Thursday, December 9, 2010

Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld, Read by Alan Cumming

I enjoyed the first book in this series, Leviathan, so I was looking forward to listening to the sequel. The war is still going on between the Darwinists and the Clankers, and Alek and Deryn are still together. Alek is heir to the Austrian throne, and trying to stay alive so he can stop the war when he gets a little older. Deryn is still a girl posing as a boy on the warship Leviathan. The two friends jump ship in Istanbul and must survive in a war-torn city with the help of some revolutionaries.

This series is for tweens, but I really enjoyed Deryn's character and the struggle between the Clankers and the Darwinists. I miss seeing the actual print version of the book, especially if it's as beautiful as Leviathan.

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