Though ostensibly neutral, the Ottoman Empire is a hair’s breadth away from joining the Clanker side. This time around, she gets to help Alek with a revolution! Sort of. Yes, please!ĭeryn Sharp is back and once more nervously concealing her gender while being brilliant. It’s the same kind of YA story you see in so many other books, but instead of being set in the present day at a high school or a summer camp, we get it smack dab in the middle of an alternative steam/bio-punk Europe. Once again Scott Westerfeld plays fast and loose with the events leading up to World War I, and it pays off with an intense story in which our two protagonists have to decide what to prioritize: their duties, or their friendship. It’s a worthy sequel that notably doesn’t suffer from the dreaded “middle book syndrome” of a trilogy. My one-sentence review might be: if you liked Leviathan, then you’ll like Behemoth.
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