel like reading the whole series again. Why not? Recommended!

Join Suzy on the third action-packed journey on The Train to Impossible Places. Her over-protective parents are on to her and it looks like she won’t be allowed to sneak out in the middle of the night with a bunch of trolls to deliver mail to all sorts of amazing places any longer.

When there’s a postal emergency and Suzy needs to rejoin the crew, she manages to convince her parents to come along and experience the adventure for themselves. Overflowing with outrageous characters, high speed journeys, dastardly criminals and a magical book that is devouring all the words it can find, this story is perfect for readers who love to disappear into fabulous fantasy.

What an absolutely fabulous roller coaster of a ride in this third book about the Train to Impossible Places.. I absolutely loved it and will probably have to re-read the whole series all over again. Please can we have some more adventures in this world?

Welcome aboard the third and final instalment in the Trains to Impossible Places series. Suzy is needed back on the board the Postal Express to make a gold stamp delivery; but her parents are back with her friends on the Postal Express; but this time her parents are with her as she strives to prove to them that her job is not dangerous and she doesn’t need to be grounded forever…
The delivery involves an overdue library book; but not just any old library book. The book is alive and dangerous, threatening to drain the Impossible Places of all its words and knowledge; and to make matters worse, the world it needs returning to is lost. A frantic race against time ensues, with kraken, ghostly pirates, familiar faces and new; and of course a few dastardly villains.
I have got to mention Suzy’s parents again. It is really nice to see them included in the story, more often than not middle-grade fiction removes the parents so adventures can take place; instead PG Bell has put them front and centre. We get to see a genuine parent/child relationship, and it is clear how much they care for and worry about Suzy; as well as seeing their awe and wonder at the Impossible Places.
The way PG Bell has written this series makes them thoroughly enjoyable to read aloud; the humour and wordplay appeals to adults, and its great to see the moments when my children ‘get’ the jokes. As I mentioned in my review of the first book; there are subtle nods to the adventures of a certain Time Lord; and these nods continue right through the series. Coupled with some fantastic language use, far-fetched concepts and brilliant characters the story unfolds like a film before you, and you are given a real insight into what appears to be the limitless imagination of PG Bell.

The final instalment in the Train to Impossible places. I enjoyed Delivery to the Lost City. In this adventure, Suzy is trying to make her parents warm up to her role as a Postie and to get their permission to work part time at the Postal express. The trolls —Stonker and Flinch — visit with a lovely present (!) to talk things over with Suzy's parents. But suddenly they are thrown into an impossible delivery and called to be Ivory tower on emergency. They includes Suzy's parents too! There is a book that was loaned to the Tower and it has to be returned to a 'lost' city before the due date. This book 'The Book of Power' eats words, so words are disappearing from the world —including books from the library and the delivery forms of the postal express.

Suzy's parent's being in the train add to the anxiety element in the book. They are amazed by the new world they are witnessing but also incredibly scared for Lucy. It is cute to see them having differences in opinion among themselves. There are ghosts attached to ships, demons, eyes of storms, frog armies, evil magicians and all the fun. It was nice to note how the book uses the theme of spreadig fake news and suppressing truths. I enjoyed this lesser than the earlier books though, probably because there were less of trolls —those are the funniest guys! So this is less funny than the earlier books. Overall, worth a read and an adventurous postal delivery. I am glad to see a trilogy ending well. Looking forward to see what P. G. Bell has in store next.

Delivery to the Lost City is the third book in the trilogy by P G Bell. The first book had me hooked in that it didn't defer to vague references of 'magic' to explain the unexpected, but rather shrugged it off, saying that in our world we have physics; in other worlds they have fuzzics.
Delivery to the Lost City returns to the characters and situations that the previous books have set up, but with the very realistic problem that Suzy's parents are onto her. Now she's got them in tow, chaperoning while she and the crew of the Impossible Express try to save the world again. From the beginning the twists on our reality are some of the most un-selfconsciously creative I've seen: the overdue library book from the lost city is fantastic.
P G Bell's stories are original, imaginative and gripping. I love these and I've loved hand-selling them to countless parents and children as intelligent and funny, but safe for the child who's not ready to face mature topics. I look forward to seeing much more from him. Thank you for the books!

