Leviathan

Over Winter Break and currently I am reading a series called the Leviathan series. It is a book based during the beginning of WWI in Europe. The book has two main characters the Austrian duke that was murdered to begin the wars son Alek and a girl disguised as a boy in the British Air Service called Deryn. Both of them meet on the airship (which is actually an animal) called the Leviathan. Alek has a history of nobility in Austria and Deryn has a background of military. The character interactions between the to are so interesting because Alek thinks Deryn is just a nice boy. Deryn starts to have a fancying for Alek and becomes close to him, in a manner of friendship. Alek doesn't tell anyone his background on the ship and Deryn has her secret too. The characters often learn new things from the two's differences. Deryn has to fight very hard to not reveal her secret. The way Scott Westerfeld writes it is unique, switching from one main character to another. I would recommend this book, I don't usually like Science Fiction, but this book made me rethink this. The reason it is science fiction is because both powers have enhanced and updated weapons including the British who make their own army out of animals they have created. The Germans use technological steam powered inventions.