Welcome to an universe in which bringing mail can be very dangerous and adventurous!

When I saw that Ben Davis (author of delightful Lenny Lemmon series) had a new book coming out? I had to get it. Sadly, pre-ordering isn’t working these days, but I was able to get it quite soon after the release day and in March I read the book and had just oodles of fun!

In this one we meet a character named Postman Planet. He thinks he is the ultimate postman of the universe, but is he? His manager says otherwise. And I am hearing you ask how a boy can be a postman for the planets? Well. Moustache. And attitude. Lots of it. I have to say I was a bit disappointed that he wasn’t as skilled as he makes himself to be, but I did like his character a lot. And I have to say, not many kids his age would do all this, so kudos to him. Plus, he is very friendly and tries his best. He likes making friends and welcomes anyone who wants to be part of his circle. I loved that he decided that instead of just hanging out in an empty house he was going to have adventures, and to that I can only say, yes! I understand that.

His assistant Stamp a sort of hybrid dog/robot was a tad annoying, I think for most it was the accent/the way they talked. It just had me re-reading at times because the words they use. But as the story continued I started liking Stamp more. I am already impressed that I didn’t hate them instantly as I do often with talking animal companions.

I just had a laugh at the story. From a planet made from interesting materials to space vikings to pigs flying to much more, there is never a dull moments and I was just having so much fun. The author really got creative and I can just imagine how much fun he had while writing this. It just oozes of the pages.

While I generally like unicorns who are friendly, I do appreciate authors who make them bratty/cocky/mean. It is just much more fun as everyone sees unicorns as magical sweet beings.

I was laughing at the fact that helium sniffing (a thing that happens a lot in these times) was a thing in this book. I just hadn’t expected this to appear in a book, especially not a children’s books.

I loved the names the author thought of in this book. From Ümlaut the space viking with the squeaky voice to Stamp’s mom whose nickname was Flossie but she had a whole different name. Or the annoying unicorns called Brack, Jack, Zack. I just had so many cases of the giggles as I read.

Be sure to also read the Acknowledgements. I normally don’t read those, but this time I just had to. It made me laugh so hard.

The illustrations by Yasmin Sheikh were a delight and made the book complete.

I would highly recommend this book to all and I hope that there are many more adventures of Postman Planet and his crew!