Review: Goliath

Goliath by Scott Westerfeld

First things first, before I devolve into gushing over Deryn Sharp (SHE’S JUST SO DASHING, GUYS), who are these cats on the cover? I know, I know, they changed the cover style when Behemoth was released last year, but still. Given how unique Keith Thompson’s illustrations are, it’s really jarring to see two normal kids on the cover. (And Deryn doesn’t look a fig like the pointy Malfoy she totally is, but that’s neither here nor there and probably just me.) Especially since one of the accents is from the illustrations themselves. Ah, well. If the cover moves more copies, than I’m happy, because this is a fantastic series.

Review: Behemoth

Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld

Words cannot describe how much I love Deryn Sharp. (Not like that, she’s underage.) The female lead of Leviathan is a smart and, well, sharp, Scottish soldier with plenty of swagger–and did I mention she’s undercover as a boy to serve her country? As much as I enjoyed the alternate history steampunk stylings of Leviathan, including the remixing of political struggles, Deryn has fast become one of my favorite fictional characters. Once I finished Leviathan, I immediately put down Behemoth on my reading list. And now it looks like Goliath is going directly on my reading list, too.

Review: Leviathan

Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

Leviathan is one of the books that made me start book blogging, when I heard about it last year. It was featured on my very first Literary Horizon. Steampunk, World War I, a girl disguising herself as a boy to get into the military… it’s one of those novels that feels like it’s expressly designed to appeal to me. It has taken me a while to get my hands on a copy, but my hold finally came through at my local library.

And it was well worth the wait!

Review: Uglies

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Uglies came out my first year of high school, and I’ve always been arrested by the cover–a pretty girl hiding behind some sort of plant. I’ve always meant to read the series, and when Simon & Schuster gave an eBook of Uglies away for free this summer while they were promoting Leviathan, I figured it would be a good opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. I could read Uglies and experience an eBook at the same time.