P. G. Bell's Delivery to the Lost City is the thrilling conclusion to the Train to Impossible Places trilogy, the most magical of middle-grade adventures. There’s magic at every stop as Suzy and Wilmot embark on their most daring and dangerous delivery yet, to return an overdue library book to a mysterious lost world. It’s a race against time to get the book back to its rightful owner before it drains the Impossible Places of all its words and knowledge forever, and with Suzy’s anxious parents along for the ride and fearsome foes at every turn, it certainly pushes the Impossible Postal Service to its limits.

I have been a fan of this series since reading the first two books with my son. There’s something so wonderful about the way they are written that makes them an absolute dream for any adult to read aloud. The language that P .G. Bell uses throughout shows a great level of respect for children as readers and listeners, giving them a real insight into his seemingly limitless imagination. I just love the names, the creatures, the far-fetched concepts and especially the subtle nods to a certain Time Lord’s adventures that are enough to raise a smile from any self-respecting Whovian. Team all of this with the dazzlingly-quirky illustrations by Flavia Sorrentino that bring the story to life, and what you’ve got here is a truly spell-binding read that will grip you from start to finish.

Suzy is every bit the head-strong, intelligent and compassionate leading lady that the story needs, and her loyalty to Wilmot and the rest of the crew knows no bounds. Aside from this dynamic duo, the book also houses an array of other interesting and colourful characters. The villains are perfectly dastardly, with a few familiar faces rearing their ugly heads for the ultimate comeuppance. A highlight for me though was the Chief, the ghostly pirate who joins Suzy and Wilmot to act as their guide as they search for the lost city. His random one-liners and witty outbursts gave me a real giggle and will no doubt appeal to children’s sense of humour. It is these little comic moments sprinkled throughout the story that will stay with a child and really add to its charm.

While a part of me is sad that I won’t get to take any more new trips on the Belle de Loin, I feel that this book is a very fitting end to the trilogy. The series as a whole is one that I’m sure readers will return to time and time again, and one that will be treasured by families, earning its place amongst their favourite stories. So, while it’s Goodbye for now to Suzy, Wilmot and the crew of the Impossible Postal Express, it’s (Postie) hats off to you, P. G. Bell… you truly are the Master of Adventure.

I received an ARC of this book from Netgalley and Usborne in return for an honest review.

This is the third and final installment in the Trains to Impossible Places series. The story begins with Suzie trying to convince her parents that her job as a deputy postal operative is perfectly safe. This becomes increasingly difficult when the crew of the Belle de Loin are urgently called upon to return an overdue library book which takes the concept of fines for late returns to a whole new level! Not only is the book alive and dangerous, but the world to which is needs to be return vanished many, many years ago. Suzie and her friends need to achieve the impossible: find a lost city; return the book before it does irreversible damage; and convince Suzie's parents not to ground her for the rest of her life!

I always love the writing style in these books. The humour and word play makes me laugh out loud and as with the previous books, I look forward to the moments when children 'get' the joke and then explain to me why it is funny.

This book has just as much danger and adventure as the other two and it was made even better by getting to see some familiar faces from previous books return. I particularly liked having Suzie's parents more involved in the story. The tendency in middle grade to conveniently remove the parent so adventures can take place, means we don't often get to see honest and genuine parent/child relationships. It was great to see how much they both cared for Suzie while also seeing their mixture of awe and fear at discovering that the Impossible Places exist.

An interesting theme that was touched on in this book was how fake news can be used to create a culture of fear and suspicion. After reading this book, you could have some great discussions about evaluating news sources and the harm prejudice views can cause. I love when the fantasy genre provides a medium to explore these ideas and allows the readers to make links to real-life situations (obviously reading about real-life events is also important).

This book was a great conclusion to the trilogy and readers 8+ will enjoy the mystery and the adventure.