Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Behemoth; Scott Westerfeld; 2010

This is not a test. Please move as quickly as possible to your local bookstore and buy the Leviathan/Behemoth/Goliath series by Scott Westerfeld.  

I was charmed by Leviathan, but in no way did I expect it to be the launching pad for the brilliant YA steampunk WWI alternate history action/adventure novel that is Behemoth, with Keith Thompson's illustrations perfectly complementing the text.  Holy cow.  Every chapter brings some new little bit of information, some wrinkle to the story, some exciting development, that all comes together in a rousing and satisfying conclusion for this story while still leading into the next one. 

I'm going to be walking around muttering "Mr. Sharp" and giggling to myself for days.  Whee!

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