Super slow at the start but I really enjoyed it once I hit the halfway point.

Tropes: girl disguised as boy, secret royal

Content: war related violence (not detailed), a girl kissed Deryn thinking she was a he, lots of crushing

4 Stars ( )

Finally finished the book! Well worth it, and I'm ready to dive into the next and last of the Trilogy. ( )

Loved this follow-up to Leviathan. I am so ready to read the next book. ( )

Adorably started, these children stole my heart right from the very start. Because I read all three of these novels in one week, they all kind of blur in my head. So I'm going to write them all one big review pretty much.


This series is promising to become one of top ten my favorite mini-series I would read in the early part of this year/all of 2012 (so far, as we area only 1/3 of the way in). I was captivated with how things happened, the slow reveal, how our characters learned things, how they handled ending up places, what was more important morality among people or loyalty to a cause.

The illustrations made my heart sore every time. I like that the children aren't super-people by the end, but still feeling their way through the world. I adore madly the Lady Boffin and The Count. I want to know ssssoo much more about the gifted pets, because you know they go, continuing to be awesome.


If you have not read this series (and I was already one of the late, late comers, with the series already completely when I found it), You Should Be Now. Go, go. Get copies. Giggle and love it. ( )

Enjoyed the first book a bit more than this one but the whole series has only been just okay so far. Still really only listening to the books because I live listening to the narrator. ( )